[uf-new] XFN - Professionals Network microformat

[Scott Reynen]

On May 10, 2007, at 7:08 PM, Guy Fraser wrote:

> Heh, don't even get me started on the process :p As for media wiki,  
> I must simply be missing some key bit of navigation - is there  
> actually an index to all pages or a site map somewhere that lists  
> *all* pages? The only way I could find things that weren't directly  
> linked from some other page I could find was to use the (almost  
> unbelievable) "Random Page" link?! :)

http://microformats.org/wiki/Special:Allpages

> I've since learnt that the IRC discussions are logged but I've not  
> yet found a way to search them.

Google seems to work okay for this, e.g.:

http://www.google.com/search?q=site:http://rbach.priv.at/Microformats- 
IRC/%20hcard

> Again, the process hinders this. One can stare the obvious  
> convergent solution in the face for a great deal of time, but will  
> have to wait until real world examples of that solution are  
> available before they can properly get through the process rather  
> than just being a side-note lost in time.

This is a common misunderstanding, and I recently added it to the FAQ:

http://microformats.org/wiki/faq#Q._What_if_I_can.27t_find_real- 
world_examples_of_a_standard_I.27d_like_to_propose.3F

We need to find real world examples of the *problem*, not necessarily  
the solution.  If we can't find examples of the problem, that's often  
a good indication that it's not a widespread problem, so not a good  
candidate for a widespread solution.

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Scott Reynen
MakeDataMakeSense.com