>> The point I am trying to make is abbreviations can be very dangerous and are very easy to mis-interpret so I think we need to think long and hard before choosing and implementing them. I am not arguing against them in specific cases but very well thought out cases.
I have a question about that. I'll use the example of money because it's one I'm more familiar with. In this particular case, we have money, currency, and amount: <span class="money"> <abbr class="currency" title="USD">$</abbr> <span class="amount">5.99</span> </span> However, and this is an honest question, isn't "currency" and "amount" really only valid in context with "money?" Wouldn't that make it okay to abbreviate the children of money, like so?: <span class="money"> <abbr class="cur" title="USD">$</abbr> <span class="amt">5.99</span> </span> -Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Rines Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 10:45 PM To: microformats-discuss@microformats.org Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] Size considerations (or how to choose abbreviations) In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Charles Roper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in addition to other things said: > Should "bin", var", "cult", etc., be written in full? (I think not, to > save bloating file sizes) > These abbreviations are absolutely fine within the very narrow domain > of biological nomenclature and taxonomy, but expanded out into the > wider domain, then they become horribly generic and lose their > meaning. Same with using "sci". In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andy Mabbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in addition to other things said: > And yet we have "geo". I think comparing geo and sci, etc. is not a great example as I think geo can be thought of as a well known abbreviation. As with much other microformat work a well known standard or abbreviation like vcard I think geo can is a (or close to) "standard" so it is a "safe" abbreviation which I think is what we should be aiming for when creating an abbreviation of any type. I do realize GEO is being used by others such as the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) but I THINK what I say holds as geo being an implied abbreviation standard. The point I am trying to make is abbreviations can be very dangerous and are very easy to mis-interpret so I think we need to think long and hard before choosing and implementing them. I am not arguing against them in specific cases but very well thought out cases. As microformats are human-readable first I think size is a secondary consideration. Are there any stats about how many sites are compression enabled vs. not? Thank You, Christopher ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com _______________________________________________ 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