On Oct 26, 2006, at 3:07 AM, Mike Schinkel wrote:
I'm still not convinced. I've only heard generalities and no
specifics on
anything I've heard regarding my use-case. RDF is far to
complicated for
the average person creating HTML; one reason why I don't think it
will ever
fly. I still know of nothing else besides Microformats that can
fill this
role; can you give me some specifics that:
* Is very simple to add
* Doesn't require access to <head>
* Can be done today
My suggestion to use invisible data formats was prefaced with the
scenario that your data is invisible, based on the subject of this
thread. The above criteria seem to contradict the subject of this
thread. Is the data published on the web today or not? If it is,
you should start collecting it and analyzing to see if it's suitable
for a microformat. If it's not published, we can't research the
publishing, so we'd be creating a microformat based on assumptions.
Such an assumption-based process doesn't meet the standards we've
been applying to the word "microformat." We're not changing that
standard because we, as a community, believe that basing formats on
existing behavior is an important practice. There are other formats
that are based on assumptions, and the complication you don't like is
largely a result of that practice. Pick your poison.
Peace,
Scott
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