Macroformats vs. Microformats
Lets look at the Academic Calendar for fall 2006 for a moment. Would you rather have the page marked up with microformat hcal information, have the information available as XML (RSS & Atom), or in iCal format?
Me? I’d take XML first…but then I’m an edge case.
August 16th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
Is that really an either/or question?
August 16th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
I would agree with Elanie… I’m not really seeing an alternative here
August 16th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
I guess it should have been phrased as “what would be more useful to you.”
August 16th, 2006 at 1:21 pm
well, in that case, probably iCal or hcal, the two being functionally equivalent with my current browser setup. personally, I find syndication formats not as well suited to handling future events.
August 16th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Well, you see, the thing of it is… I’d really like the choice for both. That said, I think iCal makes a little more sense for compatibility with other calendaring applications like GCal or Backpackit
August 17th, 2006 at 11:13 am
Why not mark it up as hCal and use Technorati feeds (http://feeds.technorati.com/events) to make it available as iCal?
October 12th, 2006 at 12:10 pm
Once you get the XML it should be easy convert to other formats, right?
October 12th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
I’m just learning about this, but I think ical would be easier for most people (starting with me)
October 12th, 2006 at 1:14 pm
The iCal format would be easy to consume, but with microformatting plain old HTML you get to offload the generation of other formats.