On 12/16/08, Martin McEvoy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Scott I don't understand your issue , are you suggesting that a hcard > may have more than one UID element? > > The UID element *is* the Unique Identifier of an entire hcard/vcard > > http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-singular-properties#uid
--- Scott is talking about the definition of UID from the RFC itself. There is always the possibility that the wiki is not correct. FROM: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2426#page-24 3.6.7 UID Type Definition To: [email protected] Subject: Registration of text/directory MIME type UID Type name: UID Type purpose: To specify a value that represents a globally unique identifier corresponding to the individual or resource associated with the vCard. So the UID is NOT the vCard itself, but connected to the data that is contained within it. This is how you can do identity consolidation. How you know that vCard over there with UID:123 is the same person as this vCard over here with UID:123 Even if they both have different information. This is why we have been trying to connect UID and URL, much like XFN and OpenID your identity is your URL, which is globally unique. I will update the wiki page. -brian -- brian suda http://suda.co.uk _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
