[uf-discuss] Confused about telephone numbers in hCard

[Scott Reynen]

On Jul 1, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Paul Wilkins wrote:

>>>> <div class="tel"><abbr class="type" title="work">Toll-free  
>>>> Phone:</abbr>
>>>> <span class="value">1-800-670-5861</span></div>
>>>
>>> This is the correct way to markup that you're after.
>>
>> According to the spec, certainly; but it runs up against the known  
>> problem of abusing the abbr element:
>
> According to the maxim: "People first, machines second" how should  
> the following text be marked up so that it works with existing tools?
>
> Toll-free Phone: 1-800-670-5861

If it doesn't bother you for humans using screen readers to hear that  
as "work 1-800-670-5861," the markup above is fine.  If that does  
bother you, the following is valid, though it doesn't specify to  
machines that it's a work number:

<div class="tel">Toll-free Phone: <span class="value">1-800-670-5861</ 
span></div>

Peace,
Scott