[uf-discuss] hCalendar, geo & Operator extension

[John Panzer]

Paul Wilkins wrote:
> On Dec 4, 2007 10:26 AM, Ben Ward <lists at ben-ward.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> The critical part of the HTML4 spec that causes 'Rayenda, Bangladesh'
>> *not* to be an abbreviation of '22.31119;+89.86145' is this:
>>
>> "The content of the ABBR and ACRONYM elements specifies the
>> abbreviated expression itself, as it
>> would normally appear in running text. The title attribute of
>> these elements may be used to provide
>> the full or expanded form of the expression."
>>
>> "as it would normally appear in running text."
>>     
>
> For the ABBR element to be use properly the title attribute would need
> to contain not a single point coordinate, but a representation of the
> Rayenda area itself. While this could be done by combining the
> techniques for image map poly coordinates with actual geo-coordinates,
> this needs to be more carefully and fully thought out.
>   
I've been asked how to handle this case (you have an area, or an inexact 
location, and want to encode it while providing a friendly human 
readable but possibly ambiguous short hand name for said place).  Is 
there any existing practices to look at? 

Secondly, would this be a valid geo encoding 'abbreviation' ?

<abbr title='22.31119;+89.86145'>the point under my finger right now</abbr>

John