[uf-discuss] simple rss question

[Brian Suda]

feel free to add it to the FAQ section if hCard, but what exactly was
your original question? and do you have a URL so it is easier to
discuss the mark-up options?

-brian

On 12/1/06, Ted Drake <tdrake at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> Thank you everyone, this is very helpful.
> Should we add it to the vcard twiki? I think this is a common enough
> situation that people could use the advice. I will update my hcard with
> these attributes.
>
> Ted
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org
> [mailto:microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org] On Behalf Of Brian
> Suda
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 6:11 AM
> To: Microformats Discuss
> Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] simple rss question
>
> On 12/1/06, David Janes <davidjanes at blogmatrix.com> wrote:
> > If this is a url inside a hcard (if I understand Ted's original post
> > correctly), wouldn't this be prefered:
> >
> > <a
> >  rel="alternate url" type="application/rss+xml"
> >  title="RSS feed of Ted Drake"
> >  href="http://example.com/feed.rss" >Ted Drake's feed</a>
> >
> > I.e. add the "url" class from hCard [1][2]?
>
> --- yes, if you are trying to list all the URLs that are about an
> hCard then it would make sense to add the class="url" as well. vCard
> does not distinguishes between URL TYPES, so the fact that this is an
> RSS feed is not taken into account - for the purpose of vCard it is
> JUST a url, that URL might point to an HTML, a GIF, an EXE, or an XML
> file - vCard doesn't care. This certainly does not stop you from
> adding more semantics in the form of @type data and/or other class
> values, "rss|feed|atom|syncation|etc" there is nothing preventing you
> from doing so.
>
> -brian
>
> >
> > Regards, etc...
> >
> > [1] http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard#More_Semantic_Equivalents
> > [2] http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-examples#3.6.8_URL_Type_Definition
> >
> > On 12/1/06, Kevin Marks <kmarks at technorati.com> wrote:
> > > If the page is for a person, then the RSS is an alternative. Use the
> > > Feed autodiscovery syntax makes sense:
> > >
> > > http://feedautodiscovery.org/doku.php
> > >
> > > but you could apply it to an <a href link instead of a <link one, eg
> > >
> > > <a href rel="alternate me" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS feed
> > > of Ted Drake"
> > >        href="http://example.com/feed.rss" >Ted Drake's feed</a>
> > >
> > >
> > > On Dec 1, 2006, at 3:14 AM, Brian Suda wrote:
> > >
> > > > hm... not exactly sure what you mean? there is hAtom to mark-up HTML
> > > > as a feed.
> > > >
> > > > But i think you are asking for a way to say: "That RSS over there is
> > > > about this person!" (right?) if so, then i would look at the XFN
> > > > rel="me" property. That is used for identity consolidation, which (i
> > > > think) is what you are asking about... if not just reply and we can
> > > > see what we can do.
> > > >
> > > > -brian
> > > >
> > > > On 11/30/06, Ted Drake <tdrake at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> > > >> Hi all
> > > >>
> > > >> I am adding hcard to a page and wondered if there was a pattern for
> > > >> defining
> > > >> the rss feed for an individual.
> > > >> It seems like there would already be something simple, i.e.
> > > >> class="rss" or
> > > >> rel="rss". I didn't see anything.
> > > >>
> > > >> Do you have a suggestion?
> > >
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> >
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