Re: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED] uk>, Michael Smethurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Fair point What is? Please quote the post to which you're responding. Thank you. -- Andy Mabbett Welcome to the 13-day week!

RE: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Michael Smethurst
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rerun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_pilot Now if only we had the data to tell us that stuff ~ maybe one day Unfortunately infax is outside our control. Not sure if there's any more work planned on it or whether ufs wi

RE: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Michael Smethurst
Fair point But where else could I point to that wouldn't confuse? Can hide it in css but still leaves the problem of screen readers Which I guess is a wider problem with ufs Not that I wanna kick off that discussion http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may co

RE: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Michael Smethurst
Ok, ok We're at cross purposes We can provide next and previous links to both schedule day and week views ~ no problem http://www.plasticbag.org/files/misc/pips_etech.pdf Is a link to the etech slides for pips (the Programme Information Platform designed by mssrs biddulph, coates and bell) This i

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED] uk>, Michael Smethurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >We'll certainly be looking at: >- hCard for programme contact details >- hAtom (which is lovely) for schedule listings >- hReview for album reviews (http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/xmzf/) Again, that's great. >Ne

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED] uk>, Michael Smethurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Anyone for hyperlinking to >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting >? How would that link be understood, by your non-techie visitors? -- Andy Mabbett

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Brian Suda
On 1/15/07, Michael Smethurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone for hyperlinking to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rerun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_pilot Tags let you keep things very open-ended for l

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Ben Ward
On 15 Jan 2007, at 13:29, Michael Smethurst wrote: Anyone for hyperlinking to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting ? That would be absolutely fine. Or any other tag space (Technorati et al). My BBC domain suggestion was based on the thinking that linking externally mightn't be appr

RE: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Michael Smethurst
With some cunning copy, you may already have the word 'broadcast' in your content already, in which case just hyperlink it to a tagspace (http://bbc.co.uk/broadcasts, for example) and add rel=tag. I'd guess I'd rather not tie it to the bbc url in the hope that others may feel more free to use Any

RE: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Michael Smethurst
Top stuff Perfect thanks http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the info

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Ben Ward
On 15 Jan 2007, at 09:41, Michael Smethurst wrote: I was thinking of something like [as per hCalendar] Of course we wouldn't do this without your input; if you disagree we'll stick to hCalendar only What you're trying to do, it seems, is to categorise the event. The accepted way

RE: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Michael Smethurst
ett Sent: 14 January 2007 17:13 To: Microformats Discuss Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED] . uk>, Michael Smethurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >We're currently looking at using the event microformat on the >red

RE: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-15 Thread Michael Smethurst
Ok, this was my thinking (feel free to shoot it down) A broadcast is clearly an event, so mark it up as an event But if it were possible to determine it's an event of type broadcast you'd have enough information to not only add it to your calendar but also to set a device to record the broadcast T

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED] uk>, Michael Smethurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >We're currently looking at using the event microformat on the >redesigned radio 4 schedule page (and possibly throughout >bbc.co.uk/radio4) [For those unfamiliar, the current pages are at:

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-14 Thread Jeremy Keith
Michael wrote: We're currently looking at using the event microformat on the redesigned radio 4 schedule page (and possibly throughout bbc.co.uk/radio4) That is fantastic news! And we're wondering if a network/service (BBC 1, Radio 4, Radio 1 etc) could be described as a "location" IMHO,

[uf-discuss] Microformat to describe a broadcast

2007-01-14 Thread Michael Smethurst
Hi there We're currently looking at using the event microformat on the redesigned radio 4 schedule page (and possibly throughout bbc.co.uk/radio4) And we're wondering if a network/service (BBC 1, Radio 4, Radio 1 etc) could be described as a "location" Or whether we'd be better to push for a ne