[uf-new] Re: Comment Questions

Sat Nov 15 08:07:48 PST 2008

David Janes wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Martin McEvoy
> <martin at weborganics.co.uk> wrote:
>>> David Janes wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Sarven Capadisli <csarven at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> As Tantek suggested, it would be better to keep our focus on the
>>>> instance of a comment. If I'm understanding this correctly, it means:
>>>> what makes this a comment in and of it self?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think that's framing the discussion to achieve a particular answer.
>>> Where does this lonely comment exist in the real world?
>>>>>> I suggest that the best approach this exactly the same hAtom:
>>> - look at the real world examples
>>> - find a minimal solution that covers at least 80% of the examples and
>>> doesn't require presentation impact
>>> - see if that solution can be expanded afterward to cover edge cases &
>>> other interesting things (nesting, for example)
>>>>>> Regards, etc...
>>>>>>>>>>> I think there is a different discussion concerning "comments" [1] maybe your
>> thoughts need to go there?
>>>> [http://microformats.org/wiki/comments-formats]
>>>> Thanks
>>>> This is not a discussion of formats, it's a discussion of what people
> do. How can you discuss creating a microformat if you're not
> discussing what people are doing?
>>I cant answer that David, the discussion needs to be consolidated and 
re-thought (the same as this discussion was)
Thanks
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Martin McEvoy
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