[uf-discuss] very simple microformat for URIs

[brian suda]

Alf Eaton wrote:
> Generally it'll be just "ISBN: 1592530079" in plain text, or an http:
> link to a site that resolves ISBNs such as Amazon (the latter being
> what we're trying to avoid by using ISBNs in the first place).
>
> Similarly for PubMed identifiers (PMIDs, the URI for which is in the
> form info:pmid/12345678), people will link to PubMed or an OpenURL
> resolver that can handle the URI.
>
> I'm thinking at the moment that the best way to do this could be using
> an <a> tag with display:none, so that people can't accidentally click
> on the link.
--- we shouldn't hide the data in DISPLAY:NONE, the ISBN is useful in
plain-text, so we should consider keeping it that way. In hCard you can
do either of the following to represent a URL

<a href="http://example.org" class="url">My homepage</a>
or
<span class="url">http://example.org</span>

both will generate the same vCard representation
URL:http://example.org

We can certainly look into a similar system for alternative protocols.
Please add this to the Brainstorming page with examples, i know i have
added a link to the RFC to ISBN protocol and the TEL protocol for others
to discuss.

Alf (and anyone else interested), you should consider attending the IRC
meet-up this sunday, we are planning on discussing alot of the citation
issues.

http://microformats.org/wiki/citation-irc-meetup

-brian