[uf-discuss] Major change to microformat specs without prior discussion or notification

[Andy Mabbett]

In message <C3D0A16B.9BFA0%tantek at cs.stanford.edu>, Tantek Çelik 
<tantek at cs.stanford.edu> writes

>On 2/7/08 7:14 AM, "Thom Shannon" <thom at ts0.com> wrote:
>
>> perhaps there was prior discussion and agreement that was just a long
>> time ago? Have you searched the archives or asked Tantek directly?
>
>Yes, this is from a long time ago, may even predate microformats.org.

Cite ?

>It's not a change except in making it more clear.

Of course it's a change - look at the behaviour of current publishers 
and parsers.

>The hCard AGENT Example has demonstrated this requirement for a long 
>time.

Demonstration of a requirement is not demonstration of an existing 
standard.

-- 
Andy Mabbett