[uf-new] Separating File Content from File Format

Sun Apr 8 18:48:58 PDT 2007

Charles, Scott,
Does the fact that we are having a discussion on file format instead of
somebody being able to point to a Microformats wiki page and state "It's
been discussed before, and here's the link" indicate that we need a new
page for exploratory discussion?
If so, I can create one and we can start brainstorming. Right now, we
seem to have two proposed approaches to the problem:
Example markup:
The Gorge - MPEG video (22MB, MP3 192Kbps audio, MPEG-2 video)
1. Use the 'type' field in the anchor element for file format, example:
 <a type="video/mpeg; audio-codec=MP3,
 audio-codec-sample-rate=192Kbps, video-codec=MPEG-2"
 length=23068672
 href="/angels_arete.mpg">The Gorge - MPEG video</a>
 (22MB, MP3 192Kbps audio, MPEG-2 video)
2. Create a file-format uF, example:
 <div class="hFileFormat">
 <a href="/angels_arete.mpg">The Gorge - MPEG video</a>
 (<abbr class="size-in-octets" title="23068672">22MB</abbr>,
 <span class="audio-codec">MP3</span>
 <abbr class="audio-codec-sample-rate" title=192000>192Kbps</abbr>
 audio, <span class="video-codec">MPEG-2</span> video)
 </div>
Any objections to creating a file-format-example page?
-- manu