[uf-discuss] hCard/ adr clarification

[Brian Suda]

On 12/5/06, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
>
> In "adr", the class "adr" is required, of any oft eh sub-classes are
> used.
>
> In hCard, "adr" is optional, as are its subclasses.
>
> Should "adr" be required, if any of its sub-categories are present, in
> hCard?

--- this is a slightly tricky answer... from a validation point of
view, something like this is completely valid HTML and microformats:
<div class="vcard">
<div class="fn">foo-bar name</div>
<div class="country-name">foo-bar</div>
</div>

now, a parse would NOT parser the country-name value as part of an
address, but it is still valid. If you intend for the country-name to
be part of the vcard then it MUST be a child of a class="adr". But if
a class="country-name" does exist outside of an ADR, then that does
not make ADR required - it could simply mean the publisher has chosen
a semantic class name - not intending it to be part of the vcard.

So, i guess the short answer is:
If a ADR child is present it is NOT manditory to make ADR present, but
it will NOT be parsed into a vCard. it will ONLY be considered part of
the hCard data IF it is a child of ADR, but neither the ADR or
child-property are required.

I hope this makes sense and help?
-brian

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brian suda
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