'currency' microformat straw-man proposal.

On Sep 20, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Andy Mabbett wrote:

> I have, therefore, put up a "straw-man"
proposal, at:
>
>   <http://microfo
rmats.org/wiki/currency- 
> brainstorming#Straw_man_proposal
>
> Please feel free to critique it, and, in particular,
highlight any
> examples for which it does not cater.

Nesting the amount within the currency seems wrong.  E.g.:

<abbr class="currency"
title="USD">
	<span class="amount">42.67</span>
</abbr>

Isn't this suggesting that "42.67" is an
abbreviation for "USD"?   
More generally, if the currency isn't published anywhere,
doesn't  
that make it out of scope for microformats?

Peace,
Scott
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In message <8F0BBC06-826B-4D1B-B4E5-6A1D605FEF16randomchaos.com>, Scott
Reynen <scottrandomchaos.com> writes

><abbr class="currency"
title="USD">
>       <span
class="amount">42.67</span>
></abbr>
>
>Isn't this suggesting that "42.67" is an
abbreviation for "USD"?

I've commented before that microformats already
"misuse" <abbr> in this
way.

>More generally, if the currency isn't published
anywhere, doesn't  that
>make it out of scope for microformats?

The example, which you've only partially quoted, is a table
row;
elsewhere in that Wiki entry, I've talked of such rows
having header
cells; again, the wider issue is something I've addressed
elsewhere.


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