[uf-discuss] What does the 'h' in microformats mean?

2009-07-09 Thread Martin McEvoy
Hello all I wander if anyone can tell me what the 'h' in microformats means? I have always thought 'h' was for 'hypertext' but could it mean 'hypermedia' or even 'html' perhaps it means nothing? best wishes Martin http://weborganics.co.uk/ ___ mic

Re: [uf-discuss] What does the 'h' in microformats mean?

2009-07-09 Thread Thomas Loertsch
On 09.07.09 10:15, "Martin McEvoy" wrote: > Hello all > > I wander if anyone can tell me what the 'h' in microformats means? > I have always thought 'h' was for 'hypertext' but could it mean > 'hypermedia' or even 'html' > > perhaps it means nothing? my guess: it stands for that certain gr

Re: [uf-discuss] What does the 'h' in microformats mean?

2009-07-09 Thread Frances Berriman
2009/7/9 Thomas Loertsch : > > > > On 09.07.09 10:15, "Martin McEvoy" wrote: > >> Hello all >> >> I wander if anyone can tell me what the 'h' in microformats means? >> I have always thought 'h' was for 'hypertext' but could it mean >> 'hypermedia' or even 'html' >> >> perhaps it means nothing? > >

Re: [uf-discuss] What does the 'h' in microformats mean?

2009-07-09 Thread André Luís
Martin, it really doesn't matter that much but from hcard wiki page: hCard is a simple, open, distributed format for representing people, companies, organizations, and places, using a 1:1 representation of vCard (RFC2426) properties and values in semantic HTML or XHTML. hCard is one of sever

Re: [uf-discuss] What does the 'h' in microformats mean?

2009-07-09 Thread Tantek Çelik
>> On 09.07.09 10:15, "Martin McEvoy" wrote: >> >>> Hello all >>> >>> I wander if anyone can tell me what the 'h' in microformats means? >>> I have always thought 'h' was for 'hypertext' but could it mean >>> 'hypermedia' or even 'html' It's in the microformats FAQ :) http://microformats.org/wik

Re: [uf-discuss] What does the 'h' in microformats mean?

2009-07-09 Thread Toby Inkster
On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 09:15 +0100, Martin McEvoy wrote: > I wander if anyone can tell me what the 'h' in microformats means? hAtom, hCard, hCalendar, hReview etc are all named after the character Horatio "H" Caine from the popular police procedural television series "CSI: Miami". -- Toby A Inkst

Re: [uf-discuss] What does the 'h' in microformats mean?

2009-07-09 Thread David Janes
Actually, the "h" in hAtom comes from the preferred way we Irish-descended Newfoundlanders prefer to pronounce words beginning with a vowel sound -- i.e. you should be saying it as two syllables, not three ;-) Regards, etc... On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Toby Inkster wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-

RE: [uf-discuss] What does the 'h' in microformats mean?

2009-07-09 Thread Ted Drake
I thought that was the case. You know, there is a remarkable similarity between Horatio and Tantek. They are probably mistaken for each other all the time. Ted -Original Message- From: microformats-discuss-boun...@microformats.org [mailto:microformats-discuss-boun...@microformats.org] O