On Feb 13, 2007, at 12:32 PM, Ryan King wrote:
And if the uid is not an url, then authors can't assert authority,
correct?
I'm not even considering authority for now. We need to just deal
with related hCards first.
I'm no longer clear on what you're proposing, Ryan. I thought you
were proposing UID+URL as an alternative to VIA, as a way to declare
authority through identification rather than through origin. But if
you're not considering declaring authority at all, then how does this
solve our original problem?
On Jan 23, 2007, at 12:22 PM, David Janes wrote:
Wouldn't it be great if there was a well defined way of getting from
_an_ instance of a hCard to the _best_ (or canonical) hCard for that
person.
Merely indicating that two hCards are related doesn't tell us which
one is best or most authoritative.
I see the one explicit relationship as simpler. I'm not
understanding what you think is
simpler about a general "relatedness".
Because the explicit relationship isn't helpful. As someone writing
a consuming application, I don't care that an author thinks their
hCard is definitive for a given entity, just tell me which ones are
related and I'll figure out the right data.
I think the explicit relationship of authority is central to solving
David's problem, a very common practical problem for hCard
publishers. Self-declared authority is not helpful, but one hCard
declaring another as more authoritative is exactly what we need.
There are multiple ways to declare that authority. Origin is one
basis of authority, and the VIA and SOURCE suggestions make use of
this kind of authority. Identification could be considered another
basis of authority, and I earlier thought that's what you were trying
to do with UID+URL, but if you just want to know that a bunch of
hCards are related and figure out for yourself which one is best, I
don't see how that solves David's problem.
Peace,
Scott
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