[microformats-discuss] Proposing RelSource

[Ryan King]

On Jul 11, 2005, at 7:30 AM, Bud Gibson wrote:

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

It's called citeRel now, and yes its still a proposal, though it  
hasn't made it to the mf.org wiki yet. Perhaps I should work on that  
today. For now see http://hellonline.com/blog/?p=18

-ryan


> 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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