[uf-discuss] hCard and vCard

[Andrew Sidwell]

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Sören Nils 'chucker' Kuklau wrote:
> On 8/3/06, John Allsopp <john at westciv.com> wrote:
>> For example (and I've done this myself on numerous
>> occasions) "come and hear <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Ben
>> Barren</span></span> speak about..." is really not contact
>> information, but this is a very commonly cited example of how one
>> might use hCard (for example, for conference speakers).
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this example actually one for using
> <cite>, as in "come and hear <cite>Ben Barren</cite> speak about…"?* I
> can't see why you would want to use your span construct over this; it
> looks a lot messier and, from a pure HTML perspective, isn't as
> semantic.

Could one use <cite class="vcard fn">Ben Barren</cite> instead?  That
would fit HTML semantics more closely.

Andrew Sidwell
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