[uf-discuss] input microformats for auto-filling forms

[Stephen Paul Weber]

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Somebody claiming to be Glenn Jones wrote:
>Stephen thanks for the feedback, I have tried to reply to the major points:

> By adding an additional "input"
> classname with the microformat root name i.e. class="vcard input" the
> current parsers could be upgraded to disregard blank mircoformats.

Right.  I was talking about existing parsers. Maybe we don't need to care 
about those?

>> In fact, using class if you are not going to have a meaningful value="" 
>> will just *confuse* existing parsers, leading them to get a blank object.
> When parsers such as Operator test for required fields they disregard any
> microformats which are left blank.

So, the idea is that any parser returning blank objects either shouldn't or 
is easy to work around?  Maybe.

What about the (used to be fairly common in the real world, maybe has 
dropped out of use?) pattern of setting value="placeholder" and clearing 
onblur with JavaScript.  These would not parse as blank but as placeholder 
garbage.

Anyway, if this is not a concern then it's not a concern.  I just brought it 
up because it would certainly affect code I have in production and so I need 
to at least be thinking about it.

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