[uf-discuss] hProduct thoughts

[Adam Craven - Four Shapes]

Retail is a huge area. Products are listed everywhere and the data is
untamed and lacks cohesion. 

The proposal is here to gauge interest in developing a microformat to help
unify this data, specifically for products.

A few examples of retail sites:   


A classical example:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1590593812/026-1832762-6618036?v=glance&n
=266239&s=gateway&v=glance 

An affiliate based product seller (indirect, not the product seller):
http://audiovisual.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/sbs/122701/15403899.html 

A plain example:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Cordless_Mice.html 


Some ideas of what could be included:

Title: [Main title] 
Web Standards Solutions
                                                 
Subtitle: [More information on the product]
The Mark-up and Style Handbook

Price: [RRP, Tax, Price in other currencies] 
£10 (£11.75 inc VAT)

Availability: [number in stock, time to delivery, shipping] 
In Stock, 1-3 days delivery 

Shipping/Postage: [Cost for shipping (usually varies a lot depend on what
you choose)]
First class, £3.40

Format: [What is the product?] 
book

Format specific information would be great, however, with so many things a
product can be (e.g. TV, Cup, Book, Car) it would be hard to cover all
bases. Unsure about that.

Review: [Use hReview Implementation]

Product overview: [About the product, description, blurb, mainly textual
info.]
Web Standards Solutions contains


Specifications: [possible link to external site.]
N/A in this case



Opinions?