On Jan 25, 2007, at 8:02 AM, Chris Newell wrote:
At 13:35 25/01/2007, you wrote:
Hi Chris, that's an interesting application idea but I think the
idea
behind a microformat is to describe content in the HTML document
in a
standardized format (based on common usage elsewhere such as vCard)
rather than store it externally (for use by the browser to
populate a
form).
I don't think this is the point, Chris wanted to focus on.
If there would be a standarized format how to describe form elements
it would help developers of extentions, plugins and useragents to
automatically prefill it. (Instead of just guessing if its possibly a
login-field).
Right - so as well as being able to use microformats to signal
"this block of HTML is an hCard" it might be possible to signal
"this HTML form will accept an hCard".
This has been discussed previously:
On Sep 28, 2006, at 5:58 AM, Ben Ward wrote:
Lets say you have a personal registration form in your web app, for
entering contact data which will later be output as an hCard in
various places.
What if I was to mark up the form (and fields) with hCard classes?
Good idea? Bad idea? I strikes me that it could be useful for auto-
complete applications, but not sure if it would ‘pollute’ the web
with effectively a useless/empty hCard when the form is published.
<http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2006-
September/005951.html>
I don't see any clear conclusion in that thread, but it was a lengthy
discussion that we'd save ourselves some time by reviewing before we
repeat ourselves.
Peace,
Scott
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