On 10/13/07 1:11 PM, "Martin McEvoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 20:48 +0100, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> >> It's my understanding that "item" in microformats was intended purely >> as >> a delimiter, with the same - empty - semantic value as SPAN and DIV in >> HTML. > > the exact same semantics are mirrored In my suggestion in hAudio, do you > not think that Item can be a powerful tool in microformats if we use it > the same way as a div or a span in html? Precisely. > I think if we use track ... > > <span class="track"> > <span class="fn>Nagasaki Nightmare</span> > </span> > > in the context of hAudio does it have any more meaning than > > <span class="item"> > <span class="fn>Nagasaki Nightmare</span> > </span> > > track and item are both being used as container for which the contents > describe what it is? Correct, they appear to be isomorphic. > Anyway there is only Me at the moment supporting using *item* instead of > a new microformat *track* I support re-use of "item" as well, rather than inventing a new term that has apparently the same semantics, which would violate one of our naming principles: re-use the same name to mean the same thing (instead of using two names to mean the same thing). http://microformats.org/wiki/naming-principles#Reuse And regardless of the number of people, if you can point to a principle supporting your position, your position is stronger. Science is not a democracy. Thanks, Tantek _______________________________________________ microformats-new mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-new
