[uf-new] PROPOSAL: Replace hAudio FN with TITLE

Tim White tjameswhite at gmail.com
Fri Feb 15 04:59:11 PST 2008


On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Manu Sporny <msporny at digitalbazaar.com> wrote:

>  Yes, you are correct. Usually, each Microformat states how this should
>  be handled. So far, the general parsing rule has been "use whatever
>  value you hit first if the Microformat can only have one value for the
>  given property". While the example above shows it going right, the
>  example below shows how it can go wrong:
>
>  <div class="haudio">
>   <div class="vcard">
>   The <span class="title">Composer</span> named
>   <span class="fn">Bob</span> created
>   <span class="title">Awesome Song</span>
>
>  </div> <!-- end vcard -->
>  </div> <!-- end haudio -->

...
>  Every time you overlap two Microformats that share a common property,
>  you could have this issue. That shouldn't scare us off from re-using
>  common properties, though!

Thank you for the example. You are right, it doesn't scare me from
using it, just something for those that write parsers to worry about.



>  > Certainly if we agree that microformats are a way to extend meaning to
>  > content, TITLE is much more meaningful (and easier for authors to
>  > adopt) than FN.
>
>  So, does that mean you're a +1 for using TITLE over FN in hAudio as well?

Absolutely +1 (can I be +10?)

Tim


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