[uf-discuss] Re: VIA or VIA SELF to indicate authoritativehCard

Thu Feb 15 16:26:06 PST 2007

On Feb 15, 2007, at 5:14 PM, Edward O'Connor wrote:
> Joe wrote:
>>> At the moment, the only "market demand" for "related" hCards is in
>> your email.
>> FWIW, at Eventful we have a clear need for related hCards, a need 
> which
> is currently well-served by URL+UID. So there is some market demand.

But do you need related hCards other than authoritative hCards? Are 
you identifying any relationships that are not derivative- 
authoritative (e.g fragment-full) hCard relationships? If so, what 
are the other relationships?
I don't think anyone is really questioning the need for 
relationships. The question is whether relationships in *general* 
have any value outside of the *specific* authoritative relationships 
in the use case that began this thread. We're trying to avoid 
boiling the ocean just to get some tea. If we can restrict the 
problem to a very specific type of relationship and still cover 80% 
of use cases, we should do that.
Peace,
Scott