John, You can make it even more useful since *you* know that the nickname is an *AIM screen name*.
Hint: http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-examples#AOL_Instant_Messenger_.28AIM.29 Tantek On 5/24/06 9:11 AM, "John Panzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, so this > > <span class="fn">ChattingChuck</span> > > would produce a blank N, but the implied nickname rule would kick in to > produce nickname:ChattingChuck? > > If so, then the remaining question is: Is this useful enough to mark up > as an hcard? There's not much you can do with the nickname without more > context except display it. > > > brian suda wrote: > >> Actually, the ONLY property that is mandatory is FN (and the root class >> of vcard). The N property can be extracted from an FN (when possible). >> So in the example you would need: >> >> <li class="vcard"><span class="fn nickname">ChattingChuck</span></li> >> >> There is also an implied-nickname rule that if a FN is only one word >> long it is used. So class="nickname" is redundant. >> >> In this case since there is no explicit N, and since the FN does not >> meet the implied N rule, the N value in the final output will be N:;;;;; >> (blank) >> >> -brian >> >> >> Chris Messina wrote: >> >> >>> I think in order to validate, you need to supply at least the 'n' >>> value, even if the screenname is not the actual "name": >>> >>> <li class="vcard"><span class="n nickname">ChattingChuck</span></li> >>> >>> On the other hand, I don't know if you *should* mark up those >>> fragments as hcards given the 'n' requirement... I think it's good to >>> be semantic to the last drop, but I think Tantek's advice on this >>> issue would help: how little data can substantiate hcard markup? >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> On 5/23/06, John Panzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> I have a use case for displaying lists of people (readers of a blog) >>>> which seems reasonable to mark up using XOXO and hCard. However, in at >>>> least some of the cases the only piece of information I have about a >>>> user is their login ID, which is an AOL/AIM 'screen name'. Is this a >>>> reasonable minimal hCard markup for these cases? >>>> >>>> <li class="vcard"><span class="nickname">ChattingChuck</span></li> >>>> >>>> Two questions here: (1) is "nickname" the right way to say this and (2) >>>> is this sufficient to be a reasonable if minimal hCard? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> John Panzer >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> microformats-discuss mailing list >>>> microformats-discuss@microformats.org >>>> http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> microformats-discuss mailing list >>> microformats-discuss@microformats.org >>> http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> microformats-discuss mailing list >> microformats-discuss@microformats.org >> http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > microformats-discuss mailing list > microformats-discuss@microformats.org > http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss