[uf-discuss] Re: Actions

[Colin Barrett]

Microformats aren't about services of the future. They're about what's  
out there right now.

It's a neat idea, but way out of scope for uFs.

On Nov 2, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Joel Selvadurai wrote:

> I think that services in the future won't be consumed through a web
> page. They will just happen, the outcome of which will be dictated by
> an action (or set of rules). It is this sort of 'action' that I'm
> trying to get at.
>
> On 11/2/06, Colin Barrett <timber at lava.net> wrote:
>> How would such a meeting occur? It seems to me like this would only
>> happen when an end user cross references hJobs and hResumes.
>>
>> Plus, the idea of hJobs floating out there searching for hResumes to
>> email sounds really, really freaky :D
>>
>> -Colin
>>
>> On Nov 2, 2006, at 12:07 AM, Joel Selvadurai wrote:
>>
>> > Since I opened these can of worms I think I should contribute  
>> again at
>> > this point. I had in mind the idea of microformats interacting with
>> > each other. So, for exmaple, if a hJob would meet a hResume in the
>> > ether, then there would be an action associated to each one, like
>> > email the owner of the Resume that this particular job is a good
>> > match. That is what I meant by an action. I think the idea of
>> > microformats interaction with each other is an interesting one.
>> >
>> > On 11/1/06, Cayle Graumann <cayle.graumann at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Interesting discussion here.  I was thinking about todo lists and
>> >> calendar events myself as I'm trying to figure out how to markup
>> >> project management data using microformats on the web that could  
>> be
>> >> automatically scraped to generate Gantt chart-like output, as  
>> well as
>> >> potentially being pulled into a program on a PDA.
>> >>
>> >> On 11/1/06, Rob O'Rourke <rob at sanchothefat.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Justin Thorp wrote:
>> >> > > Why does an action or todo microformat have to be something
>> >> that you do on the page?   Maybe I want to pull the ToDo out of  
>> the
>> >> page and put it on my 30Boxes ToDo list or Outlook or something.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > It doesn't, you're right but I was ignoring the to-do idea  
>> when I
>> >> > replied, I was referring to the actions you can carry out with a
>> >> > microformatted page like exporting the uF or emailing someone, I
>> >> just
>> >> > misunderstood.
>> >> >
>> >> > > You should be able to nest an hCard inside of a ToDo.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I can see this type of microformat being helpful in a  
>> situation
>> >> where I have information for a rock concert but I have to buy the
>> >> tickets for the rock concert.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > So while the event information is marked up in an hCalendar
>> >> that I can download, there is also a ToDo marked up that tells me
>> >> to buy a ticket and where I can buy it.  I could grab this info  
>> and
>> >> import into my ToDo list.
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >> > Would these todo 'actions' be marked up within the event to give
>> >> them a
>> >> > deadline? or a completely separate list that has its own time-
>> >> frame (or
>> >> > none at all) and perhaps uses something like .include to refer  
>> to
>> >> the
>> >> > event in question?
>> >>
>> >> In my case, I have a series of calendar events that lead up to the
>> >> completion of one TODO item, but I could see where you might  
>> have a
>> >> list of TODO items that need to be completed at one calendar event
>> >> also.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > > Cheers,
>> >> > > Justin Thorp
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>> >>
>> >> Cayle
>> >> Missouri
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