[uf-discuss] LinkedIn and Microformats

[Tantek Ç elik]

That requirement is already there.  "fn" is required in hCard.

Tantek

On 6/13/06 2:59 PM, "Chris Messina" <chris.messina at gmail.com> wrote:

> So perhaps there needs to be a more stringent requirement that if you
> find class="vcard" that that's not enough to indicate the presence of
> a microformat, but that you also need to look for the required "fn"
> class nested in said "vcard"?
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 6/13/06, Chris Casciano <chris at placenamehere.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Jun 13, 2006, at 5:18 PM, David Janes -- BlogMatrix wrote:
>> 
>>> I was going to report the happy news that LinkedIn [1] is using
>>> hCards, as my little Greasemonkey script was showing an icon on the
>>> page. Alas, it's not to be -- here's what they're doing:
>>> 
>>> <p
>>>  class="vcard"><a
>>>  href="/addressBookExport?exportMemberVCard=&memberID=6172221"
>>>  name="_exportVCard">Download vCard</a></p>
>>> 
>>> D'oh -- they're using "vcard" to mark that there's, umm, a vcard at
>>> the other end of the link. If anyone knows anyone at LinkedIn, you may
>>> want to give them a nudge.
>>> 
>>> Regards, etc...
>>> David
>>> 
>>> [1] http://www.linkedin.com/
>> 
>> And?
>> 
>> I guess it doesn't hurt to give them a nudge and let them know that the
>> class they're using triggers the script in your browser making you
>> think something is there that is not, but do microformats own the
>> strings used in various classes and other attributes?
>> 
>> If was a web developer that new nothing of microformats something like
>> the above would certainly make plenty of sense.
>> 
>> Sounds like just a typical gotcha when you're doing this kind of thing
>> (writing MF consumers that is).
>> 
>> --
>> [ Chris Casciano ]
>> [ chris at placenamehere.com ] [ http://placenamehere.com ]
>> 
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