[uf-discuss] Citation microformat
John Vilburn
john at ohanasoftware.com
Fri Apr 7 20:58:48 PDT 2006
I can't attend the meet-up on sunday, so I will just wait to hear the
results. How will they be shared?
As some additional input to consider, here is some data from the straw
format for genealogical citations that was proposed on
eatslikeahuman.blogspot.com:
Nested list of genealogical embedded citation elements
citation
url
film-number
sheet-number
page-number
frame-number
call-number
book-number
image-number
record-number
batch-number
serial-number
date-recorded
certainty
comment
source
url
title
author
abbreviation
publication-info
description
time-period
locality
language
film-number
call-number
batch-number
comment
repository
name
address
phone
email
url
comment
This proposal is geared explicitly towards genealogical citations. It
probably has some deficiencies and may have some unnecessary elements. But
in general the elements listed here are useful for genealogical citations.
So it would be good if the elements in this list could be represented in
some way in the citation microformat.
For those of you unfamiliar with the genealogical world, let me add a few
definitions for some of the terms used above. I am not proposing that
citation microformats adopt any of these terms. I believe that the citation
microformat proposal already has corresponding elements. I provide these
definitions to avoid confusion about the meaning of the data listed above.
Repository - The location where this record can be found. Could be a libray,
a government agency, a web site, an individual's address, or any other place
that a record can be kept.
Source - The microfilm, book, website, or other collection containing the
information cited.
Citation - The microfilm frame, book page and line number, or other data
required to locate the specific information within the "Source".
Aloha,
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Suda" <brian.suda at gmail.com>
To: "Microformats Discuss" <microformats-discuss at microformats.org>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] Citation microformat
> As you can see from the Wiki, there is ALOT of information up there.
>
> We are trying to plan an IRC meet-up this sunday to discuss many of
> the issues at large and keep this format moving forward.
>
> http://microformats.org/wiki/citation-irc-meetup
>
> -brian
>
> On 4/7/06, John Vilburn <john at ohanasoftware.com> wrote:
>> I am new to this list and new to microformats. I am working with another
>> group that is looking for ways to embed genealogical citations on web
>> pages.
>> You can find the info on this effort at
>> http://eatslikeahuman.blogspot.com/.
>> We have explored a variety of citation efforts. Microformats appear to be
>> the most promising. I made a couple of additions to
>> http://microformats.org/wiki/citation-brainstorming, one under the title
>> "More This and That" and another in the Straw format under the "what else
>> am
>> I missing" section.
>>
>> Is anyone else actively working on the citation microformat?
>>
>> Aloha,
>> John Vilburn
>> Ohana Software LLC
>>
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