[uf-discuss] The need for a Trackback microformat?

[Andreas Haugstrup]

On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:36:33 +0100, Ryan Cannon <ryan at ryancannon.com>  
wrote:

> This is interesting because the description really depends on audience.  
> I agree with you: perhaps better language for rel-enclosure should be  
> "By adding rel='enclosure' to a hyperlink, a page indicates that the  
> destination of that hyperlink is not meant to be viewed by the client  
> browser." However, this implies a more technical understanding of HTTP  
> than the average person (or amateur web developer) has. For those  
> people, "viewing" and "downloading" a file are very different. While the  
> language should change, perhaps some language somewhere should reflect  
> this difference in audience.

My issue with the language is secondary. The enclosure is an attachment to  
the document and the wording should reflect that. Staying to the e-mail  
metaphor it could be "By adding rel='enclosure' to a hyperlink, a page  
indicates that the destination of that hyperlink is an attachment to the  
current page".

- Andreas
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