On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 12:33 +1300, Paul Wilkins wrote: > On Dec 15, 2007 12:18 PM, Martin McEvoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 10:13 +1300, Paul Wilkins wrote: > > > I think you're right. It should be P3M23S instead. > > > > I dont think thats its possible to drop the *T* > > You're right, the T has to be there to resolve any ambiguity between > month and minute. > > PT3M23S is ISO 8601 notation for 3 minutes and 23 seconds. > > > you could perhaps do PT3:23 ? which seems more accurate > > Then it won't be able to be parsed as an actual time.
hmm are you sure? 3:23 is expressed as whole plus a decimal fraction * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 > > <snip> > > > No I do not have enough wisdom to say what is right or wrong. > > I do NOT however believe that machine data should be displayed in a > > people area such as @title, I think machine data can be stored elsewhere > > in a document such as in the <head> in a list of <link>'s or <meta>'s > > The data format is machine data, as are geo-coordinates as well. > The machine data has to remain with the human data so that > discrepancies between the two aren't allowed to occur. > > When thinking about other time formats, consider how 3 seconds would > be marked up, or even days and weeks. "PT1M" 1 min "PT00:03M" 3 seconds decimal fraction "PT3S" 3 seconds "P0001-03-22T12:33:00" 1 year 3 months 22 days 12 hours 33 minutes and zero seconds. Thanks Martin > _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
