(below thread(s) kept only for context)
Two Q&A, and two suggested improved behaviors.
Suggested improvements:
1. Before asking a question on a microformats list, read the
relevant
FAQs[1].
2. When answering a question on a microformats list:
a) please check the relevant FAQs first, and if the answer
is not there,
document the question and your answer there.
b) please cite the FAQ answer rather than writing an
answer in email.
I have added these to the mailing-lists page:
http://microformats.org/wiki/mailing-lists#General_
guidelines
Following #2 gives the following:
Q&A:
1) James Craig: Isn't <address> the most appropriate
element for addresses?
See: http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-faq#Sho
uld_I_use_ADDRESS_for_hCards
2) Thom Shannon: The documentation using only divs and
spans, so people
don't get confused and think that the element types matter.
Obviously people
should use the most suitable elements in the context they're
using them. But
I think this should be made much clearer in the wiki.
See: http://microformats.org/wiki/faq#.3Cdiv.3E_an
d_.3Cspan.3E_semantics
Thanks,
Tantek
[1] Relevant FAQs
1. Start with the general microformats faq: http://microformats.
org/wiki/faq
2. Then read specific microformats faqs, e.g. for adr, see
hCard FAQ as the
spec points to: http://microfo
rmats.org/wiki/hcard-faq
On 2/25/07 3:19 PM, "Thom Shannon" <thom ts0.com> wrote:
> Brian Suda made a point at barcamp about the
documentation using only
> divs and spans, so people don't get confused and think
that the element
> types matter. Obviously people should use the most
suitable elements in
> the context they're using them. But I think this should
be made much
> clearer in the wiki.
>
> Christian Heilmann wrote:
>> James Craig wrote:
>>> My recent adr wiki change from <div
class="adr"></div> to <address
>>> class="adr"></address> was
reverted.
>>>
>>> Why? <address> is the most appropriate
element for addresses.
>>
>> Only if the address is directly related the web
page it is published
>> on. The address element is meant as a physical
locator of the document
>> maintainer, not for any old address:
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.5.6
>>
>> The ADDRESS element may be used by authors to
supply contact
>> information for a document or a major part of a
document such as a
>> form. This element often appears at the beginning
or end of a
>> document.
On 2/25/07 5:10 PM, "Jason Karns" <karnsjcse.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
> An additional reason, is that the <address>
element cannot contain
> block-level children, so to have block-level children,
you would need a
> block-level parent.
>
> Jason
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: microformats-discuss-bouncesmicroformats.org
>> [mailto:microformats-discuss-bouncesmicroformats.org] On
>> Behalf Of Thom Shannon
>> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 7:18 PM
>> To: Microformats Discuss
>> Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] adr should be
<address>
>>
>> Sorry Ben! it was you. And you're right, the
examples in the
>> docs are a bit misleading.
>>
>> Ben Ward wrote:
>>>
>>> On 25 Feb 2007, at 23:19, Thom Shannon wrote:
>>>
>>>> Brian Suda made a point at barcamp about
the documentation
>> using only
>>>> divs and spans, so people don't get
confused and think that the
>>>> element types matter. Obviously people
should use the most
>> suitable
>>>> elements in the context they're using them.
But I think
>> this should
>>>> be made much clearer in the wiki.
>>>
>>> Actually it was me who made that point, unless
Brian did as well,
>>> separately from the panel. Anyway.
>>>
>>> Some time ago I suggested we put a disclaimer
at the top of
>> each spec
>>> making it clear that SPAN/DIV are used for
example purposes
>> and then
>>> have a new set of 'rich examples',
complementing the existing ones,
>>> showing more diverse mark-up in use with
microformats.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I suck and haven't had the
organisation to do
>> anything
>>> with it, Though it remains on my to-do list.
>>>
>>> Ben
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