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

[Mike Schinkel]

>> Search engines make use of shingles to identify pages and their aliases. 

What's a "shingle?" 

>> As far as I can tell, this isn't in the same class of problems that
microformats solve.

Is there a clear and definitive objective statement that explains the class
of problems that microformats are intended to solve?  Further, if there is
such a statement, is there a reason to limit Microformats to only be used to
solve that class of problems when they otherwise can solve additional
problems?

>> This probably best resolved by agreeing what we mean by metadata, 

Because of "judicious editing" required by forum policy, I've lost the prior
of the discussion so I'm not sure the context in which I mentioned
"metadata."

-Mike

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>
> So, what if your take on this problem and use-case?


Search engines make use of shingles to identify pages and their aliases.
Some search engines employ teams of editors and solicit feedback from the
web community to ensure their aliasing techniques are correct.  As far as I
can tell, this isn't in the same class of problems that microformats solve.

This probably best resolved by agreeing what we mean by metadata, as the
scope of definition and contents of that term seem to be somewhat disputed
and/or misunderstood as well as the scope of the problem space of
microformats.
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