Hello again, I had not realised that Andy Mabbett didn't post a reply here - so here's a reference to his blog post on this:
http://pigsonthewing.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/measurement-microformat-for-radio-station-frequencies There's discussion in the comments. Having had some sleep, I'm feeling more that "frequency" should be able to act as either 1. a property, as proposed in the broadcast examples page: http://microformats.org/wiki/broadcast-examples OR 2. a sub-property of "adr". Am I correct in thinking that this would be similar to how "tel" or "geo" work? If this were to happen I think "frequency" should have additional sub-properties: * band [I think this should be required] - FM, SW, LW, MW, et al. It should be enough to just write <div class="vcard"> <strong class="fn org">Rádio Nacional do Alto Solimões</strong> <div class="adr"> <!-- you could of course use geo instead of adr --> <span class="locality">Amazonas</span> <span class="country-name">Brazil</span> </div> <div class="frequency"> <span class="band">FM</span>: 96.1 </div> <div class="frequency"> <span class="band">AM</span>: 670 </div> </div> But as quite a few radio stations are located over a range of frequencies, you'd need * low - the lowest frequency at which the station can be heard * high - the highest frequency at which the station can be heard This is from my gigs page for Radio 3 and shows the range: <div class="location vcard"> <strong class="fn org"> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazzon3" class="url">BBC Radio 3</a> </strong> <span class="frequency" style="display:block;"> <span class="low">90.2</span> - <span class="high">92.6</span> <abbr class="band" title="Frequency Modulation broadcast">FM</abbr>: </span> <span class="adr"> <span class="country-name">UK</span> </span> </div> and you could use value for discrete frequencies. <div class="vcard"> <b class="fn org">Heart Radio in Sussex</b> <i class="frequency"> <span class="value">102.4</span> and <span class="value">103.5</span> <span class="band">FM</span> </i> (<abbr title="50.9761;0.2293" class="geo">Eastbourne</abbr>) </div> If you wanted to or needed to refer to units [note that when using a radio, most people will not need the units as the reception range for each band is already set] then you could use hMeasure; <div class="vcard"> <strong class="fn org">Rádio Nacional do Alto Solimões</strong> <div class="adr"> <span class="locality">Amazonas</span> <span class="country-name">Brazil</span> </div> <div class="frequency"> <span class="band">FM</span> <span class="measure"> <span class="num">96.1</span> <abbr class="unit" title="megaHertz">MHz</abbr> </span> </div> <div class="frequency"> <span class="band">AM</span> <span class="measure"> <span class="num">670</span> <abbr class="unit" title="kiloHertz">kHz</abbr> </span> </div> </div> But I feel this is easier to read and type: <div class="vcard"> <strong class="fn org">Rádio Nacional do Alto Solimões</strong> <div class="adr"> <span class="locality">Amazonas</span> <span class="country-name">Brazil</span> </div> <div class="frequency"> <span class="band">FM</span>: 96.1MHz </div> <div class="frequency"> <span class="band">AM</span>: 670kHz </div> </div> Shortwave radio reception can be dependent on the time of day: should/can this be handled with hCalendar? For example, looking at http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/waystolisten/australia.htm The morning frequencies might be marked up as: <div class="vevent"> <!-- here, I'm assuming that the person lives in Western Australia. This is a country that can have as many as six timezones. --> <strong class="summary">Morning</strong> <span class="dtstart">9:00 <span class="value">+08</span> </span> <span class="dtend">12:00</span> <span class="value">+08</span> </span> <div class="frequency"> <span class="band">SW</span>: <span class="value">9660</span>, <span class="value">15230</span>, <span class="value">15240</span>, <span class="value">21725</span> </div> </div> Any thoughts? C. ---- http://www.coreymwamba.co.uk http://trio.coreymwamba.co.uk/ music = science + magic _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss