Re: An Inconvenient hCard

Ara Pehlivanian wrote:
> On 3/21/07, Ryan King <ryantechnorati.com> wrote:
>> <span class="tel">Tél.: <span
class="value">(514)
123-4567</span></span>
>> <span class="tel"><abbr
class="type"
title="fax">Téléc.</abbr>: <span
>> class="value">(514)
123-4568</span></span>
> 
> 
> Does the following make any sense to you as a potential
solution to i18n?
> 
> <span class="tel tel">Téléphone:
<span class="value">(514)
> 123-4567</span></span>
> <span class="tel fax">Télécopieur:
<span class="value">(514)
> 123-4568</span></span>
> 
> as opposed to stretching the semantics of the
<abbr> tag?

Quoted from http://micr
oformats.org/wiki/hcard-issues

REJECTED TRIED ALREADY. Using class names for the
"type" of a tel or adr 
was attempted (ht
tp://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-parsing#ISSUE_2), and 
failed in many situations. In addition, the "type"
information is actual 
data, not just a property name, and thus deserves to be in
the visible 
markup. Note that you can use abbreviations, e.g. <abbr
class="type" 
title="work">W:</abbr> in order to
present the type in a way that may 
better fit in with the rest of your presentation.

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On 3/21/07, Paul Wilkins <paul_wilkinsxtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Ara Pehlivanian wrote:
> > On 3/21/07, Ryan King <ryantechnorati.com> wrote:
> >> <span class="tel">Tél.:
<span class="value">(514)
123-4567</span></span>
> >> <span class="tel"><abbr
class="type"
title="fax">Téléc.</abbr>: <span
> >> class="value">(514)
123-4568</span></span>
> >
> >
> > Does the following make any sense to you as a
potential solution to i18n?
> >
> > <span class="tel tel">Téléphone:
<span class="value">(514)
> > 123-4567</span></span>
> > <span class="tel fax">Télécopieur:
<span class="value">(514)
> > 123-4568</span></span>
> >
> > as opposed to stretching the semantics of the
<abbr> tag?
>
> Quoted from http://micr
oformats.org/wiki/hcard-issues
>
> REJECTED TRIED ALREADY. Using class names for the
"type" of a tel or adr
> was attempted (ht
tp://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-parsing#ISSUE_2), and
> failed in many situations. In addition, the
"type" information is actual
> data, not just a property name, and thus deserves to be
in the visible
> markup. Note that you can use abbreviations, e.g.
<abbr class="type"
> title="work">W:</abbr> in order to
present the type in a way that may
> better fit in with the rest of your presentation.

Well then, case closed. <abbr> tag it is!

A.

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