[uf-discuss] hProduct thoughts

[Matt Kaufman]

Yes, hListing is something that sounds a lot like what you are  
suggesting...  That said, the hListing effort has languished a bit  
and perhaps now is a good time to get it resurrected.

While on the topic of hListing, one thing we are waiting to see is  
more microformats describing automobiles, houses, jobs, etc.  These  
are required to make the most use of hListing because hListing by  
itself is really just a container for other microformats.

Matt Kaufman
matt at edgeio.com


On Aug 25, 2006, at 8:01 AM, brian suda wrote:

> These might cover alot of what you are looking for.
>
> Have a look at hListing: http://microformats.org/wiki/hlisting- 
> proposal
>
> and Citations: http://microformats.org/wiki/citation
>
> -brian
>
> Adam Craven - Four Shapes wrote:
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
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