[uf-new] Suggestion for collections (audio, video, images)

[Alexandre Van de Sande]

On 4/14/07, Chris Griego <cgriego at gmail.com> wrote:
> The only existing case of this I'm aware of is "hFeed" containing
> "hEntry" items to form hAtom.

Take in consideration also the many formats that contains hCard in the
form of "author". I guess manu's suggestion already a natural
prolongation of the microformats


 Since songs have 'authors', titles, a
> publish date (songs on compilations might have individual dates, or
> the include-pattern could be used with an album-wide date), and a
> permalink which could be for the content's site or an iTunes url,
> wouldn't hAtom be usable for albums and playlists?
>
> --
> Chris Griego
>
>
> On 4/12/07, Manu Sporny <msporny at digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
> > Has the concept of implicit collections and uF inheritance come up on
> > this discussion list yet? Here is the problem that we will be grappling
> > with in the next week or two:
> >
> > Grouping collections of audio together is a common practice. The most
> > prominent examples are: music podcasts and audio albums. Each has a
> > higher-level container (the podcast or album) and an atomic piece (audio
> > sections or songs).
> >
> > There are two potential solutions that we can see:
> >
> > 1. Create a collection micro-format (yamf - yet another microformat).
> > 2. Allow nesting of the micro-format (preferred?).
> >
> > Here is an example of how embedding the audio-info microformat could work:
> >
> > Album example:
> >
> > <div class="haudio">
> >  <span class="title">Audio Album Name</span> by
> >  <span class="collaborator fn">Artist Name</span>
> >  <div class="haudio">
> >   <span class="title">Track 1</span>
> >  </div>
> >  <div class="haudio">
> >   <span class="title">Track 2</span>
> >  </div>
> >  <div class="haudio">
> >   <span class="title">Track 3</span>
> >  </div>
> > </div>
> >
> > Podcast example:
> >
> > <div class="haudio">
> >  <span class="title">January 2007 Podcast</span> by
> >  <span class="collaborator fn">Podcaster Name</span>
> >  <div class="haudio">
> >   <span class="collaborator fn">Artist Name 1</span>
> >   <span class="title">Track 1</span>
> >  </div>
> >  <div class="haudio">
> >   <span class="collaborator fn">Artist Name 2</span>
> >   <span class="title">Track 2</span>
> >  </div>
> > </div>
> >
> > Do these two examples seem like a rational way to move forward with
> > collections of media (note, we will probably use the same design pattern
> > for video and images as well). More specifically:
> >
> > 1. Is embedding of Microformats within Microformats to create implicit
> >    collections allowed?
> > 2. Can the sub-trees inherit their parent's data values? If an artist
> >    name is specified in a parent hAudio uF, can the child hAudio uF
> >    assume that the same artist name applies to it?
> >
> > -- manu
> >
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