[uf-discuss] Include pattern strawman

[Martin McEvoy]

Hello all 

I proposed an alternative to the include pattern called the class create
method, and over the last few days have been trying to get it to work.
http://microformats.org/wiki/include-pattern-strawman#Use_a_Class_Create_method

anyway to cut a long story short I found it too difficult to build a
parser that would actually do this, too complex (for my skill).

so I simplified it:

first create a normal vcard 

<span class="vcard">
	<span id="martin" class="fn">Martin McEvoy</span>, 
	<a class="url org" href="http://weborganics.co.uk">WebOrganics</a>, 
</span>

with an ID attribute for the field you would like to include in the same
way as the regular include pattern then "included" it like this:

<span class="vcard">
	<span class="include" title="martin"></span>
	<a class="url org"
href="http://darkstarserver.co.uk">DarkstarServer</a>, 
</span>

using a <span> instead of an <a> the @title attribute explicitly
references the name of the ID you want to include.

I have tested this theory and it works Very well, so well that I have
managed to build a demo to show you how this works.

source file marked up with two ID's and Three Includes:
http://darkstarserver.co.uk/test/index.html

XSL Stylesheet used in the demo to perform the transformation:
http://darkstarserver.co.uk/test/replace.xsl

My only Issue with this method is using the @title attribute to
reference an ID, Is this bad?, to me It seems like a much better
alternative to using empty anchor text links.

Anyway What do you all think?

Thanks

Martin McEvoy