[uf-discuss] Visible Data...a Microformat requirement?

[Mike Schinkel]

Brian Suda recently said:

>>the problem with using Meta elements is that they are out-side 
>> of human-readable realm. One of the key factors in microformats 
>> is to keep the data visible, it keeps it fresh, prevents   many of 
>> the abuses that have befallen meta-keywords, and also allows 
>> for microformats to be fully emebedded in other formats like 
>> Atom, RSS, etc. 

My question is this: What about when what you have is really metadata and
not anything (currently, at least) stored on the HTML page?  (I'm asking
because several things I want to propose will fit into that category...)

-Mike