>> Search engines make use of shingles to identify pages and their aliases.
What's a "shingle?" >> As far as I can tell, this isn't in the same class of problems that microformats solve. Is there a clear and definitive objective statement that explains the class of problems that microformats are intended to solve? Further, if there is such a statement, is there a reason to limit Microformats to only be used to solve that class of problems when they otherwise can solve additional problems? >> This probably best resolved by agreeing what we mean by metadata, Because of "judicious editing" required by forum policy, I've lost the prior of the discussion so I'm not sure the context in which I mentioned "metadata." -Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benjamin West Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 2:01 PM To: Microformats Discuss Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] Visible Data...a Microformat requirement? > > So, what if your take on this problem and use-case? Search engines make use of shingles to identify pages and their aliases. Some search engines employ teams of editors and solicit feedback from the web community to ensure their aliasing techniques are correct. As far as I can tell, this isn't in the same class of problems that microformats solve. This probably best resolved by agreeing what we mean by metadata, as the scope of definition and contents of that term seem to be somewhat disputed and/or misunderstood as well as the scope of the problem space of microformats. _______________________________________________ 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