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SmartLink Test: Event

This is a test post in support of SmartLink of which more later... I've encoded an event based on hCalendar , namely Web 2.0 Conference : October 5 - 7 , at the Argent Hotel, San Francisco, CA An example of a page with more events encoded in hCalendar can be found here

SmartLink Test: UK Address

This is a test post in support of SmartLink of which more later... Without giving away too much, here is my UK test address CB4 0WS .

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In a previous post I tried to describe how I thought technologies like SmartTags and AutoLink ought to behave. With greasemonkey in Firefox I've been able to build a proof-of-concept demonstrator. For the moment I'm calling it Smart Tag/Auto Link. SmartLink is based upon the idea that content authors should mark-up content that can be 'smart-linked', using standard XHTML constructs. This has two advantages: it effectively provides an 'opt-in' mechanism for content providers it doesn't require 'magic' to identify what can be smart-linked and thus provides a much more extensible approach. of course there is one fairly major disadvantage: there isn't any suitably marked-up content out there, with the exception of some test posts I've put together for the purpose. Getting Started If you want to know a bit more about SmartLink then click here . Alternatively if you want to see how SmartLink behaves and you're using Firefox t...

SmartLink Test: Company Profile 2

This is a test post in support of SmartLink of which more later... Apple I found this address on their web-site: 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 There are listed on the Nasdaq with a stock symbol of AAPL .

SmartLink Test: Company Profile 1

This is a test post in support of SmartLink of which more later... Google I found this address on their web-site: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 There are listed on the Nasdaq with a stock symbol of GOOG .

SmartLink Test: Address

This is a test post in support of SmartLink of which more later... I've never lived in the States so when I'm short of a test address I always resort to Beverley Hills 90210 , how sad is that?

SmartLink Test: Books and Films

This is a test post in support of SmartLink of which more later... One of my favourite films is Blade Runner , I'm pretty sure I prefer it to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? from which it is derived.