[uf-discuss] hCard: url and tel

[Tantek Ç elik]

On 1/7/08 2:42 PM, "Andy Mabbett" <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

> In message <C3A7E2D2.9A3C3%tantek at cs.stanford.edu>, Tantek Çelik
> <tantek at cs.stanford.edu> writes
> 
>>> In any case, how is that different from:
>>> 
>>>       <abbr class="dtstart" title="2008-01-07">7 Jan</abbr>
>>> 
>>> where "2008" is "hidden"?
>> 
>> title attribute is displayed in tool-tips
> 
> in some, but far from all, browsers.
> 
>       <http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.4.3>
> 
>       Values of the title attribute may be rendered by user agents in
>       a variety of ways.
> 
> Nothing about tool-tips there.

Nonetheless what browsers do implement is a fact.

>> <http://microformats.org/wiki/faq#Q._Should_human_readable_data_go_into_class
>> _names.3F>
> 
> Perhaps you might wait for resolution of such issues before imposing
> your own view on the wiki.

Data in the class attribute is a known anti-pattern.  Not a new issue.

Tantek