[uf-discuss] hcard noobie question

[Nick Swan]

So should i be able to copy and paste this into the Live clipboard demo:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><liveclipboard version="0.91"
xmlns:lc="
http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/liveclipboard"><lc:data><lc:format<http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/liveclipboard%22%3E%3Clc:data%3E%3Clc:format>type="vcard"
contenttype="application/xhtml+xml"><lc:item><![CDATA[<DIV
class="vcard"><A class="url fn" href="http://weblog.vb-tech.com/nick">Nick
Swan</A><DIV class="org">Dot Net Solutions</DIV><DIV class="adr"><DIV
class="street-address">Sheet Street</DIV><SPAN
class="locality">Windsor</SPAN> <SPAN class="postal-code">SL4</SPAN>
</DIV><DIV class="tel">07866
567042</DIV></DIV>]]></lc:item></lc:format></lc:data></liveclipboard>


On 4/6/06, Ryan King <ryan at technorati.com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 5, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Nick Swan wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > noobie hcard question here! Sorry!!!
> >
> > So I have my hcard I have created :
> >
> > <div class="vcard">
> >  <a class="url fn" href="http://weblog.vb-tech.com/nick ">Nick Swan</a>
> >  <div class="org">Dot Net Solutions</div>
> >  <div class="adr">
> >   <div class="street-address">Sheet Street</div>
> >   <span class="locality">Windsor</span>,
> >   <span class="region">Berks</span>
> >   <span class="postal-code">SL4</span>
> >  </div>
> >  <div class="tel">07866 567042</div>
> > </div>
> >
> > and I want to paste it into Ray Ozzies Live Clipboard demo.
> >
> > I can't though because the demo splits names up completely
> > differently ie:
> > <div class="n">
> >   <span class="given-name">Nick</span>
> >   <span class="family-name">Swan</span>
> > </div>
> >
> > For me to consume hcards this is ok as I can parse them many
> > different ways to see which one works, but how am I supposed to
> > know which format to copy the data in to be able to paste it
> > somewhere else?
> >
> > I though the idea of hcard was to come up with a standard format?
>
> It is, don't worry. :D
>
> What you're encountering here is the implied-n-optimization [http://
> microformats.org/wiki/hcard#Implied_.22n.22_Optimization]. In the
> First example, you're using the optimization to express n (the
> structured name). In the last example, the structure of n is
> expressed explicitly.
>
> Either method should work with a proper hcard parser.
>
> /me goes back to writing hcard test cases. :D
>
> -ryan
> --
> Ryan King
> ryan at technorati.com
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