[uf-discuss] hCalendar spec- no specification included!
Mike Schinkel
mikeschinkel at gmail.com
Mon Oct 16 23:39:13 PDT 2006
Thanks. I subscribed to the page.
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[mailto:microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin
West
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:28 AM
To: Microformats Discuss
Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] hCalendar spec- no specification included!
Mike, this is great. I really like it. Remember to check back and
make sure progress is happening. Feel free to give me a nudge if I'm
unresponsive.
Ben
On 10/16/06, Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Would you mind confiming this on the to-do page under my name [1]?
>
> I added, see if it is what you were wanting...
>
> >> If it somehow differs from the suggestions there (under information
> architecture) would you please explain how it differs?
>
> Okay. Note I did not change anything outside my comments, I just
> added my comments.
>
> >> Also please list your specific suggestions, as well as, if
> >> possible,
> where content for the pages you suggest may be gleaned,
>
> The current microformat pages (i.e.
> http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/) and any they reference. I think this
will become obvious during reorganization.
>
> >> and which pages would need new content that doesn't yet exist.
>
> I think any list I create on my own (beyond my first list, which is
> just a starting point) will be ill-conceived and incomplete. They
> need to be gleened during the process of reorganization as a collective
effort.
>
> >> I think you may have illuminated the intent more clearly than it
> >> has been
> explained so far, and so your refinement on the wiki would be very
helpful.
>
> Thanks for the ack.
>
> -Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org
> [mailto:microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org] On Behalf Of
> Benjamin West
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 12:12 AM
> To: Microformats Discuss
> Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] hCalendar spec- no specification included!
>
> Mike,
>
> Thanks for you suggestion. I believe this is exactly what cgriego and
> Andy and I have just suggested. Would you mind confiming this on the
> to-do page under my name [1]? If it somehow differs from the
> suggestions there (under information architecture) would you please
> explain how it differs? Also please list your specific suggestions,
> as well as, if possible, where content for the pages you suggest may
> be gleaned, and which pages would need new content that doesn't yet exist.
>
> I think you may have illuminated the intent more clearly than it has
> been explained so far, and so your refinement on the wiki would be very
helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
> [1] <http://microformats.org/wiki/to-do#Information_Architecture>
>
>
> On 10/16/06, Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree that the current layout is confusing. After reading several
> > of these email I would like to make a suggestion that is smaller
> > scope than an entire reorganization (which still might be a good
> > idea.)
> >
> > Tantek suggests that "the specifications are not tutorials" and
> > others have said that they (think newbies would be) interested in
> > authoring, not the specification and I concur.
> >
> > What if we use a convention that the entry page (i.e.
> > http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard) would be an index into a list of
> > (psuedo) standardized sub pages so that it would be very people to
> > find what is important to them. For example, is a list of potential
> > sub
> pages:
> >
> > * Specification
> > * Tutorial
> > * Examples
> > * Use cases
> > * Reference
> > * Discussion
> > * Brainstorming (might be combined w/Discussion)
> > * Implementations
> > * Related Pages
> > * Further Reading
> > * All (Uses Mediawiki's "includes" to create a page including all
> > sub pages; very useful for printing & reading offline)
> >
> > These pages would be located respectively at
> >
> > * http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/Specification
> > * http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/Tutorial
> > * http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/Examples
> > * http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/Use_cases
> > * http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/Reference
> > * http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/Discussion
> > * http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/Brainstorming
> > * http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/Implementations
> > * http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/Related_Pages
> > * http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/Further_Reading
> > * http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard/All
> >
> > Please note I am suggesting an architecture not a specific list of
> > sub pages. The list of sub pages should be defined by both reviewing
> > existing information during site reorganization, and then via
> > discussion on the list in an attempt to discover and extract which
> > sub pages are needed for most/all microformats.
> >
> > Hope this is useful...
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org
> > [mailto:microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org] On Behalf Of
> > Benjamin West
> > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:29 PM
> > To: Microformats Discuss
> > Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] hCalendar spec- no specification included!
> >
> > On 10/16/06, Justin Thorp <juth at loc.gov> wrote:
> > > Ben, I really like your idea of giving the wiki a better sense of
> > organization.
> > >
> >
> > Justin, thanks, but this isn't my idea. Many others have expressed
> > their ideas and desires as well.
> >
> > > Is it possible within MediaWiki to have some type of sidebar
> > > navigation
> > with this site organization on it?
> >
> > Interesting idea. Would you mind suggesting this on the to-do page?
> > You can create your own section or feel free to put it under mine.
> > If enough people comment in my section, I'll split the whole section
> > off as it's own Wiki Improvement section. Please add this to
> > http://microformats.org/wiki/to-do#Ben_West_.28bewest.29 under
> > information architecture. Be sure to leave your name.
> >
> > > I think this would help users to better find the information that
> > > they are
> > looking for. For example, I am a user who could care less about the
> > specification and cares more about how to write an hCard or hCalendar.
> > I want to see whats possible and some examples.
> >
> > So your first inclination is authoring? What kind of websites do
> > you author? Are you more of a graphic designer or a web developer?
> >
> > If there were a landing page for a specific microformat (as Andy and
> > cgriego have suggested. I beleive I'm hearing more and more
> > consensus on this.) that had large items such as:
> > * What is this?
> > * What can I do here?
> > * Show me a demo.
> > * Create an hCard
> >
> > Which one would look most promising? If create an hcard went to the
> > hcard creator, would this suprise you?
> >
> > > I didn't even see that there was a page on authoring within the
> > > pages and
> > pages of specification. Even with it at the top of the page. I
> > glanced right over it.
> > >
> > > It seems like most tutorials on hCard or hCalendar point people to
> > > the
> > spec to get more information. Should we be encouraging people to
> > point to the authoring page? I think a newbie would be very very
> > very intimidated being pointed right to the spec.
> > >
> >
> > Call me sick, but this is exactly the kind of thing I'm looking to
> collect.
> > I've added it to <http://microformats.org/wiki/wiki-feedback>. Can
> > everyone add their favorite complaint?
> >
> > Ben
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