block-list-brainstorming
block list brainstorming
Brainstorm proposals for a block list microformat. Part of the effort to enable greater social network portability.
simple container of hCards
On sites that present an interface to view and edit a block list (see block-list-examples), they nearly always have a containing list, div or table element that surrounds all the names (and/or URLs) of those that are blocked.
Thus:
- root classname: blocklist
individually blocked people, users, accounts etc are represented by hCards inside the element with classname "blocklist".
Thus an individual may be represented by name, or by URL (e.g. a user profile URL), or both, and thus a site can block specific user profiles, or perhaps "fuzzy" block any individual that matches a given name, or perhaps even provide an interface to manage blocking of specific accounts that appear to match just a name in a block list.
Proposed by Tantek during events/2008-08-12-weekly-meetup-dinner.
example
Here is a simple example of a block list using this brainstormed format:
<ul class="blocklist"> <li class="vcard"> <a class="fn url" href="/people/boarsunderabridge">boarsunderabridge</a> </li> <li class="vcard"> <a class="fn url" href="/people/flyinlentils">Flyin Lentils</a> </li> </ul>
Friends, Enemies
If friends can be imported from a page bearing XFN links, then why not also import block lists using XEN?