[uf-discuss] Citation and alternates-brainstorming

[Jeff McNeill]

Aloha Andy, et al,

Use cases for alternates could be as follows:

1. Amazon.com page on a book with alternate versions, e.g.,
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0789723107/ref=cm_cr_pr_orig_subj

2. TED.com talks, which include links to mp4, zipped mp4 and itunes,
e.g., http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/51

3. New York Times, which include links to single-page and print
versions of articles, e.g.,
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/business/13fed.html

In particular, I am seeking a solution that can deal with different
filetypes (audio vs. video) as well as content length.

Let me include part of the original post:

There hasn't been much lately regarding the 'alternates'
discussion[1]. It seems that in the HTML spec[2], 'alternate' is meant
as something the user can choose between, i.e., style sheets[3],
and/or something the browser can try and render in a given rank order,
i.e., objects[4]. The suggested use of <ol> for preference and <ul>
for no preference is clever[1].

(this example modified from the wiki entry[1])

<ol class="alternates">
 <li><a href="example.mp3" rel="enclosure alternate"
type="audio/mpeg">MP3</a></li>
 <li><a href="example.wav" rel="enclosure alternate"
type="audio/wav">WAV</a></li>
 <li><a href="example.mov" rel="enclosure alternate"
type="video/quicktime">MOV</a></li>
</ol>

-- 
Sincerely,
Jeff McNeill
http://jeffmcneill.com/


On 12/12/07, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
> In message <519fa62f0710261110naec130dmc869426a6062c706 at mail.gmail.com>,
> Jeff McNeill <jeff at jeffmcneill.com> writes
>
> >There hasn't been much lately regarding the 'alternates' discussion
> [...]
> >Any thoughts?
>
> What's the use-case?
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
> _______________________________________________