Error messages

One of the most common HTML patterns in Web applications is
error
messages. We see them all the time on the Web: login errors,
form
validation errors, backend errors and user input errors. But
what if
this common pattern was standardized?

If HTML error messages all followed a similar format, we
could have
browser plugins that recorded and analyzed the errors that
come up. They
could either feed back this structured error data when we
needed it --
say, when filing a bug report or talking to a tech support
rep -- or use
the error data to help us find workarounds or documentation
online.

I brought the idea up in the #microformats channel on
Freenode, and it
got a good response, so I took the next step and created a
list of
examples and a brainstorming page on the microformats wiki.

         h
ttp://microformats.org/wiki/error-message-examples
         http://microformats.org/wiki/error-message-brainstorming


I'd greatly appreciate the help of people on this list in
collecting
error messages from the wild, and hopefully in building up a
draft
microformat.

~Evan

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On Jul 14, 2007, at 5:28 AM, Evan Prodromou wrote:

> One of the most common HTML patterns in Web
applications is error
> messages. We see them all the time on the Web: login
errors, form
> validation errors, backend errors and user input
errors. But what if
> this common pattern was standardized?

Hi Evan,

I've forwarded this to the microformats-new list [1], as
this is a  
new microformat proposal.  Please continue this discussion
there.

[1] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-
new/

Peace,
Scott

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In message <7E4838C6-7925-4D22-87E0-911D8DA7B5C6randomchaos.com>, Scott 
Reynen <scottrandomchaos.com> writes

>I've forwarded this to the microformats-new list

When doing so, please remove "[uf-discuss]" from
the subject header; as 
some people sort on that.

Thank you.

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