[uf-new] New proposed microformat: hProject

David Janes davidjanes at blogmatrix.com
Sun Jan 13 05:10:07 PST 2008


Hi Jonas,

DOAP is by Python Cheeseshop, so it has at least some deployment [1].
As a broad statement, microformats are more about learning what's out
there and using that as a basis for standardization than inventing new
standards.

Regards, etc...
David

[1] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ng.skin.neural/1.0.1

On Jan 12, 2008 5:52 PM, Jonas Pfenniger <zimbatm at oree.ch> wrote:
> Hi Manu,
>
> 2008/1/12, Manu Sporny <msporny at digitalbazaar.com>:
>
> > > I propose a new format called hProject. It's intent is to provide a
> > > simple structure that describes project.
> >
> > I suggest you take a look at DOAP, as the hProject concept already
> > exists in the RDF world:
> >
> > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-osproj.html
> >
> > The initiative was started almost 4 years ago...
>
> Thanks. I already am aware of DOAP. From my judgment, it is an
> ill-designed and bloated format. Actually, I have only seen a couple
> of websites using it despite it's 4 year age. It may be a lack of
> publicity or interest but I think that it also shows that it's too
> complicated.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>  zimbatm
>
>
>
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