[microformats-discuss] Take 3 Re: Definition of "microformat" ?

[Dr. Ernie Prabhakar]

Bob & Jake,

On Sep 16, 2005, at 1:29 PM, DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO) wrote:

> Jake Ham wrote:
>  > I still feel that there is a better way to describe them than an  
> "ecosystem".
> I strongly agree,

Okay, since this seems to have struck a chord, I've pasted my  
definition into the wiki (without 'ecosystem' :-), so others can  
refine it:

http://microformats.org/wiki/Main_Page#Introduction
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One popular definition from our mailing list is "simple conventions  
for embedding semantics in HTML to enable decentralized development."  
More precisely, microformats can be defined as:

:simple conventions
:for embedding semantic markup
::for a specific problem domain
:in human-readable (X)HTML documents
::that normalize existing tag usage patterns
::using brief, descriptive class names
:to enable decentralized development
::of resources, tools, and services
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Have at it!

-- Ernie P.
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