Software Projects Description Re: [uf-discuss] Potential Microformats

[Bruce D'Arcus]

On 10/5/06, Tantek Çelik <tantek at cs.stanford.edu> wrote:

> <snip>
>
> > I didn't follow microformats.org process, though I do believe some of
> > the key prerequisites have been fulfilled.
>
> This is the key.  Just taking an existing format and translating them to
> class names is not enough - as the folks working on citations will tell you.

I don't think the domains are equivalent though. Citation metadata
covers a whole lot of ground (basically everything referenced on
Wikipedia), and  has a long legacy. Not so with project descriptions,
and I think DOAP is pretty much the only game in town there (and
really well designed).

Bruce