[uf-discuss] Possible alternative methods for "include"

[Guillaume Lebleu]

Andy Mabbett wrote:
> In message <479A7DE9.9050805 at lebleu.org>, Guillaume Lebleu
> <guillaume at lebleu.org> writes
>
>   
>> Andy Mabbett wrote:
>>     
>>> A brainstorm of possible alternative methods of using include in
>>> microformats, avoiding the use of the problematic "OBJECT" or empty-link
>>> variants:
>>>       
>
>   
>> What about:
>>
>> <span class="adr" id="myaddress">my address<span>
>>
>> <a href="#myaddress" rev="propertyOf" class="locality">Birmingham</a>
>>
>> ?
>>     
>
> That seems to presume, wrongly, a 1:1 relationship between the included
> data and the microformat. Consider:
>
>         <span class="adr" id="myaddress">my address<span>
>
>         <span class="adr" id="mysecondaddress">my second address<span>
>
>         <a href="#????" rev="propertyOf" class="locality">Birmingham</a>
>   
Sorry for the late response.

In this case, I would group the two "adr" in a container and have the 
href point to that container. For instance:

<div>Our company has offices at two addresses in <a href="#adrlist1" 
rev="propertyOf"><span class="locality">San Francisco</span></a>: <ul 
id="adrlist1"> <li id="adr1" class="adr"><span 
class="street-address">665 3rd Street</span>, and </li><li id="adr2" 
class="adr"><span class="street-address">123 Folsom</span></li></ul>.</div>

adr1 and adr2 inherit the property attached to their parent ul.
>
> It also requires publishers to make a within-page link, where none
> existed previously.
>   
I am not sure what you mean. I don't see why this is such a problem when 
we require them to markup content anyhow.
> Furthermore, "rev" is deprecated for use in microformats.
>
>   
Ok, sorry I had missed point 2.10 in the rel page. I won't push the 
above idea further in this case, but since there is not much content in 
there that justifies the decision, I'd appreciate any pointer anyone has 
about how rev came to be deprecated in microformats.