Benjamin West wrote: >> Talk of general microformats doesn't make sense. Talk of microformats as technique also does not make sense. If that is true, then having Microformat Design Patterns[1] doesn't make sense. Which is it?
I'm not sure what you mean. A design pattern is a technique, which is separate from what a microformat is. A microformat is an application of several techniques to a specific end. When some techniques prove successful, they become patterns. The techniques are means for generalized extensions, while a microformat is a specific application of those techniques for a specific extension. Microformats exhibit emergent characteristics from wide usage on the web; this characteristic means that these formats only exist because they have already scaled --even before they were borne. So I guess I'm not sure what the concern for scaling is. Ben _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
