On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 12:35 -0400, Manu Sporny wrote: > hAudio ISSUE #4: open issue! > http://microformats.org/wiki/audio-info-issues#Problem:_Display_properties_of_rel-patterns > > The following markup summarizes this problem: > > <a rel="purchase" href="/buy/song/3742827384" > title="Buy The Song"> > <img src="/images/buy_song.png" alt="Buy Song Image" /> > </a> > > What value do you use for displaying the previous markup? > > - Buy The Song > - Buy Song Image > - or the image, /images/buy_song.png > "Buy The Song" as the rel-payment microformat recommends
http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-payment#RelPayment Martin > If there is no text to display, then how does one place the item into a > menu/display for Operator/Firefox? Please read the history of this > issue, as this discussion previously lead to an EoT request: > > http://microformats.org/wiki/audio-info-issues#Historical:_Graphic_buttons_in_rel-patterns > > This is one of the main issues delaying full hAudio implementation in > Operator. > > The current possible solutions are: > > - Do nothing - display values are up to implementors > - Don't specify but Publish hAudio Best Practices Section > - Use the TITLE Attribute > - Create a new DISPLAY property for display values > - Display whatever a text-only browser would display > > In an attempt to move the issue forward, I am shifting my position from > specifying proper use of @alt in hAudio, to specifying an hAudio Best > Practices section for application authors. In other words, leave display > value implementation up to the application writers. > > We should publish a Best Practices document for hAudio that states the > following: > > - Use TITLE for display values for rel-patterns, which is backed up by > the following: http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-payment#RelPayment > Authors should use the "title" attribute to provide a human readable > description of the type of support pointed to by the hyperlink. > Aggregators may use the contents of the "title" attribute to provide > additional information about the support link to their users. > E.g. <a href="[url]" rel="payment" title="Donate Money Via PayPal">. > - If TITLE is not specified, the link text that is displayed in a > text-only web browser should be used. > > There is a "Votes" section for this topic on the hAudio issues page, > please record your vote on the wiki, or discuss further on this list: > > http://microformats.org/wiki/audio-info-issues#Votes_4 > > -- manu > > PS: Many thanks to Martin McEvoy, who found the RelPayment prior-art > regarding using TITLE for human readable descriptions. > _______________________________________________ > microformats-new mailing list > [email protected] > http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-new _______________________________________________ microformats-new mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-new
