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http://microformats.org/about/

Designed for humans first and machines second, microformats are a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards. Instead of throwing away what works today, microformats intend to solve simpler problems first by adapting to current behaviors and usage patterns (e.g. XHTML, blogging).

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  • real world semantics, AKA lowercase semantic web, AKA lossless XHTML
  • a set of simple open data format standards that many are actively developing and implementing for more/better structured blogging and web microcontent publishing in general.
  • solve a specific problem
  • start as simple as possible
  • design for humans first, machines second
  • reuse building blocks from widely adopted standards
  • modularity / embeddability
  • enable and encourage decentralized development, content, services

Rather than everyone re-inventing a new (slightly different and incompatible) format every time they need to encode some contact info, calendar info, etc., these folks decided it would be good if we all standardized on a single format. What an idea!

http://microformats.org/wiki/faq

Contents

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  • Contact Information (hCard)
  • Calendar Information (hCalendar)
  • Reviews (hReviews)
  • Bookmarks (xFolk)
  • Blog Entries (hAtom)
  • Resumes (hResume)
  • Map Coordinates (geo)

http://microformats.org/wiki/datetime-design-pattern

[edit] XOXO: Extensible Open XHTML Outlines

http://microformats.org/wiki/xoxo

<ol class='xoxo'>
  <li>item 1
    <dl>
      <dt>description</dt>
        <dd>This item represents the main point we're trying to make.</dd>
    </dl>
    <ol>
      <li>subpoint a</li>
      <li>subpoint b</li>
    </ol>
  </li>

[edit] xFolk

http://microformats.org/wiki/xfolk

Extensive analysis of social bookmarking services and linkblogs, reported on elsewhere (http://thecommunityengine.com/home/archives/xfolk), reveals that the data published by both bookmarking services and many different linkblogs are described by the following implied schema:

  • A bookmarked or tagged link.
  • A title for the entry.
  • Tags for the link.
  • An extended description or summary of the link.
<div class="xfolkentry"> <!-- changed -->
  <div>
    <a class="taggedlink" href="http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000306.html"> <!-- changed -->
      Sifry's Alerts: Technorati launches Related Tags
    </a> 
  </div>
  <div class="description"> <!-- changed -->
    Ever wanted to see what posts are related to other posts, what tags 
    are related to others? Now you can! Just check under the Tag 
    description on most tag pages, like this one, or this one, and you'll
    see the patterns. Can you smell the emergence?
  </div>
  <div class="meta">
    to
    <a rel="tag" href="/fpgibson/folksonomy">folksonomy</a> <!-- changed -->
    <a rel="tag" href="/fpgibson/technorati">technorati</a> <!-- changed -->
    ... <a class="delNav" href="/url/cbcabf7de070fdb46598ee679367be49">
    and 1 other person
    </a>
    ... on 2005-04-09
  </div>
</div>

[edit] hCard

http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard

hCard is a simple, open, distributed format for representing people, companies, organizations, and places, using a 1:1 representation of the properties and values of the vCard standard (RFC2426 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2426.txt)) in semantic XHTML. hCard is one of several open microformat standards suitable for embedding in (X)HTML, Atom, RSS, and arbitrary XML.

[edit] Questions and answers (FAQ)

http://microformats.org/wiki/question-answer

<a '''class="question answer-at"''' href="/england/noappointmentneeded/walkincentres/walkincentreservices.cmsx">What services does a Walk-in Centre offer?</a>

[edit] hCalendar

http://microformats.org/wiki/hcalendar

hCalendar is a simple, open, distributed calendaring and events format, based on the iCalendar standard (RFC2445 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2445.txt)), suitable for embedding in (X)HTML, Atom, RSS, and arbitrary XML. hCalendar is one of several open microformat standards.

[edit] hResume

http://microformats.org/wiki/hreview

hResume is a microformat for publishing resumes and CVs. hResume is one of several open microformat standards suitable for embedding in (X)HTML, Atom, RSS, and arbitrary XML.

http://hresume.weblogswork.com/hresumecreator/

[edit] hReview

http://microformats.org/wiki/hreview

hReview is a simple, open, distributed format, suitable for embedding reviews (of products, services, businesses, events, etc.) in (X)HTML, Atom, RSS, and arbitrary XML. hReview is one of several microformats open standards.

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