[uf-discuss] Re: Jeremy's inline friend link pattern

[Jeremy Keith]

Toby wrote:
> If your interpretation is right, then it would be equally correct  
> to write:
>
> 	<p><cite>Cheese</cite> is a <cite>food</cite>.</p>

That's right. And in some situations, like a food blog, that would be  
good usage.

It all depends on the individual case of course. But yes, just about  
any noun could potentially be marked up with the CITE element. That  
doesn't mean that every noun *should* be marked up with the CITE  
element: the author still needs to exercise judgement. But it is not  
wrong to mark up a book, film, thing or person with the CITE  
element... which is what the original question was all about.

Given the choice between:

<span class="vcard"><a class="fn url" http="http:// 
tantek.com/">Tantek Çelik</a></span>

and

<cite class="vcard"><a class="fn url" http="http:// 
tantek.com/">Tantek Çelik</a></cite>

...the second option has a little bit more semantic richness. Neither  
is incorrect though.

In the use case which originally kicked off this discussion,  
mentioning someone in the course of a blog post is most definitely  
referencing them (even if I'm not quoting from them).

Bye,

Jeremy

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Jeremy Keith

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