[uf-discuss] Microformats vs XML

[Christopher St John]

On 4/29/06, Benjamin Carlyle <benjamincarlyle at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> The short answer of when to use microformats is as follows:
> You are writing some html that contains some useful human-readable
> information. You say to yourself: I would like to mark this up with some
> classes now for styling. You look up the relevant microformat, and you
> pull in the standard names. You don't have to make your own up, and now
> your page is machine-readable too. Bonus!
>

Avoids hype, connects up to actual practice, no buy-in to any agenda
is required. +1

-cks

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