[uf-discuss] Extracting N from hCard (was: Citation Straw Proposal II)

[Karl Dubost]

Le 06-05-02 à 08:50, Tantek Çelik a écrit :
> <div class="citation">
>     <span class="fn">The Book of Ryan</span>
>     <span class="author vcard">
>         <span class="fn">Ryan Cannon</span>
>     </span>
> </div>

Is there a reason for not using the
	- cite element
	- value "reference" for "class" attribute
               or maybe "source"

Why not?

<cite class="reference">
     <span class="fn">The Book of Ryan</span>
     <span class="author vcard">
         <span class="fn">Ryan Cannon</span>
     </span>
</cite>


I tend to avoid "citation" because of it has a a tendency to confuse  
people accross western languages. For example, citation is in French  
a quote (extract of a book) and a citation (reference for author).


There are a lot of Bibliography Formats on Dana Jacobsen's Web site.  
It's interesting to look at the different strategies used for giving  
a reference to a work.
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~jacobsd/bib/formats/

There is also “A review of metadata: a survey of current resource  
description formats”
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/desire/overview/rev_toc.htm


BibTex format uses

@article{Gettys90,
    author = {Jim Gettys and Phil Karlton and Scott McGregor},
    title = {The {X} Window System, Version 11},
    journal = {Software Practice and Experience},
    volume = {20},
    number = {S2},
    year = {1990},
    abstract = {A technical overview of the X11 functionality.  This  
is an update
of the X10 TOG paper by Scheifler \& Gettys.}
}

Sometimes I wish we could write HTML with the same clarity than TeX/ 
LaTeX.





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