[microformats-discuss] Proposing RelSource

[Bud Gibson]

This sounds like the use case for Ryan King's hVia.  Ryan, is that  
still a proposal?

Bud
On Jul 11, 2005, at 10:22, Edward Mac Gillavry wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Happy to comment on geospatial stuff, but I like a challenge in  
> other fields now and then... Why not use the "cite" attribute in  
> <blockquote> and <q>?:
>
> < blockquote cite=http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/ 
> text.html#adef-cite-Q" >
>
> cite = uri [CT]
> The value of this attribute is a URI that designates a source  
> document or message. This attribute is intended to give information  
> about the source from which the quotation was borrowed.
>
> </ blockquote >
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Edward
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Skelton" <skeltoac at gmail.com>
> To: "Microformats-Discuss" <microformats-discuss at microformats.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 3:48 PM
> Subject: [microformats-discuss] Proposing RelSource
>
>
> Hi everyone, I'm Andy Skelton, creator of http://blogsoftheday.com.
> With this email I hope to spark some discussion on a microformat
> proposal.
>
> Keeping an eye on BOTD's HotList, which uses traffic stats to rank
> recent posts on participating blogs, I have discovered that most news
> bloggers are getting their news from other bloggers or mainstream news
> sites and very few are reporting first-hand. Most bloggers are already
> posting links to their sources (cowpath) but these links are by no
> means standardized (paving).
>
> While this kind of news propagation is good, I believe the source
> links should be recognized by machines and considered when listings
> are generated by engines such as Technorati. To achieve this, I
> propose a new microformat: RelSource. Authors can use it when they
> quote, reference or discuss a news article reported by another online
> source by adding rel="source" when they link to their sources.
>
> Examples:
> <a href="http://blogsoftheday.com/?p=43" rel="source">BOTD
> proposes</a> a new microformat.
> or
> Discussion of new RelSource microformat proposal... Source: <a
> href="http://blogsoftheday.com/?p=43" rel="source">Blogs Of The
> Day</a>
>
> I await your ideas on this matter.
>
> Andy Skelton
> http://www.skeltoac.com
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