[microformats-discuss] implementors instructions

[Ian Hickson]

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Ryan King wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > That seems to be more about authoring/using microformats rather 
> > > > than implementing microformats, no?
> > > 
> > > I see implementing and authoring as the same thing.
> > 
> > Ah. So what do you call the act of creating software that consumes 
> > microformats?
> 
> Consuming?
> 
> Maybe we need to lock down our terminology a bit?

In the Web specification world, the generally accepted terminology is:

   author - someone who uses a format while writing a page
   document - a page that uses a format
   authoring - writing a page using a format
   implementor - someone who writes an application that consumes a format
   implementing - writing an application that consumes a format
   implementation - an application that consumes a format
   user - someone who uses an application that consumes a format
   consuming - the act of running an implementation on a document

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