[uf-discuss] Size considerations (or how to choose abbreviations)

Andy Mabbett andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk
Sat Oct 21 04:27:47 PDT 2006


In message <026b01c6f3f1$b6ada8e0$5cc85618 at laptop4>, Christopher Rines
<crines at senira.com> writes

>> And yet we have "geo".
>
>I think comparing geo and sci, etc. is not a great example as I think
>geo can be thought of as a well known abbreviation.

Yes, it clearly identifies rocks, to geologists ;-)

But seriously, do you really think it's well known, outside of the "web
2.0" community?

>As microformats are human-readable first I think size is a secondary
>consideration.

I don't think the intention is that the raw markup of a uF be
"human-readable first".

-- 
Andy Mabbett
                Say "NO!" to compulsory ID Cards:  <http://www.no2id.net/>

                Free Our Data:  <http://www.freeourdata.org.uk>


More information about the microformats-discuss mailing list