specs Digest, Vol 40, Issue 11

[Nat]

Shade,

That's exactly what I was proposing: the class for AX.

For example, vCard will be one class in axschema. The same for  
openSocial person etc.

e.g.

http://axschema.org/vCard will specify all the sub-items of a vCard.

What do you think?

=nat at Tokyo via iPhone

On 2009/12/07, at 10:05, David Recordon <recordond at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's missing out on the idea of having a schema which can cross
> contexts.  Right now each schema – with the exception of AXSchema.o 
> rg
> – has no concept of namespaces and stands alone.  We've always want 
> ed
> a schema which uses URLs to identify each element, but there haven't
> been any.  Maybe Portable Contacts wants to take this on since it is
> also used by OpenSocial?
>
> --David
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Chris Messina  
> <chris.messina at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I did this in June:
>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pSGbbhtwI4kN_nJ1GXeQ7Qg&output=html
>> I just wish someone would actually use it!
>> Chris
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:02 PM, SitG Admin <sysadmin at shadowsinthegarden.com 
>> >
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm specifically pointing out that AXSchema reinvents vcard and a  
>>>> host of
>>>> other profile formats, which adds yet another burden for  
>>>> developers to map
>>>> other schema, like Portable Contacts, to the AXSchema.
>>>
>>> Could these other profile formats be mapped, on an alias, to a set  
>>> of
>>> AXScheme that collectively mirror each format? As in, "vcard"  
>>> alias maps to
>>> a set of AXSchema that actually just mirror 'vcard' format.
>>>
>>> -Shade
>>
>>
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