[uf-new] hAudio Test

Martin McEvoy martin at weborganics.co.uk
Fri May 11 11:45:16 PDT 2007


Updated to reflect Manu and Scott's advice.

Comments? welcome

Martin.

On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 07:38 -0500, Scott Reynen wrote:
> On May 10, 2007, at 6:57 PM, Martin McEvoy wrote:
> 
> > It would be nice if someone could say they get what I am trying to  
> > do or
> > that it doesn't make sense so comments and criticism are welcome.
> >
> > http://weborganics.co.uk/haudio
> 
> > <!-- this is the unique id of our collection using MusicBrainz  
> > release ID http://musicbrainz.org/release/235b1044-03ae-4dc3- 
> > ba57-9f30230bba22.html , in my aural style sheet I have .uid{speak:  
> > none;} -->
> 
> Aural style sheets aren't supported by most screen readers, so this  
> will be read aloud.  More generally, if data isn't appropriate for  
> humans, it doesn't belong in a microformat.  Microformats are for  
> humans first.
> 
> > <span class="amount" title="4.99">4.99</span>
> 
> What is the purpose of the title here?  It looks redundant.
> 
> > <!-- Title is the title of our collection. -->
> > 	<span class="title">
> > 	<a class="url" href="http://www.downloadpunk.com/? 
> > webaction=AlbumDetail&amp;albumid=13202">Fifty Million People Can't  
> > Be Wrong</a>
> > 	</span>
> 
> It's also the job title of our hCard, which looks like an unintended  
> consequence to using an established class name to communicate a new  
> meaning.
> 
> > <div class="haudio hitem">
> 
> This item-collection markup looks redundant, as the exact same  
> relationship can be inferred from song-album markup.
> 
> > <span class="note">
> > Duration: <span class="duration" title="447"><dfn class="value  
> > end">3:41</dfn></span>
> > <!-- *note*  title="447" this is marked as the end of the second   
> > track and total time elapsed since the start of our tile it gives  
> > an idea where an episode might begin and end on a long podcast -->
> 
> I don't understand this.  It looks like humans are being told one  
> thing and machines another.  Also, why is this going into the note of  
> the hCard?  Is this hCard for the song or the musician?  Songs don't  
> need hCards, and musicians don't need song durations in their notes.
> 
> > <span class="vcard">
> > 	<span class="contributor role">Publisher</span>:
> 	
> This looks wrong.  The contributor should be the hCard, not the role.
> 
> That's probably enough for now.
> 
> --
> Scott Reynen
> MakeDataMakeSense.com
> 
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