[uf-discuss] Re: xfn and biographies

[Edward O'Connor]

Jim O'Donnell wrote:

> At work, I'm kicking around microformats as a method for adding
> additional semantic information to archives - letters, diary entries,
> log books and so on[...] Also, the rel attribute on links seems handy
> for expressing relationships between letters and their authors, or
> letters and their recipients, or even letters in a series of
> correspondence. Does anyone know if there are any examples of this out
> there already?

I think hAtom is a natural fit for letters—letters have content,
one or more authors, and a date, just like a blog post. This is why I
used hAtom to mark up the Federalist Papers:

                          http://federali.st/

HTH.

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Edward O'Connor
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