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This page documents the effort to define a microformat for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Identifiers identifiers]. Identifiers are currently found all over the web but not in a predictable way. Examples of identifiers include [http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/index.asp ISBN], [http://www.issn.org/ ISSN] [http://www.upcdatabase.com/ UPC], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASIN ASIN], [http://musicbrainz.org/tagger/id-intro.html MusicBrainz IDs]. Indeed it could be argued that URLs themselves are identifiers in the abstract. How cool would it be to able to identify these and resolve them? Welcome to the dream of the semantic web.
"uid" is an [[hcard#Property_List|hCard property]]. The semantics of "uid" are defined in [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2426.txt RFC2426] section 3.6.7 as noted in the [[hcard-profile|hCard profile]].  Note the [[vcard-errata#3.6.7_UID_Type_Definition|erratum regarding the UID type subproperty]].
 
See also [[hcard-examples#Canonical_Profiles_on_Sites|hCard examples for canonical user profile URLs]].
 
This page also documents an effort to define a microformat for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Identifiers identifiers]. This effort came about from two angles:
 
* the need for a module that [[hcard|hCard]] and [[hcalendar|hCalendar]] could reference for defining the behavior of UID
* the need for marking up freeform identifiers that are found in web content


Per the microformats [[process]]
Per the microformats [[process]]
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* [[uid-brainstorming]]
* [[uid-brainstorming]]


Please take a look, and contribute your thoughts and ideas.
Please take a look, and contribute your thoughts and ideas to the above pages.

Latest revision as of 12:46, 15 October 2007

UID

"uid" is an hCard property. The semantics of "uid" are defined in RFC2426 section 3.6.7 as noted in the hCard profile. Note the erratum regarding the UID type subproperty.

See also hCard examples for canonical user profile URLs.

This page also documents an effort to define a microformat for identifiers. This effort came about from two angles:

  • the need for a module that hCard and hCalendar could reference for defining the behavior of UID
  • the need for marking up freeform identifiers that are found in web content

Per the microformats process

Please take a look, and contribute your thoughts and ideas to the above pages.

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