[WishList] Convention for Referencing Posts

I wish the Weblogging community could adopt some general convention for referencing posts on other Weblogs.  Personally, I evolved a format like this: [Don Box: XML eclipses COM].  It allows me to cite source and content in a single link.  I would prefer to use a standard format that we all would recognize. 

I frequently get annoyed when I see bloggers grab links without crediting their origins.  In most cases, I think people just want to share good information and that we have not given them an adequate tool for giving credit where it is due.