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Re: [Microid] microid scope

From: Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter AT jabber.org>
To: Fred Stutzman <fred AT metalab.unc.edu>
Cc: microid AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Microid] microid scope
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:43:43 -0700

Ah, to top-post or to bottom-post, that is the question! :-)

Fred Stutzman wrote:

I think better language is "contained" - the microid will claim ownership of everything contained in the semantic element.

Agreed. Plus that's consistent with the terminology in the HTML specs.

With regard to whole-page claims, this gets a little tricky because a microid in the head only connotes ownership of that claim. We can set up a special rule saying "if the microid is in the head, it is a whole page claim", I'm not sure there is any way around that.

Well, it does get tricky. What if we have this?

<html>
<head>
<meta name='microid' content='foo'/>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The Foo Page!</h1>
<div class='microid-bar'>
<h2>The Bar Area!</h2>
<p class='microid-baz'>Hey Bar, I like your area!</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Confusing, eh?

So the relevant claim is always that of the nearest containing element in the hierarchy.

Peter

Thanks,
Fred

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Terrell Russell wrote:

There seems a need for a Scope section... or at least a statement about
the scope of authorship being 'declared/claimed' for each use-case in
section 7.

Here's a stab...

The MicroID declares authorship/ownership of the content 'beneath' it in
the Document Object Model, and nothing more. A MicroID present in the
<meta/> tag specifies a claim for the entire page. A MicroID present in
a <div></div> specifies a claim for only the content residing within
that subset of the page.

Terrell
claimID.com

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[Microid] microid scope, Terrell Russell, 01/03/2007
- Re: [Microid] microid scope, Peter Saint-Andre, 01/03/2007
- Re: [Microid] microid scope, Fred Stutzman, 01/03/2007
  - Re: [Microid] microid scope, Peter Saint-Andre, 01/03/2007
    - Re: [Microid] microid scope, Fred Stutzman, 01/03/2007
      - Re: [Microid] microid scope, Peter Saint-Andre, 01/05/2007