[uf-discuss] Custom Fields Microformat?

[Stephen Paul Weber]

XOXO is definitely the way to go.  Either that or just DL lists.

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> On 11/25/06, Brian Suda <brian.suda at gmail.com > wrote:
> > you should certainly look into XOXO.
> >  http://microformats.org/wiki/xoxo
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> > With an OL/UL, you can next a DL inside an LI.
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> > This represent arbitrary XML attributes as a DL, but it could also
> > work as some custom fields. There is already several programming
> > libraries that can easily import/export XOXO data.
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> > -brian
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> > On 11/25/06, Manuel Simoni <msimoni at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've dabbled a lot with RDF and XHTML  2.0's Metainformation Module,
> > > but I've come to the conclusion that custom fields, as present in a
> > > wide variety of systems, from Linux file systems with extended
> > > attributes to Google Base, are good enough most of the time.
> > >
> > > I think that a microformat could bring together the many different
> > > variations of custom fields in use today, specifically in the blog and
> > > CMS scene, and could offer a lot of value to the emerging Data Web.
> > > So, here it goes...
> > >
> > >
> > > Custom fields are user-defined name/value pairs added to a weblog or
> > > CMS entry. For example, a user employing his CMS as a bug-tracker
> > > could add "reporter", "priority" and "related-bugs" fields.
> > >
> > > Many blogging and CMS platforms provide custom fields, including
> > > Wordpress (built-in), Drupal (Content Construction Kit (CCK) plug-in),
> > > Movable Type (CustomFields and RightFields plug-ins), and TextPattern
> > > (built-in).
> > >
> > > I have analyzed the existing custom field rendering of Wordpress and
> > > Drupal/CCK and have found that they could easily be unified using just
> > > three classes:
> > > - hcustomfield encloses a field,
> > > - hcustomfield-name encloses the name of a field,
> > > - hcustomfield-value encloses each value of a field.
> > > (This structure is used for expository purposes only, and is not meant
> > > as an attempt for a final microformat.)
> > >
> > > Here is Wordpress' default rendering of custom fields:
> > > <ul class="post-meta">
> > >   <li>
> > >     <span class="post-meta-key">Priority: </span>
> >  >     low
> > >   </li>
> > > </ul>
> > >
> > > Adapted to hcustomfield-* classes:
> > > <ul>
> > >   <li class="hcustomfield">
> > >     <span class="hcustomfield-name">Priority</span>:
> > >     <span class="hcustomfield-value">low</span>
> > >   </li>
> > > </ul>
> > >
> > > Here is Drupal/CCK's default rendering of custom fields:
> > > <div class="field field-type-text field-field-priority">
> > >   <h3 class="field-label">Priority</h3>
> > >   <div class="field-items">
> > >     <div class="field-item">low</div>
> > >   </div>
> > > </div>
> > >
> > > Adapted to hcustomfield-* classes:
> > > <div class="hcustomfield">
> > >   <h3 class="hcustomfield-name">Priority</h3>
> > >   <div>
> > >     <div class="hcustomfield-value">low</div>
> > >   </div>
> > > </div>
> > >
> > > The hcustomfield-* classes make a unified extraction algorithm
> > > possible, and require only minimally invasive changes to existing
> > > rendering code.
> > >
> > > Some notes:
> > > - Between systems, there is no agreement on field naming and namespace
> > > conventions.
> > > - All systems allow strings (HTML?) and some allow <a href="...">
> >  > references as field values.
> > > - Some systems allow multi-valued fields while others allow only
> > > single-valued fields.
> > >
> > > Here's a full example:
> > > <div>
> > >   <div class="hcustomfield">
> > >     <span class="hcustomfield-name">multi-valued field</span>:
> > >     <span class="hcustomfield-value">value 1</span>
> > >     <span class="hcustomfield-value">value 2</span>
> > >   </div>
> > >   <div class="hcustomfield">
> > >     <span class="hcustomfield-name">field with a link</span>:
> > >     <span class="hcustomfield-value"><a href="/foo">a link</a></span>
> > >   </div>
> > > </div>
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> > >
> > > Manuel
> > >
> > > --
> > > Manuel Simoni
> > > http://manuel.typepad.com
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> > brian suda
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