[uf-discuss] Fwd: Press release microformat

Tue Jan 17 17:17:01 PST 2006

On Jan 17, 2006, at 5:05 PM, Andreas Haugstrup wrote:
> On 2006年1月18日 01:54:09 +0100, B.K. DeLong 
> <bkdelong at pobox.com> wrote:
>> At 07:47 PM 1/17/2006, Scott Reynen wrote:
>>> admin Yellowikis wrote:
>>>>>>> Would hAtom allow an embargo on a press release?
>>>>>> Do you have an example of anyone publishing an embargoed press
>>> release on the web?
>>>> Agreed - embargoed press releases are usually emailed or faxed 
>> straight to trusted journalists who would respect the embargo. 
>> Posting them on a public Web site defeats the purpose.
>> They are also republished by wire services to their clients. At 
> least in Denmark the wire agency Ritzau sends embargoed press 
> releases (and stories) to newspapers via their electronic telegram 
> service. I agree that posting embargoed stories on the open web 
> would defeat the purpose, but they might be posted in non-public 
> parts of the web (though it is harder to research).

I don't think non-public use-cases are very interesting at this point 
(we have plenty of public use-cases to work on).
I think we have a consensus: "just use hAtom." Now, about hAtom....
-ryan
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