[uf-discuss] hCard-o-matic toplevel div not address?

[Chris Messina]

This has been discussed previously and Steve is correct

http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2005-June/000013.html
http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2005-November/001870.html

This has been previously codified on the wiki:

http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-faq#Should_I_use_ADDRESS_for_hCards

Chris

On 10/16/06, Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> The address tag ... is designed to markup information related to the
> author of a particular page
>
> Too bad sites like the following don't make that more clear (reading it I
> never would have come to the conclusion that it was for the author of the
> current page):
>
> http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_address.asp
>
> Why do I bring this page up?  This site is the first Google search result
> for "HTML address tag" and as such I'll bet a lot more people learn about it
> at places like this than the W3C specification which means probably tons of
> <address> tags used for reasons other than just the author of the current
> page.
>
> JMTCW,
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org
> [mailto:microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org] On Behalf Of Steve
> Robillard
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:42 AM
> To: 'Microformats Discuss'
> Subject: RE: [uf-discuss] hCard-o-matic toplevel div not address?
>
> Jan,
>
> If I understand it correctly it comes down to the definition of the address
> tag. It is designed to markup information related to the author of a
> particular page (if this is true then you can use the address tag).
>
> I am sure if this is incorrect someone will correct me.
>
> HTH,
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org
> [mailto:microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org] On Behalf Of Jan
> Ptacek
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:28 AM
> To: microformats-discuss at microformats.org
> Subject: [uf-discuss] hCard-o-matic toplevel div not address?
>
> hi, can someone pleas explain me why hCard creator uses a <div> as a
> toplevel element and not an <address> element?
>
> best regards
> jan ptacek
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