[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/ ___

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

2009-07-09 Thread Thomas Loertsch
On 09.07.09 10:15, Martin McEvoy mar...@weborganics.co.uk 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

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

2009-07-09 Thread Frances Berriman
2009/7/9 Thomas Loertsch loertsch.tho...@guj.de: On 09.07.09 10:15, Martin McEvoy mar...@weborganics.co.uk 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'

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

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

2009-07-09 Thread Tantek Çelik
On 09.07.09 10:15, Martin McEvoy mar...@weborganics.co.uk 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 :)

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 Inkster

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 m...@tobyinkster.co.uk

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]