Scott Reynen wrote:
On [Dec 17], at [ Dec 17] 4:13 , Martin McEvoy wrote:
The above does not make any sense (to me), UID in microformats 99% of
the time is hooked on the URL value, URL's are *not* globally unique
to people just unique to the domain
That may be true in some cases, but it's certainly not universally
true. Here's a URL that is unique to you:
http://microformats.org/wiki/User:WebOrganics
Here's a URL that is unique to me:
http://microformats.org/wiki/User:ScottReynen
Those URLs are not OpenIDs, but are usable as UIDs. It's not really
difficult to find such URLs; almost every site you use with an account
creates a URL that identifies you and only you.
Hello Scott.. OK that's community blogs and wiki's dealt with.......
many people share urls with other people
Sure, and such URLs should not be used as UIDs. The use of URLs as
UIDs does not suggest that *every* URL makes a good UID, just that
there are enough to be usable.
Agreed, some people still may not have any choice.
I think (maybe) that the use of http urls in hCard for UID's is not
compliant with hCalendar UID
" Description: The UID itself MUST be a globally unique identifier. The
generator of the identifier MUST guarantee that the identifier is
unique. There are several algorithms that can be used to accomplish
this. The identifier is RECOMMENDED to be the identical syntax to the
[RFC 822] addr-spec. "
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2445#section-4.8.4.7
Which seems to suggest that maybe an email address is more favourable as
a UID not a http reference?
I spotted this today
http://microformats.org/wiki/uid-brainstorming#abbr_pattern
apparently you can use the abbr pattern to mark up a UID which is a
great fall back solution because Authors can specify a UID that they
know is unique.
<abbr class="uid" title="urn:isbn:0950788120">0 9507881-2-0</abbr>
The above is supported by the hCard validator and Operator, probably
more, but not X2V for some reason
see
http://hcard.geekhood.net/?url=http://weborganics.co.uk/test/hcard-test.html
for an example of UID using the abbr design pattern
Thanks.
--
Martin McEvoy
http://weborganics.co.uk/
"You may find it hard to swallow the notion that anything as large and apparently
inanimate as the Earth is alive."
Dr. James Lovelock, The Ages of Gaia
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