<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8">
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.12.3">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
Hi Manu, Leif (and all),<BR>
<BR>
I've fixed up the links to the receipts...I just had a type in the domain 8/<BR>
<BR>
And while I'm more than happy to store these indefinitely, I do agree with the point about permanent storage.<BR>
<BR>
I've also raised a similar issue relating to open source code contributions:<BR>
<A HREF="http://microformats.org/wiki/code-issues">http://microformats.org/wiki/code-issues</A><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Rob <BR>
<BR>
On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 15:47 -0400, Manu Sporny wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>
<PRE>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Storset, Leif wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Manu Sporny wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> I'm assuming that Leif will take lead on this and post the first set </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> of examples (let me know if this is not the case, Leif).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I have now sent all my collected samples to Rob Manson for upload. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The receipt-examples collection process raises an interesting problem:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Where are these receipt files going to be stored long-term?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I attempted to upload one of my receipts to the website because the URL</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">is no longer valid. This is the case with a large number of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">receipt-displaying websites. However, it is vital that we archive these</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">receipts in a public area that is permanent and accessible to all -</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">including how the examples changed through time. This place should be</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">under the control of microformats.org.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Several of the audio-examples links already do not work, making it</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">impossible to prove that the analysis statistics are valid. If we had</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">archived the examples when the analysis happened, this wouldn't be an issue.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I propose that the Microformats community create a central repository to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">store content that are used as examples - such as inaccessible HTML,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">data files, and images. Preferably, this repository would keep a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">versioned history, much like the wiki and be accessible via the Web.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">There are two ways that we could do this:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">1. Enable image and data upload support via the wiki (preferable).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2. Create a subversion repository and make it browseable via HTTP.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Has this problem been addressed before, and if so, where are we supposed</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">to store files in the long term?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">-- manu</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">PS: I would also like to donate the crawler and Microformat image</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">analysis software we created to the community. Where is the source code</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">repository?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">_______________________________________________</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">microformats-new mailing list</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="mailto:microformats-new@microformats.org">microformats-new@microformats.org</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-new">http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-new</A></FONT>
</PRE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
</BODY>
</HTML>