On 6/22/06 2:29 PM, "Ryan King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 22, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Scott Reynen wrote: >> On Jun 22, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Kevin Marks wrote: >> >>> The point of microformats is to give up control. Technorati >>> genuinely believes that distributed open formats are more valuable >>> than centralised closed ones, and that is a big reason why Tantek >>> and I work here. >> >> I know all this. My point is that someone reading microformats.org >> for the first time does not, and they should. >> >>> The problem may be that 'clarifying ownership' involves a >>> digression into Open Source theory rather than a simple >>> disclaimer. If you have a good way of explaining this do please >>> share it. >> >> On http://microformats.org/about I'd suggest something like: >> >> " >> microformats are: >> >> ... open data format standards that a diverse community of >> individual and organizations are actively developing ... >> >> microformats are not: >> >> .... Controlled by any individual or organization.... > > This seems reasonable.
Indeed. Scott, care to add them to the respective spot in: http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats and when the about page gets revved we can take text from there. >> Work on microformats began at Technorati, > > Well, that's not quite true. Work on microformats began with Tantek, > Eric and Matt working on XFN. At the time, Tantek was still at > Microsoft (and Eric and Matt have never worked at Technorati). Indeed. Similarly, Scott, go ahead and add your proposed FAQ to the FAQ[1] and we can iterate on it to edit for accuracy as necessary. Thanks, Tantek [1] http://microformats.org/wiki/faq _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
