Re: [WSG] Semantic Calendar

2005-08-18 Thread Ben Curtis
On Aug 17, 2005, at 8:31 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote: On 17/08/05, Scott Swabey (Lafinboy Productions) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does a calendar (single month) qualify as tabular data, are ordered lists a better fit, or should I be looking at another option? IMO, a calendar is always tabular

RE: [WSG] Semantic Calendar

2005-08-18 Thread Edward Clarke
On Aug 17, 2005, at 8:31 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote: On 17/08/05, Scott Swabey (Lafinboy Productions) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does a calendar (single month) qualify as tabular data, are ordered lists a better fit, or should I be looking at another option? IMO, a calendar is always

RE: [WSG] Semantic Calendar

2005-08-18 Thread Scott Swabey - Lafinboy Productions
Ben Curtis wrote Tabular data means data that both the row and column add meaning and context to the displayed data. A calendar is not row-sensitive; Ben, and others, thanks for the input on this. Ben, your comments particularly align with my thoughts about the appropriateness of using a

[WSG] Semantic Calendar

2005-08-17 Thread Scott Swabey \(Lafinboy Productions\)
G'day all I have been tinkering with a calendar generation script (PHP if relevant), and have developed two versions. One uses a semantically correct table for layout, the other uses ordered lists to hold and layout the day names and month dates. After working on this for a while and thinking

Re: [WSG] Semantic Calendar

2005-08-17 Thread Kris Khaira
Both are equally semantic depending on how it's used. If it's a list of dates, use dates. If it's a table of dates that displays dates against days (Sun, Mon, Tues... Sat), then use a table. If you're always lost about how to display something in the most semantic manner, try viewing it

Re: [WSG] Semantic Calendar

2005-08-17 Thread John Allsopp
Hi, Check out the hcalendar microformat http://microformats.org/wiki/hcalendar It's based on the widely used iCalender format from the IEEE. Two of the founders of Microformats, Tantek Celik and Eric Meyer are speaking at Web Essentials in Sydney at the end of September. http://we05.com