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This is a step by step explanation of the first example in the [[hCalendar]] specification. | This is a step by step explanation of the first example in the [[hcalendar|hCalendar]] specification. | ||
== Example == | == Example == | ||
Revision as of 17:18, 24 September 2005
hCalendar Example 1 Steps
This is a step by step explanation of the first example in the hCalendar specification.
Example
Here is a sample event in iCalendar:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//XYZproduct//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT URL:http://www.web2con.com/ DTSTART:20051005 DTEND:20051007 SUMMARY:Web 2.0 Conference LOCATION:Argent Hotel, San Francisco, CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR
and an equivalent in hCalendar:
<span class="vcalendar"> <span class="vevent"> <a class="url" href="http://www.web2con.com/"> <span class="summary">Web 2.0 Conference</span>: <span class="dtstart">20051005</span>- <span class="dtend">20051007</span>, at the <span class="location">Argent Hotel, San Francisco, CA</span> </a> </span> </span>
which could be displayed as:
Web 2.0 Conference: 20051005-20051007, at the Argent Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Note 1: The product information is not necessary since hCalendar is an interchange format. When transforming hCalendar back into iCalendar, the transforming engine should add its own product ID.
Note 2: A surrounding element is optional, and can be left out as such. It is optional since the context of a vcalendar is implied when a vevent is encountered. The implied context/scope is that of the document. Authors may explicitly use elements with class="vcalendar" to wrap sets of vevents that all belong to the same calendar, e.g. when publishing multiple calendars on the same page.
Note 3: The version information is unnecessary in hCalendar markup directly since the version will be defined by the profile of hCalendar that is used/referred to in the 'profile' attribute of the <head> element.
ISO8601 dates are however not very human friendly. In addition, the year is often understood implicitly by humans from the context. Thus this example could be improved by using <abbr> to make the date information more human readable, e.g.
<span class="vevent"> <a class="url" href="http://www.web2con.com/"> <span class="summary">Web 2.0 Conference</span>: <abbr class="dtstart" title="20051005">October 5</abbr>- <abbr class="dtend" title="20051007">7</abbr>, at the <span class="location">Argent Hotel, San Francisco, CA</span> </a> </span>
which could be displayed as:
Web 2.0 Conference: October 5-7, at the Argent Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Back to the hcalendar specification.