A Partial Family Tree for Queen Victoria
Buzzword.org.uk Note 30 August 2008
- This version:
- http://buzzword.org.uk/2008/queenvic-20080830
- Latest version:
- http://buzzword.org.uk/2008/queenvic
- Editor:
- Toby Inkster
Copyright © 2008 Toby Inkster, some rights reserved.
Abstract
This page is intended to be a demonstration of Cognition's unique abilities to parse both RDFa and microformats and combine the information gleaned from both into meaningful data, which can be exported in various formats. It also demonstrates a practical example of marking up a genealogy using existing standards. One extension to hCard is used: dday.
Could this information be represented entirely using microformats, with no RDFa? Yes, but a separate page would need to be built for each person described due to limitations in XFN. RDFa provides the much needed ability to add semantic links from part of a page to another part of a page, thus allowing XFN links between different people represented on the same page.
Could this information be represented entirely using RDFa, with no microformats? Yes.
For simplicity sibling, cousin and grand-parent/child relationships are omitted. These can be figured out by following parent/child relationship links. (This family tree can be a bit confusing as people's titles and roles vary with time and with marriage. Names change on marriage and monarchs often adopt a regnal name upon inheriting their throne. Perhaps hResume could be used in an unconventional way to deal with these changes.)
Table of Contents
- Queen Victoria
- Prince Albert
- Victoria, Princess Royal
- King Edward VII
- Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
- Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
- Louise, Duchess of Argyll
- Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
- Leopold, Duke of Albany
- Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg
- Alexandra of Denmark
- King George V
- Princess Mary of Teck
- King Edward VIII
- King George VI
- Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Argyll
- Prince William of Wales
Rationale: Queen Victoria and her children are included, as are any of her descendants who came to the throne, and the spouses of any monarchs. Princes Charles and William of Wales are included, as it is expected that the throne will in time pass to each of them. Other descendants of Queen Victoria and their spouses are omitted from the table of contents for brevity, but are often included in the text of the page.
