RE: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread Farndon, Tony
Hi Alex Have you tried my Minimap Firefox Addon?? It goes some way to what you were suggesting, in that it stores addresses/placemarks locally in your firefox profile, along with the url from where that address/location was from so that you can geographically browse. All placemarks are displayed

Re: [uf-discuss] inappropriate behaviour (was: Discussion of public domain declaration template usage)

2007-08-02 Thread Michael Smethurst
On 1/8/07 20:02, Andy Mabbett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once again, there is the impression that microformats fora are being run by an unelected cabal, using arbitrary, personal interpretations of vague and unwritten rules, applied with no sense of even-handedness. Still, I suppose that's

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread David Mead
I don't think it's Operator that's at fault. I wrote a post about trying Google Maps (http://www.viewfromw6th.com/2007/08/microformats-getting-bigger.html) as soon as I heard they were using microformats. Looking up our company address I could not pull any meaningful data out using Operator,

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread Rob Manson
Hi all, converting a freeform address is definitely much easier nowadays with all the geocode services out there, so nobody should have to develop their own custom parser any more. For example Google provides an excellent service so any publisher with freeform address data should not only be

[uf-discuss] Re: Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread Toby A Inkster
Andy Mabbett wrote: http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-brainstorming#implied_adr_subproperties which strikes me as unworkable, being overly complex and not suitable for internationalisation (not just in non-English speaking countries, but outside the USA) I'm with Andy on this one. In fact,

Re: [uf-discuss] Re: Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread Tantek Çelik
On 8/2/07 8:34 AM, Toby A Inkster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy Mabbett wrote: http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-brainstorming#implied_adr_subproperties which strikes me as unworkable, being overly complex and not suitable for internationalisation (not just in non-English speaking

RE: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread Rob Manson
We do that internally via some scripts so I'd be happy to contribute one if more than a couple of people are interested in it. It could be a nice parallel to the vCard to hCard converter I contributed too. Rob On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 14:46 +0100, Farndon, Tony wrote: Has anyone built a page

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread Gregor J. Rothfuss
ah. i have not implemented microformats for geocodes yet. they are stored and handled differently. if i get some of that 20% time (heh) i will add support for it. On 8/1/07, Rob Manson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gregor, I just followed the tinyurl link that Andy Mabbett posted to the list

[admin] Re: [uf-discuss] inappropriate behaviour (was: Discussion of public domain declaration template usage)

2007-08-02 Thread Scott Reynen
On Aug 1, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Andy Mabbett wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andy Mabbett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Frankly Andy, due to your use of the {{subst}} method, you have now added additional time cost to determining if any page *you* edit in particular is consistently in the

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats UI in Firefox 3

2007-08-02 Thread Thom Shannon
did you carry on working on the idea of showing whats a microformat in the page? There was talk of a mouse cursor change when a user hovers over. The last mockup i saw had an icon at the end of the address bar with action. I think both of those would be a good way forward. I started a thread

[uf-discuss] XOXO Special Properties

2007-08-02 Thread Dimitri Glazkov
I don't know if there's much interest in XOXO anymore, with sexier new h* monikers and all, but I seem to have great appreciation for this simple format. I am currently trying to understand how to best parse and understand the meaning of XOXO-ed content, and need some guidance/ideas on

Re: [uf-discuss] XOXO Special Properties

2007-08-02 Thread Ernest Prabhakar
Hi Dmitri, On Aug 2, 2007, at 1:08 PM, Dimitri Glazkov wrote: My intent is to use XOXO for configuration (remember plists discussion from a while back?) and I would like to make sure I don't write code that does something unacceptable or illogical. Since there is not much heard anymore about

[uf-discuss] Re: XOXO Special Properties

2007-08-02 Thread Dimitri Glazkov
Can you point me to the existing tests? On 8/2/07, Kevin Marks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there are python and java versions here, with some tests http://microformats.org/wiki/xoxo-sample-code refactoring tests into the HTML + JSON style discussed for hCard et al would be a fine idea. On

[uf-discuss] Re: Getting legal help (was: inappropriate behaviour)

2007-08-02 Thread Manu Sporny
Scott Reynen wrote: The microformats admins have decided to ban Andy Mabbet from this community (both email lists and wiki) for one week, due to continued failure to adhere to the be nice guideline [1] after a private warning. I don't condone Andy's tone when replying to the thread that

Re: [uf-discuss] Re: Getting legal help (was: inappropriate behaviour)

2007-08-02 Thread Ernest Prabhakar
Hi Manu, On Aug 2, 2007, at 7:10 PM, Manu Sporny wrote: The reasoning for not discussing legal matters on the list is not clear. It is ironic that in an open community, such as this, that we have any taboo topics... but here we are. I an not a lawyer, but my understanding is that any public

Re: [uf-discuss] inappropriate behaviour (was: Discussion of public domain declaration template usage)

2007-08-02 Thread Ben Buchanan
Once again, there is the impression that microformats fora are being run by an unelected cabal, using arbitrary, personal interpretations of vague and unwritten rules, applied with no sense of even-handedness. Still, I suppose that's easier than actually addressing the governance and