On 28/09/06, Paolo Negri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I won't provide partial uformats because I'm afraid of that the user can be confused by different versions of the data for the same event/person. I agree on that even a partial information is semantic, but since now the usage of uformats is more like a transformation/download of vcards/icalendar (and my application is likely to encourage this type of usage) than an highlighting of the semantic of the page, I just want to provide one version of these objects.
I don't think you should really focus on what the *current* use of uformats is - let's face it, most web users aren't even aware of them right now. I don't think users are confused by different versions of data - for instance, on the "home page" of one site I've worked on, we have some succinct descriptions of events; when you click through the page, you have the fuller description. Both should be marked up as microformatted data, imho. However, it's only the "full description" that we submit to pingerati, for instance. But there are still reasons for putting the ufs onto the limited version, on the front-page - it provides a very simple scrapi to upcoming events, for instance. That said: if you've got multiple representations of the same data on the same page (which I don't think you do, but wanted to check), then it's probably confusing for a user from a visual/usability perspective, let alone a uf one. That's the "design for humans first" mantra... once that's sorted, it's not too hard to design for the "machines second". Usage vs purpose is chicken-and-egg, and I don't think you should limit implementation based on current usage patterns.
I don't think I'm going to add link to uformats because I like the idea to have them as a rich collateral presence of data on the page more than a sort of resource that need to be pointed. Obviously this is just my opinion and is related to this specific application perspective.
No, that sounds about right to me! _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
