Multiple LOGOs or PHOTOs in hCard/vCard? (was Re: [uf-discuss] Avatar Microformat ?)

[brian suda]

The problem i see in the RFC and hCard for having multiple Images is this:

All properties that allow multiple instances, NICKNAME do so as comma
delimited values
NICKNAME: bill, billy, Wil

and not as:

NICKNAME: bill
NICKNAME: billy
NICKNAME: Wil

In the RFC it is normally written at the end of the document as
something like:

NICKNAME: (text-value)*,

saying that it can take multiple 'text-values'

LOGO and IMAGE do not have the * operator, so i would interpret this as
NOT allowing multiple comma delimated values.

That leaves the question of can it have multiple instance of the same
property:

LOGO:....
LOGO:....

No other property does this, as my NICKNAME example above shows, so i
would not think LOGO, PHOTO to be any different.

So i DON'T think it is possible to have two or more PHOTOs or LOGOs, but
i might be missing something.

-brian

Tantek Çelik wrote:

>On 12/28/05 1:13 PM, "Paul Bryson" <paul at msn.com> wrote:
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>>"Charles Iliya Krempeaux"
>><supercanadian at gmail.com> wrote...
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>>>I'd agree with this if hCards allowed for multiple PHOTO's or LOGO's.
>>>So, from my perspective, the question comes down to: does an hCard
>>>support mutiple PHOTO's or LOGO's?  (My understanding so far is that
>>>they don't.  But please correct me if I'm wrong.)
>>>      
>>>
>>I am currently using "logo" to display an avatar.  But I am curious if more
>>than one photo/logo is allowed per hCard.
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>I don't see any wording in RFC 2426 (vCard) that prohibits multiple LOGOs or
>PHOTOs, therefore it is reasonable to allow for more than one in hCards as
>well.
>
>Now, what different clients/applications do with those multiple LOGOs/PHOTOs
>is a different matter, but the assumption is that those implementations are
>constantly improving.
>
>Your markup should reflect the content you are publishing.  The
>implementations will adapt to the content out there, especially if you add
>your particular content as one of the "Examples in the Wild" in the hCard
>specification:
>
> http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard#Examples_in_the_wild
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tantek
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