Re: Complete n00b: adr microformat

On Nov 7, 2007, at 12:30 AM, Tantek Çelik wrote:

> On 11/6/07 7:20 PM, "Katrina" <Kazt-tec.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Gday,
>>
>> I would like to ask a few questions about the adr
microformat and I
>> really hope I am in the correct place. I am so
sorry if I am not.
>>
>> I am trying to learn about microformats, and so far
so good.
>>
>>
>> Q1. I have an address I would like to mark up as an
adr. Now the  
>> problem
>> that I think I am having with this address is that
it has a  
>> country, a
>> state, a city, a suburb, a postcode, and a street
address.
>>
>> As far as I know, adr only has region and
locality.
>>
>> Possible markup example:
>> <div class="adr"><div
class="work">Street Address</div>
>> <div
class="street-address"></div>
>> <div class="locality"></div>
--> suburb?
>> <div
class="postal-code"></div>
>> <div class="region"></div> --
> state?
>> <div
class="country-name"></div>
>> </div>
>>
>> If locality equates to suburb,
>
> It doesn't.  locality equates to city.  this has been
true in common  
> vCard
> implementations for many years.

Doesn't that depend on the local meaning of City vs Suburb?
ie I think  
Suburb makes more sense for Australian cities, where the
suburb is a  
more specific thing than the city.  ie 'Sydney' in an
address refers  
to a specific part of the whole geographical area more
generally known  
as Sydney, I think it is just a few post-codes (2000, 2001,
2002?).

eg Two Australian examples (from on the wiki) show this
sense:

http://
www.australianit.news.com.au/contactus

(Surrey Hills, NSW, 2010)

http:/
/www.theaustralian.news.com.au/contactus

(Sydney, 2000) - but that's the specific use of Sydney (as a
'suburb'  
of the greater metropolitan area, indicated by the
post-codes).

Perhaps similarly one wouldn't put 'New York' when one meant
Queens,  
even though Queens is in some sense part of New York City,
since New  
York in addresses refers specifically to Manhattan, right?
That's what  
is done on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_
New_York_City_Queens

(Also why can't I see the hcard/adr markup when I view
source of that  
wikipedia page, but Operator picks up the cards?)

--J


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