The only exception, would be if we have an hCard profile. Then if they explicitly used that profile, then you should assume that any class="vcard" is not just a CSS property, but instead a microformat. Without that profile, you can't do that.
-brian Chris Casciano wrote: > > On Jun 13, 2006, at 5:18 PM, David Janes -- BlogMatrix wrote: > >> I was going to report the happy news that LinkedIn [1] is using >> hCards, as my little Greasemonkey script was showing an icon on the >> page. Alas, it's not to be -- here's what they're doing: >> >> <p >> class="vcard"><a >> href="/addressBookExport?exportMemberVCard=&memberID=6172221" >> name="_exportVCard">Download vCard</a></p> >> >> D'oh -- they're using "vcard" to mark that there's, umm, a vcard at >> the other end of the link. If anyone knows anyone at LinkedIn, you >> may want to give them a nudge. >> >> Regards, etc... >> David >> >> [1] http://www.linkedin.com/ > > And? > > I guess it doesn't hurt to give them a nudge and let them know that > the class they're using triggers the script in your browser making you > think something is there that is not, but do microformats own the > strings used in various classes and other attributes? > > If was a web developer that new nothing of microformats something like > the above would certainly make plenty of sense. > > Sounds like just a typical gotcha when you're doing this kind of thing > (writing MF consumers that is). > _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
