Hi Andy,
On Apr 26, 2007, at 3:35 PM, Andy Mabbett wrote:
That's a point-of view, but not a definitive fact. Who says it's
not a microformat? With what authority?
Um, is there any authority you *would* accept for that usage?
The "common usage" on this list is that "microformats" is best
applied that markup which follows the microformat process:
http://microformats.org/wiki/process
and that other forms of semantic markup should be referred to as
"semantic HTML" or POSH.
I realize you may not like that distinction, and we may or may not
have any ability to enforce that, but I think it is only reasonable
for us to attempt to enforce community standards, if only through
peer pressure.
What happens if Microsoft or Mozilla (or both together) announce that
the next version of their browser(s) will support "microformat X",
with
a specification for marking up, say, play-lists (or whatever), what
makes you think they and their users would pay any heed to
protestations here?
In my experience, many people in organizations like Mozilla actually
care a great deal about community precedent -- and the wishes of the
original authors of a term -- whether or not it is enforced in formal
governance structures.
I like to think of it as "common courtesy", though I suppose on the
Internet that's an oxymoron. :-P
- Ernie P.
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