[uf-discuss] hCard and Life Dates?

Tue Apr 18 15:47:42 PDT 2006

I would vote of hCalendar --- this really is a full "event", the 
life of one person. It also would be the most natural extension of a 
"birthday event."
-enp
On Apr 18, 2006, at 3:34 PM, Timothy Gambell wrote:
> Hi All,
>> How do I say "Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955)" 
> using hCard? Specifically, what is the best way of expressing a 
> person's life dates?
>> "bday" seems like an obvious choice for date of birth. Would adding 
> a term like "dday" be appropriate for date of death?
>> Or would it be better to use "dtstart" and "dtend" from hCalendar? 
> This feels more elegant, except that "bday" is a more semantically 
> precise than "dtstart".
>> Or maybe some hybrid? perhaps class="bday dtstart" for birthday and 
> class="dtend" for death date?
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