[uf-discuss] Microformats versus Microdata

Sat Jun 9 05:40:11 PDT 2012

Well, Google recommends microdata before microformats:
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=99170

On 06/09/2012 07:09 AM, Micky Hulse wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Martin Leese
> <martin.leese at stanfordalumni.org>  wrote:
>> It is already clear that Microdata will be well
>> supported.  On the other hand, my impression
>> of microformats is that the draft standards are
>> moribund.  Is this a fair impression?
>
> Good questions!
>
> I did not even realize that there was a microdata format until I read
> your e-mail.
>
> I wonder if you could just change your HTML DTD to an HTML5 and go from there?
>
> In other words, change this:
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
> <html>
>
> ... to this:
>
> <!doctype html>
> <html>
>
>  From what I know, most HTML4 strict elements should work just fine
> under HTML5. You don't need to worry about changing all the tags to
> <section>  or<header>  (for example)... You could do that later, but in
> the meantime you could start working with the microdata formats on
> specific elements.
>
> Anyway, just a thought. :)
>
> Great questions!
>
> Cheers,
> M
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