[uf-discuss] Proposal for MD5/SHA-1 hash microformat

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

Hello,

On 2/15/06, anthony l. bryan <albryan at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Charles,
>
> Great to hear from you. I think you've hit upon a big idea in the
> application of a hash microformat. I know about enclosures, but doubt I
> would have made the connection. I'm sure there are other applications too.
>
> Checksums are not very exciting to people, but I think whats holding them
> back is that they are not automated. I mean, why not take advantage of them?
>
> Do you mind if I add your name & this to the wiki?

Sure, go ahead.


See ya

> Anthony
>
>
>
> In fact, I do think it is worth pursuing.  And can be useful in alot of
> other situations (beyond just this one).
>
> For example, with RSS and Atom feeds, we have something called an
> "enclosure".  With an "enclosure" you are being told that this file (that
> the enclosure points to) is "attached" to this item.  (And that you might
> want to go and download it.)
>
> Now, having checksum information (like a MD5 checksum) could be very useful
> for this.  Especially in the context of hAtom -- the Microformat variation
> of Atom.  And the rel-enclosure Microformat.
>
> So, if we combined the two -- combined this semantic HTML for "downloading"
> and rel-enclosure -- then we might get something like this:
>
>     <span class="download">
>        <a rel="bookmark enclosure" href="..."> Download OOo</a>
>        <span class="checksum
> md5">e0d123e5f316bef78bfdf5a008837577</span>
>
>    </span>
> And this becomes even more powerfull.
>
> Note that I've added "enclosure" to the "rel" attribute of the <a> element.
> This could be used in other Microformats and semantic HTML too.
>
>
> See ya
>
> --
>     Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
>
>     charles @ reptile.ca
>     supercanadian @ gmail.com
>
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    Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.

    charles @ reptile.ca
    supercanadian @ gmail.com

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