[uf-new] Recipe status

[Toby A Inkster]

Thomas Yde wrote:

> Why do you think 'value' is a poor class name? Can you elaborate a
> bit on the "special behaviour"?

http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-parsing#Value_excerpting

So assuming that value excerpting (a shared design pattern used by  
most other compound microformats) is allowed in hrecipe, then my  
previous example:

	<li class="ingredient hmeasure">
		<span class="quantity">
			<span class="value">2</span>
			<span class="unit">tbsp</span>
		</span>
		<span class="item">parsley</span>
		<span class="preparation-note">(chopped)</span>
	</li>

It would be parsed by an hRecipe-aware agent (but without any special  
knowledge of hMeasure) as:

	Ingredient:
		Quantity: 2
		Item: Parsley
		Preparation Note: (chopped)

Note that the unit ("tbsp") is absent, because value-excerpting is  
applied to the quantity. That's why I feel that "value" is the wrong  
class name to use for the numeric part of the measurement in  
hmeasure. Perhaps "mag" (short for "magnitude") encompasses the  
meaning just as well, without having to worry about value excerpting?

That said it is the intention of my hmeasure schema that explicitly  
marking up the value and unit is not required in the vast majority of  
cases. So the following ought to avoid the value issue and parse  
properly using both the hmeasure and hrecipe microformats:

	<li class="ingredient">
		<span class="hmeasure">
			<span class="quantity">2 tbsp</span>
			<span class="item">parsley</span>
		</span>
		<span class="preparation-note">(chopped)</span>
	</li>

Becase according to hmeasure minimisation in the draft spec, the  
measurement doesn't have a value or unit, so minimisation is  
employed: the node contents (except the explicitly marked up "item")  
are taken to be the value and unit.

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