[microformats-discuss] Video Pop-up Link Maker

[Joshua Kinberg]

> Actually, I think instead of adding to rel-enclosure, a new format is
> in order.

Please explain further...

-josh


On 10/14/05, Ryan King <ryan at technorati.com> wrote:
> On Oct 14, 2005, at 12:46 PM, Joshua Kinberg wrote:
>
> > OK, so this looks like a good list of optional extensions to the
> > relEnclosure proposal (I don't have Wiki editing privileges, or I
> > would simply write them there)...
>
> Actually, I think instead of adding to rel-enclosure, a new format is
> in order.
>
> rel-enclosure should stay simple and independent so that it can be re-
> used by other formats (and can just be used on its own). So, we'd be
> doing composition, rather than extension.
>
> > - Title and Type attributes as optional extensions to relEnclosure
> > links (simply exploiting XHTML to fullest capability)
> >
> > - optional class="enclosure" block with multiple relEnclosure links
> > inside indicates multiple instances of the same enclosure (different
> > file formats, sizes, or bitrates).
> >
> > - optional <img> element within relEnclosure link indicates a
> > thumbnail image for that enclosure. Could contain an additional class
> > attribute like class="thumbnail" (is this necesary?)
> >
> > We could hold off on adding other *optional* Microformats to satisfy
> > requirements from other specs (Creator, Duration, Date, Description,
> > etc.) as those are more complicated and do not really follow current
> > "in the wild" practices, as Tantek has demonstrated in the discussion
> > about Dublin Core. Still, much of that information may be satisfied by
> > the surrounding context of the blog entry itself (although I don't
> > necessarily agree with that statement).
> >
> > For now, the list above seems quite sensible and flexible, and I think
> > would be easy to put into practice.
>
>
> -ryan
>
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