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hcard-implementations

2008-11-25T23:18:42Z

KarstenJ: /* Internet Explorer extension */

<h1>hCard Implementations</h1>
{{TOC-right}}

This page is an '''informative''' section of the [[hcard|hCard specification]].

The following implementations have been developed which either generate or parse [[hcard|hCards]]. If you have such an hCard implementation, feel free to add it to '''the top''' of the New Implementations section. If you have a page or site which just ''publishes'' hCards, please use [[hcard-examples-in-wild]] instead.

== New Implementations ==
Add new implementations here for evaluation and classification into the below taxonomy of implementations.

* [http://microform.at/hcard2qrcode/ hCard to QR-Code] -- Converts a published hCard to a vCard and displays the matching QR-Code.
* [http://code.google.com/p/verizon-contact-exporter/ Verizon Contact Exporter] -- adds hcards to a typical HTML page of contacts from someone's Verizon online address book so that they can be exported (say, if someone wants to leave Verizon)
* [http://hcard.geekhood.net/ hCard Validator] - finally!
* [http://www.cogmap.com/ Cogmap] - Cogmap has a bunch of org charts marked up with hcard. Desperately needs [[XPN]]!
* [http://www.tripit.com/ TripIt] - The TripIt contact list of your connections is marked up with hCard
* [[hAvatar]] - Wordpress plugin displaying avatars for commenters based on their hCard
* [[org.microformats.hCard]] - java hCard parser and creator.
* [http://mobileonlinebusiness.com.au/uf/vCard_to_hCard_converter.html Mobile Online Business' vCard to hCard converter]
*[http://www.jamplanet.com Jam] is an active address book extension for Firefox/Flock. Jam imports Vcard and various CSV formats, and can output contacts in Vcard and hCard format.
*The "[http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/tt_address/2.0.1/ tt_address]" extension for [http://www.typo3.com TYPO3] supports hCard since the latest release, v2.0.0
*[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4106/ Operator] lets you combine pieces of information on Web sites with applications in ways that are useful. (Firefox-plugin)
*[http://rafaeloliveira.net/labs/hcard_creator.zip Wordpress hCard Creator] - I've made this simple plugin for wordpress. It adds the hCard Options submenu at Options menu, where you can create a simple hCard and put it on your blog using < ?php hcard_creator() ?> to show it. Also, it is possible to show an "export to vCard" link, which uses Brian Suda X2V. (Got send an e-mail to him regarding this)
*[http://leftlogic.com/lounge/articles/microformats_bookmarklet/ Microformats Bookmarklet] is a bookmarklet designed for IE6 and IE7, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Camino, that overlays on the current page to allow users to import individual hCards or hCalendars. Written by Remy Sharp.
*[http://domanske.de/2006/09/vcardexplorer-04/ vCardExplorer] is a Mac OS X Application, that displays VCF-Files and extracts hCards from Websites written by [http://vcardexplorer.corefault.de Daniel Kagemann].
* [http://placenamehere.com/mf/nnwextract/ Extract Microformats] is a script for NetNewsWire that supports extracting hCard and hCalendar data in blog posts (via technorati service). Written by [[User:ChrisCasciano|Chris Casciano]]
* [http://allinthehead.com/hkit/ hKit] is an open source PHP 5 parsing library with support for hCard.
* [http://kitchen.technorati.com/search Technorati Microformats Search] indexes [[hcard|hCard]], [[hcalendar|hCalendar]], and [[hreview|hReview]] as [http://tantek.com/log/2006/05.html#d31t1802 announced by Tantek].
** list of pages with indexing Issues so they can be looked into as to why data is not being extracted
** suda.co.uk/contact
** multipack.co.uk
* [http://www.webstandards.org/action/dwtf/microformats/ Dreamweaver Extension suite] from the [http://webstandards.org/ Web Standards Project] enables the authoring of hCards from within Dreamweaver 8.
* [http://scooch.gr0w.com/ Scooch] is a slide show and presentation creator that generates a [[hCard]] for individual slide show authors and comment authors with a CSS button to parse and download via [http://suda.co.uk/projects/X2V/ X2V]. Also uses [[hReview]] for slide ratings and [[rel-tag]] for categories.
* [http://blog.codeeg.com/2006/03/20/flock-tails-flocktails/ Flocktails] - port of Tails extension for Flock 0.5.12 that looks for hCards, hCalendar, xFolk and hReview and tosses them into a handy topbar
*[http://opensource.reevoo.com/2006/03/08/release-uformats-12/ uformats] is a ruby library that can parse [[hCalendar]], [[hCard]], [[hReview]] and [[rel-tag]]
* [http://blog.codeeg.com/tails-firefox-extension-03/ Tails] is a Firefox Extension that will display the presence and details of microformats ([[hcard|hCard]], [[hcalendar|hCalendar]], [[hreview|hReview]], [[xfolk|xFolk]]) on a webpage. [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2240/ Tails Export] is an extended version.
* [http://www.stripytshirt.co.uk/features/firefox/smartzilla Smartzilla is a Firefox Extension] that finds hCards on web pages and lets you add them to your addressbook.
* [http://placenamehere.com/TXP/pnh_mf/ pnh_mf] is a plugin for [http://textpattern.com/ Textpattern] that supports embedding hCard and other microformats in templates and blog posts. Written by [http://placenamehere.com/ Chris Casciano].
* There is [http://flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/68755089/ evidence of built-in hCard support in the Konqueror browser]. Specifically, Konqueror 3.5, in KDE 3.5 (kubuntu Breezy w/ update).
* There is [http://tagcamp.org/index.cgi?ContactList evidence of a kwiki plugin for hCards]. Update: the [http://svn.kwiki.org/cwest/Kwiki-hCard/ hCard kwiki plugin svn repository]. See the [http://microwiki.caseywest.com/index.cgi?hCard documentation of the hCard kwiki plugin].
* [http://suda.co.uk/projects/X2V/ X2V] is a bookmarklet that parses hCard and produces a .vcf (vCard) stream. Note: needs to be updated as the spec is refined.
* [http://www.stripytshirt.co.uk Duncan Walker] has built [http://www.stripytshirt.co.uk/features/firefox/smartzilla a Firefox extension] that gets hCard data from a webpage, uses Brian Suda's XSL (locally) to transform it to vcard format and opens the resulting .vcf file.
* [http://george.hotelling.net/90percent/ George] has written a [http://george.hotelling.net/90percent/geekery/greasemonkey_and_microformats.php Greasemonkey user script] that detects hCards and allows users to easily add them to their address book application. Relies on the X2V web service to do the conversion.
* [http://inside.glnetworks.de/ Martin Rehfeld] has updated the work of [http://blogmatrix.blogmatrix.com/ David Janes] and produced a [[Greasemonkey]] [http://inside.glnetworks.de/2006/06/05/microformats-have-arrived-in-firefox-15-greasemonkey-06/ script] that finds many microformat elements, including hCards, and [http://blog.davidjanes.com/mtarchives/2005_08.html#003379 provides a popup menu of actions]. The hCard to vCard conversion is done internally within the script. ''This will work with FireFox 1.5+/GreaseMonkey 0.6.4+ now.''
* [http://diveintomark.org/ Mark Pilgrim] has also written an [http://diveintomark.org/projects/greasemonkey/hcard/ hCard parser Greasemonkey user script]. It is self-contained and does not rely on the X2V web service.
* [http://www.oliverbrown.me.uk/2005/09/03/a-working-microformats-extension-to-simplexml/ Oliver Brown] has written an "extension" to [http://www.php.net/simplexml SimpleXML] that gives simple access to hCard information in PHP 5.
* [http://thedredge.org/ Andrew D. Hume] has built a system (Wordpress plugin?) for [http://thedredge.org/2005/06/using-hcards-in-your-blog/ using hCards in your blog] to represent people leaving comments on blog posts.
* [http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2629.xslt rfc2629.xslt] now attempts to generate hCard information ([http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc2629 RFC2629] is an XML format for authoring RFCs and Internet Drafts, see [http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2629xslt/rfc2629xslt.html example document])
* [http://tantek.com/microformats/buddylist2hcards.html iChat buddy list to hCards] - Open source AppleScript to automatically convert one's buddy list in the MacOSX iChat AIM client into a valid XHTML 1.0 Strict list of hCards.
* [http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/2001/palmagent/ palmagent] is a collection of palmpilot and sidekick tools. It includes X2V derivatives xhtml2hcard.xsl and toICal.xsl plus some [http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/2001/palmagent/hcardTest.html hcardTest] materials
* [http://www.openpsa.org/ OpenPsa 2.x] CRM application uses hCard for all person listings. The widget is [http://www.midgard-project.org/midcom-permalink-922834501b71daad856f35ec593c7a6d reusable across Midgard CMS]
* [http://www.metonymie.com Emiliano Martínez Luque] has written an experimental [http://www.metonymie.com/hCard_extract/app.html hCard finder and structured search application] that finds hCards within a given set of URLs and returns the ones that match the specified search criteria.
* [http://www.milkcarton.be/apps/lustro Lustro] is a free and open source Mac OS X application that exports your Address Book contacts to CSV, tab delimited, Google Contacts and hCards off course. It creates a single XHMTL webpage with all your contacts as hCards.


==Authoring==
Implementations you can use to author, create, and publish hCards.

===Web-based Creators===
;[http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator hCard creator]:Create your own hCards; also has a [http://www.wnas.nl/microformats/hcard/hcardCreator.html Dutch interface]. [[hcard-creator-feedback|hCard Give feedback.]]

===Blogging and CMS tools===
;[http://euphemize.net/blog/plugins/textpattern/jmc_event_manager/ Textpattern plug-in]:jmc_event_manager is a plugin for [http://textpattern.com/ Textpattern] that outputs locations and events in hCard (and hCalendar) formats. Written by [http://euphemize.net/ Joel Courtney].
;[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/addressbook/ Wordpress Addressbook plugin]:Display list of addresses from the blog owner's address book, each marked up as an hCard. Maintained by [http://samwilson.id.au Sam Wilson].

===Browser scripts and plug-ins===
Browser plugins that work with existing authoring tools:
; Any browser with javascript and a little bit of CSS : [http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator microformats.org hCard creator] (see also [http://tantek.com/ Tantek]'s original [http://tantek.com/microformats/hcard-creator.html hCard creator on tantek.com].

===Desktop Authoring Tools===
* ...

==Search and Discovery==
* [http://kitchen.technorati.com/search Technorati Microformats Search] indexes [[hcard|hCard]], [[hcalendar|hCalendar]], and [[hreview|hReview]] as [http://tantek.com/log/2006/05.html#d31t1802 announced by Tantek].
* [http://leftlogic.com/info/articles/microformats_bookmarklet Microformats Bookmarklet] is a bookmarklet designed for Safari (works in Firefox and Camino) that overlays on the current page to allow users to import individual [[hcard|hCards]] or [[hcalendar|hCalendars]]. Written by [http://leftlogic.com Remy Sharp].



==Conversion and Import==
Implementations you can use to importing into an address book application, typically by converting hCard to vCard.

===Web Services===
These return vCard (.vcf) and other contact formats for easy importing into typical address book programs or other processing.
* [http://www.tomota.de www.tomota.de] Online address book that allows to import, export and convert hCard into vCard, ldif, csv and plain text.

* ...

===Firefox Greasemonkey Plugins===
* [http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/36879 Oomph for GreaseMonkey] - Injects the [http://www.visitmix.com/lab/oomph Oomph] javascript for Greasemonkey

===Aggregators===
* ...

===Forms===
* [http://lib.omnia-computing.de/hcardmapper hCard Mapper] maps hCards onto form fields (Javascript based)

==Browsing==
Implementations that detect, display and otherwise highlight hCards in pages.
* ...

===Firefox extension===

[http://www.kaply.com/weblog/operator Operator] - This extension is casual-user, advanced-user and developer friendly. Very customizable and unobstrusive.

===Internet Explorer extension===

[http://www.visitmix.com/lab/oomph Oomph] - This Add-In to Internet Explorer will light up on pages with hCards.

===Flock extension===
* ...

==Open Source==

Open source libraries of hCard parsers and other related code for building hCard implementations. Note: it is very likely that above implementations may be duplicated in this section. That's ok.

;Javascript
: The [http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator hCard creator] ([[hcard-creator-feedback|hCard creator feedback]]) is a very simple, yet illustrative, open source user interface / form / script which creates an hCard in real-time as you type in a set of contact information.
;Perl
* [http://search.cpan.org/~ussjoin/Data-Microformat-0.01/lib/Data/Microformat/hCard.pm Data::Microformat] - CPAN module for both creating and parsing hCards
;PHP
* [[hKit]]
;Python:
* [http://tommorris.org/files/gmail2hcard-py.txt gmail2hcard-py.txt] - for converting Gmail CSV address book export to hCards
;Java:
* [[org.microformats.hCard]]
;Objective-C
* [http://www.milkcarton.be/apps/lustro Lustro] is a free and open source Mac OS X application that exports your Address Book contacts to CSV, tab delimited, Google Contacts and hCards off course. It creates a single XHMTL webpage with all your contacts as hCards.

== Additional Applications ==
This section should probably be incorporated into [[hcard-brainstorming]].

There are numerous potential additional uses and applications for hCards on the Web. The following are merely a few thoughts and possibilities that folks have come up with:

* As an open standard/format for [http://www.gravatar.com/ Gravatars].
** Like [http://alper.nl/cgi-bin/OpenAvatar.py?url=http://tantek.com this].
** Wordpress plugin with hCard based replacement for gravatar is in the make. [[User:Alper|Alper]] 12:59, 8 Aug 2007 (PDT)
* Marking up individual authors of blog posts on a group blog
* Marking up people's names and URLs in a blogroll
* Any reference to people in blog posts (e.g. when citing them, or referencing them, or describing them, by name).
* ...

== Related Pages ==
{{hcard-related-pages}}

hcard-implementations

2008-11-25T23:18:21Z

KarstenJ: /* Firefox Greasemonkey Plugins */

<h1>hCard Implementations</h1>
{{TOC-right}}

This page is an '''informative''' section of the [[hcard|hCard specification]].

The following implementations have been developed which either generate or parse [[hcard|hCards]]. If you have such an hCard implementation, feel free to add it to '''the top''' of the New Implementations section. If you have a page or site which just ''publishes'' hCards, please use [[hcard-examples-in-wild]] instead.

== New Implementations ==
Add new implementations here for evaluation and classification into the below taxonomy of implementations.

* [http://microform.at/hcard2qrcode/ hCard to QR-Code] -- Converts a published hCard to a vCard and displays the matching QR-Code.
* [http://code.google.com/p/verizon-contact-exporter/ Verizon Contact Exporter] -- adds hcards to a typical HTML page of contacts from someone's Verizon online address book so that they can be exported (say, if someone wants to leave Verizon)
* [http://hcard.geekhood.net/ hCard Validator] - finally!
* [http://www.cogmap.com/ Cogmap] - Cogmap has a bunch of org charts marked up with hcard. Desperately needs [[XPN]]!
* [http://www.tripit.com/ TripIt] - The TripIt contact list of your connections is marked up with hCard
* [[hAvatar]] - Wordpress plugin displaying avatars for commenters based on their hCard
* [[org.microformats.hCard]] - java hCard parser and creator.
* [http://mobileonlinebusiness.com.au/uf/vCard_to_hCard_converter.html Mobile Online Business' vCard to hCard converter]
*[http://www.jamplanet.com Jam] is an active address book extension for Firefox/Flock. Jam imports Vcard and various CSV formats, and can output contacts in Vcard and hCard format.
*The "[http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/tt_address/2.0.1/ tt_address]" extension for [http://www.typo3.com TYPO3] supports hCard since the latest release, v2.0.0
*[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4106/ Operator] lets you combine pieces of information on Web sites with applications in ways that are useful. (Firefox-plugin)
*[http://rafaeloliveira.net/labs/hcard_creator.zip Wordpress hCard Creator] - I've made this simple plugin for wordpress. It adds the hCard Options submenu at Options menu, where you can create a simple hCard and put it on your blog using < ?php hcard_creator() ?> to show it. Also, it is possible to show an "export to vCard" link, which uses Brian Suda X2V. (Got send an e-mail to him regarding this)
*[http://leftlogic.com/lounge/articles/microformats_bookmarklet/ Microformats Bookmarklet] is a bookmarklet designed for IE6 and IE7, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Camino, that overlays on the current page to allow users to import individual hCards or hCalendars. Written by Remy Sharp.
*[http://domanske.de/2006/09/vcardexplorer-04/ vCardExplorer] is a Mac OS X Application, that displays VCF-Files and extracts hCards from Websites written by [http://vcardexplorer.corefault.de Daniel Kagemann].
* [http://placenamehere.com/mf/nnwextract/ Extract Microformats] is a script for NetNewsWire that supports extracting hCard and hCalendar data in blog posts (via technorati service). Written by [[User:ChrisCasciano|Chris Casciano]]
* [http://allinthehead.com/hkit/ hKit] is an open source PHP 5 parsing library with support for hCard.
* [http://kitchen.technorati.com/search Technorati Microformats Search] indexes [[hcard|hCard]], [[hcalendar|hCalendar]], and [[hreview|hReview]] as [http://tantek.com/log/2006/05.html#d31t1802 announced by Tantek].
** list of pages with indexing Issues so they can be looked into as to why data is not being extracted
** suda.co.uk/contact
** multipack.co.uk
* [http://www.webstandards.org/action/dwtf/microformats/ Dreamweaver Extension suite] from the [http://webstandards.org/ Web Standards Project] enables the authoring of hCards from within Dreamweaver 8.
* [http://scooch.gr0w.com/ Scooch] is a slide show and presentation creator that generates a [[hCard]] for individual slide show authors and comment authors with a CSS button to parse and download via [http://suda.co.uk/projects/X2V/ X2V]. Also uses [[hReview]] for slide ratings and [[rel-tag]] for categories.
* [http://blog.codeeg.com/2006/03/20/flock-tails-flocktails/ Flocktails] - port of Tails extension for Flock 0.5.12 that looks for hCards, hCalendar, xFolk and hReview and tosses them into a handy topbar
*[http://opensource.reevoo.com/2006/03/08/release-uformats-12/ uformats] is a ruby library that can parse [[hCalendar]], [[hCard]], [[hReview]] and [[rel-tag]]
* [http://blog.codeeg.com/tails-firefox-extension-03/ Tails] is a Firefox Extension that will display the presence and details of microformats ([[hcard|hCard]], [[hcalendar|hCalendar]], [[hreview|hReview]], [[xfolk|xFolk]]) on a webpage. [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2240/ Tails Export] is an extended version.
* [http://www.stripytshirt.co.uk/features/firefox/smartzilla Smartzilla is a Firefox Extension] that finds hCards on web pages and lets you add them to your addressbook.
* [http://placenamehere.com/TXP/pnh_mf/ pnh_mf] is a plugin for [http://textpattern.com/ Textpattern] that supports embedding hCard and other microformats in templates and blog posts. Written by [http://placenamehere.com/ Chris Casciano].
* There is [http://flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/68755089/ evidence of built-in hCard support in the Konqueror browser]. Specifically, Konqueror 3.5, in KDE 3.5 (kubuntu Breezy w/ update).
* There is [http://tagcamp.org/index.cgi?ContactList evidence of a kwiki plugin for hCards]. Update: the [http://svn.kwiki.org/cwest/Kwiki-hCard/ hCard kwiki plugin svn repository]. See the [http://microwiki.caseywest.com/index.cgi?hCard documentation of the hCard kwiki plugin].
* [http://suda.co.uk/projects/X2V/ X2V] is a bookmarklet that parses hCard and produces a .vcf (vCard) stream. Note: needs to be updated as the spec is refined.
* [http://www.stripytshirt.co.uk Duncan Walker] has built [http://www.stripytshirt.co.uk/features/firefox/smartzilla a Firefox extension] that gets hCard data from a webpage, uses Brian Suda's XSL (locally) to transform it to vcard format and opens the resulting .vcf file.
* [http://george.hotelling.net/90percent/ George] has written a [http://george.hotelling.net/90percent/geekery/greasemonkey_and_microformats.php Greasemonkey user script] that detects hCards and allows users to easily add them to their address book application. Relies on the X2V web service to do the conversion.
* [http://inside.glnetworks.de/ Martin Rehfeld] has updated the work of [http://blogmatrix.blogmatrix.com/ David Janes] and produced a [[Greasemonkey]] [http://inside.glnetworks.de/2006/06/05/microformats-have-arrived-in-firefox-15-greasemonkey-06/ script] that finds many microformat elements, including hCards, and [http://blog.davidjanes.com/mtarchives/2005_08.html#003379 provides a popup menu of actions]. The hCard to vCard conversion is done internally within the script. ''This will work with FireFox 1.5+/GreaseMonkey 0.6.4+ now.''
* [http://diveintomark.org/ Mark Pilgrim] has also written an [http://diveintomark.org/projects/greasemonkey/hcard/ hCard parser Greasemonkey user script]. It is self-contained and does not rely on the X2V web service.
* [http://www.oliverbrown.me.uk/2005/09/03/a-working-microformats-extension-to-simplexml/ Oliver Brown] has written an "extension" to [http://www.php.net/simplexml SimpleXML] that gives simple access to hCard information in PHP 5.
* [http://thedredge.org/ Andrew D. Hume] has built a system (Wordpress plugin?) for [http://thedredge.org/2005/06/using-hcards-in-your-blog/ using hCards in your blog] to represent people leaving comments on blog posts.
* [http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2629.xslt rfc2629.xslt] now attempts to generate hCard information ([http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc2629 RFC2629] is an XML format for authoring RFCs and Internet Drafts, see [http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2629xslt/rfc2629xslt.html example document])
* [http://tantek.com/microformats/buddylist2hcards.html iChat buddy list to hCards] - Open source AppleScript to automatically convert one's buddy list in the MacOSX iChat AIM client into a valid XHTML 1.0 Strict list of hCards.
* [http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/2001/palmagent/ palmagent] is a collection of palmpilot and sidekick tools. It includes X2V derivatives xhtml2hcard.xsl and toICal.xsl plus some [http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/2001/palmagent/hcardTest.html hcardTest] materials
* [http://www.openpsa.org/ OpenPsa 2.x] CRM application uses hCard for all person listings. The widget is [http://www.midgard-project.org/midcom-permalink-922834501b71daad856f35ec593c7a6d reusable across Midgard CMS]
* [http://www.metonymie.com Emiliano Martínez Luque] has written an experimental [http://www.metonymie.com/hCard_extract/app.html hCard finder and structured search application] that finds hCards within a given set of URLs and returns the ones that match the specified search criteria.
* [http://www.milkcarton.be/apps/lustro Lustro] is a free and open source Mac OS X application that exports your Address Book contacts to CSV, tab delimited, Google Contacts and hCards off course. It creates a single XHMTL webpage with all your contacts as hCards.


==Authoring==
Implementations you can use to author, create, and publish hCards.

===Web-based Creators===
;[http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator hCard creator]:Create your own hCards; also has a [http://www.wnas.nl/microformats/hcard/hcardCreator.html Dutch interface]. [[hcard-creator-feedback|hCard Give feedback.]]

===Blogging and CMS tools===
;[http://euphemize.net/blog/plugins/textpattern/jmc_event_manager/ Textpattern plug-in]:jmc_event_manager is a plugin for [http://textpattern.com/ Textpattern] that outputs locations and events in hCard (and hCalendar) formats. Written by [http://euphemize.net/ Joel Courtney].
;[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/addressbook/ Wordpress Addressbook plugin]:Display list of addresses from the blog owner's address book, each marked up as an hCard. Maintained by [http://samwilson.id.au Sam Wilson].

===Browser scripts and plug-ins===
Browser plugins that work with existing authoring tools:
; Any browser with javascript and a little bit of CSS : [http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator microformats.org hCard creator] (see also [http://tantek.com/ Tantek]'s original [http://tantek.com/microformats/hcard-creator.html hCard creator on tantek.com].

===Desktop Authoring Tools===
* ...

==Search and Discovery==
* [http://kitchen.technorati.com/search Technorati Microformats Search] indexes [[hcard|hCard]], [[hcalendar|hCalendar]], and [[hreview|hReview]] as [http://tantek.com/log/2006/05.html#d31t1802 announced by Tantek].
* [http://leftlogic.com/info/articles/microformats_bookmarklet Microformats Bookmarklet] is a bookmarklet designed for Safari (works in Firefox and Camino) that overlays on the current page to allow users to import individual [[hcard|hCards]] or [[hcalendar|hCalendars]]. Written by [http://leftlogic.com Remy Sharp].



==Conversion and Import==
Implementations you can use to importing into an address book application, typically by converting hCard to vCard.

===Web Services===
These return vCard (.vcf) and other contact formats for easy importing into typical address book programs or other processing.
* [http://www.tomota.de www.tomota.de] Online address book that allows to import, export and convert hCard into vCard, ldif, csv and plain text.

* ...

===Firefox Greasemonkey Plugins===
* [http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/36879 Oomph for GreaseMonkey] - Injects the [http://www.visitmix.com/lab/oomph Oomph] javascript for Greasemonkey

===Aggregators===
* ...

===Forms===
* [http://lib.omnia-computing.de/hcardmapper hCard Mapper] maps hCards onto form fields (Javascript based)

==Browsing==
Implementations that detect, display and otherwise highlight hCards in pages.
* ...

===Firefox extension===

[http://www.kaply.com/weblog/operator Operator] - This extension is casual-user, advanced-user and developer friendly. Very customizable and unobstrusive.

===Internet Explorer extension===

[http://www.visitmix.com/lab/oomph] - This Add-In to Internet Explorer will light up on pages with hCards.

===Flock extension===
* ...

==Open Source==

Open source libraries of hCard parsers and other related code for building hCard implementations. Note: it is very likely that above implementations may be duplicated in this section. That's ok.

;Javascript
: The [http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator hCard creator] ([[hcard-creator-feedback|hCard creator feedback]]) is a very simple, yet illustrative, open source user interface / form / script which creates an hCard in real-time as you type in a set of contact information.
;Perl
* [http://search.cpan.org/~ussjoin/Data-Microformat-0.01/lib/Data/Microformat/hCard.pm Data::Microformat] - CPAN module for both creating and parsing hCards
;PHP
* [[hKit]]
;Python:
* [http://tommorris.org/files/gmail2hcard-py.txt gmail2hcard-py.txt] - for converting Gmail CSV address book export to hCards
;Java:
* [[org.microformats.hCard]]
;Objective-C
* [http://www.milkcarton.be/apps/lustro Lustro] is a free and open source Mac OS X application that exports your Address Book contacts to CSV, tab delimited, Google Contacts and hCards off course. It creates a single XHMTL webpage with all your contacts as hCards.

== Additional Applications ==
This section should probably be incorporated into [[hcard-brainstorming]].

There are numerous potential additional uses and applications for hCards on the Web. The following are merely a few thoughts and possibilities that folks have come up with:

* As an open standard/format for [http://www.gravatar.com/ Gravatars].
** Like [http://alper.nl/cgi-bin/OpenAvatar.py?url=http://tantek.com this].
** Wordpress plugin with hCard based replacement for gravatar is in the make. [[User:Alper|Alper]] 12:59, 8 Aug 2007 (PDT)
* Marking up individual authors of blog posts on a group blog
* Marking up people's names and URLs in a blogroll
* Any reference to people in blog posts (e.g. when citing them, or referencing them, or describing them, by name).
* ...

== Related Pages ==
{{hcard-related-pages}}

hcard-implementations

2008-11-25T23:16:43Z

KarstenJ: added links to oomph

<h1>hCard Implementations</h1>
{{TOC-right}}

This page is an '''informative''' section of the [[hcard|hCard specification]].

The following implementations have been developed which either generate or parse [[hcard|hCards]]. If you have such an hCard implementation, feel free to add it to '''the top''' of the New Implementations section. If you have a page or site which just ''publishes'' hCards, please use [[hcard-examples-in-wild]] instead.

== New Implementations ==
Add new implementations here for evaluation and classification into the below taxonomy of implementations.

* [http://microform.at/hcard2qrcode/ hCard to QR-Code] -- Converts a published hCard to a vCard and displays the matching QR-Code.
* [http://code.google.com/p/verizon-contact-exporter/ Verizon Contact Exporter] -- adds hcards to a typical HTML page of contacts from someone's Verizon online address book so that they can be exported (say, if someone wants to leave Verizon)
* [http://hcard.geekhood.net/ hCard Validator] - finally!
* [http://www.cogmap.com/ Cogmap] - Cogmap has a bunch of org charts marked up with hcard. Desperately needs [[XPN]]!
* [http://www.tripit.com/ TripIt] - The TripIt contact list of your connections is marked up with hCard
* [[hAvatar]] - Wordpress plugin displaying avatars for commenters based on their hCard
* [[org.microformats.hCard]] - java hCard parser and creator.
* [http://mobileonlinebusiness.com.au/uf/vCard_to_hCard_converter.html Mobile Online Business' vCard to hCard converter]
*[http://www.jamplanet.com Jam] is an active address book extension for Firefox/Flock. Jam imports Vcard and various CSV formats, and can output contacts in Vcard and hCard format.
*The "[http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/tt_address/2.0.1/ tt_address]" extension for [http://www.typo3.com TYPO3] supports hCard since the latest release, v2.0.0
*[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4106/ Operator] lets you combine pieces of information on Web sites with applications in ways that are useful. (Firefox-plugin)
*[http://rafaeloliveira.net/labs/hcard_creator.zip Wordpress hCard Creator] - I've made this simple plugin for wordpress. It adds the hCard Options submenu at Options menu, where you can create a simple hCard and put it on your blog using < ?php hcard_creator() ?> to show it. Also, it is possible to show an "export to vCard" link, which uses Brian Suda X2V. (Got send an e-mail to him regarding this)
*[http://leftlogic.com/lounge/articles/microformats_bookmarklet/ Microformats Bookmarklet] is a bookmarklet designed for IE6 and IE7, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Camino, that overlays on the current page to allow users to import individual hCards or hCalendars. Written by Remy Sharp.
*[http://domanske.de/2006/09/vcardexplorer-04/ vCardExplorer] is a Mac OS X Application, that displays VCF-Files and extracts hCards from Websites written by [http://vcardexplorer.corefault.de Daniel Kagemann].
* [http://placenamehere.com/mf/nnwextract/ Extract Microformats] is a script for NetNewsWire that supports extracting hCard and hCalendar data in blog posts (via technorati service). Written by [[User:ChrisCasciano|Chris Casciano]]
* [http://allinthehead.com/hkit/ hKit] is an open source PHP 5 parsing library with support for hCard.
* [http://kitchen.technorati.com/search Technorati Microformats Search] indexes [[hcard|hCard]], [[hcalendar|hCalendar]], and [[hreview|hReview]] as [http://tantek.com/log/2006/05.html#d31t1802 announced by Tantek].
** list of pages with indexing Issues so they can be looked into as to why data is not being extracted
** suda.co.uk/contact
** multipack.co.uk
* [http://www.webstandards.org/action/dwtf/microformats/ Dreamweaver Extension suite] from the [http://webstandards.org/ Web Standards Project] enables the authoring of hCards from within Dreamweaver 8.
* [http://scooch.gr0w.com/ Scooch] is a slide show and presentation creator that generates a [[hCard]] for individual slide show authors and comment authors with a CSS button to parse and download via [http://suda.co.uk/projects/X2V/ X2V]. Also uses [[hReview]] for slide ratings and [[rel-tag]] for categories.
* [http://blog.codeeg.com/2006/03/20/flock-tails-flocktails/ Flocktails] - port of Tails extension for Flock 0.5.12 that looks for hCards, hCalendar, xFolk and hReview and tosses them into a handy topbar
*[http://opensource.reevoo.com/2006/03/08/release-uformats-12/ uformats] is a ruby library that can parse [[hCalendar]], [[hCard]], [[hReview]] and [[rel-tag]]
* [http://blog.codeeg.com/tails-firefox-extension-03/ Tails] is a Firefox Extension that will display the presence and details of microformats ([[hcard|hCard]], [[hcalendar|hCalendar]], [[hreview|hReview]], [[xfolk|xFolk]]) on a webpage. [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2240/ Tails Export] is an extended version.
* [http://www.stripytshirt.co.uk/features/firefox/smartzilla Smartzilla is a Firefox Extension] that finds hCards on web pages and lets you add them to your addressbook.
* [http://placenamehere.com/TXP/pnh_mf/ pnh_mf] is a plugin for [http://textpattern.com/ Textpattern] that supports embedding hCard and other microformats in templates and blog posts. Written by [http://placenamehere.com/ Chris Casciano].
* There is [http://flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/68755089/ evidence of built-in hCard support in the Konqueror browser]. Specifically, Konqueror 3.5, in KDE 3.5 (kubuntu Breezy w/ update).
* There is [http://tagcamp.org/index.cgi?ContactList evidence of a kwiki plugin for hCards]. Update: the [http://svn.kwiki.org/cwest/Kwiki-hCard/ hCard kwiki plugin svn repository]. See the [http://microwiki.caseywest.com/index.cgi?hCard documentation of the hCard kwiki plugin].
* [http://suda.co.uk/projects/X2V/ X2V] is a bookmarklet that parses hCard and produces a .vcf (vCard) stream. Note: needs to be updated as the spec is refined.
* [http://www.stripytshirt.co.uk Duncan Walker] has built [http://www.stripytshirt.co.uk/features/firefox/smartzilla a Firefox extension] that gets hCard data from a webpage, uses Brian Suda's XSL (locally) to transform it to vcard format and opens the resulting .vcf file.
* [http://george.hotelling.net/90percent/ George] has written a [http://george.hotelling.net/90percent/geekery/greasemonkey_and_microformats.php Greasemonkey user script] that detects hCards and allows users to easily add them to their address book application. Relies on the X2V web service to do the conversion.
* [http://inside.glnetworks.de/ Martin Rehfeld] has updated the work of [http://blogmatrix.blogmatrix.com/ David Janes] and produced a [[Greasemonkey]] [http://inside.glnetworks.de/2006/06/05/microformats-have-arrived-in-firefox-15-greasemonkey-06/ script] that finds many microformat elements, including hCards, and [http://blog.davidjanes.com/mtarchives/2005_08.html#003379 provides a popup menu of actions]. The hCard to vCard conversion is done internally within the script. ''This will work with FireFox 1.5+/GreaseMonkey 0.6.4+ now.''
* [http://diveintomark.org/ Mark Pilgrim] has also written an [http://diveintomark.org/projects/greasemonkey/hcard/ hCard parser Greasemonkey user script]. It is self-contained and does not rely on the X2V web service.
* [http://www.oliverbrown.me.uk/2005/09/03/a-working-microformats-extension-to-simplexml/ Oliver Brown] has written an "extension" to [http://www.php.net/simplexml SimpleXML] that gives simple access to hCard information in PHP 5.
* [http://thedredge.org/ Andrew D. Hume] has built a system (Wordpress plugin?) for [http://thedredge.org/2005/06/using-hcards-in-your-blog/ using hCards in your blog] to represent people leaving comments on blog posts.
* [http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2629.xslt rfc2629.xslt] now attempts to generate hCard information ([http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc2629 RFC2629] is an XML format for authoring RFCs and Internet Drafts, see [http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2629xslt/rfc2629xslt.html example document])
* [http://tantek.com/microformats/buddylist2hcards.html iChat buddy list to hCards] - Open source AppleScript to automatically convert one's buddy list in the MacOSX iChat AIM client into a valid XHTML 1.0 Strict list of hCards.
* [http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/2001/palmagent/ palmagent] is a collection of palmpilot and sidekick tools. It includes X2V derivatives xhtml2hcard.xsl and toICal.xsl plus some [http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/2001/palmagent/hcardTest.html hcardTest] materials
* [http://www.openpsa.org/ OpenPsa 2.x] CRM application uses hCard for all person listings. The widget is [http://www.midgard-project.org/midcom-permalink-922834501b71daad856f35ec593c7a6d reusable across Midgard CMS]
* [http://www.metonymie.com Emiliano Martínez Luque] has written an experimental [http://www.metonymie.com/hCard_extract/app.html hCard finder and structured search application] that finds hCards within a given set of URLs and returns the ones that match the specified search criteria.
* [http://www.milkcarton.be/apps/lustro Lustro] is a free and open source Mac OS X application that exports your Address Book contacts to CSV, tab delimited, Google Contacts and hCards off course. It creates a single XHMTL webpage with all your contacts as hCards.


==Authoring==
Implementations you can use to author, create, and publish hCards.

===Web-based Creators===
;[http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator hCard creator]:Create your own hCards; also has a [http://www.wnas.nl/microformats/hcard/hcardCreator.html Dutch interface]. [[hcard-creator-feedback|hCard Give feedback.]]

===Blogging and CMS tools===
;[http://euphemize.net/blog/plugins/textpattern/jmc_event_manager/ Textpattern plug-in]:jmc_event_manager is a plugin for [http://textpattern.com/ Textpattern] that outputs locations and events in hCard (and hCalendar) formats. Written by [http://euphemize.net/ Joel Courtney].
;[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/addressbook/ Wordpress Addressbook plugin]:Display list of addresses from the blog owner's address book, each marked up as an hCard. Maintained by [http://samwilson.id.au Sam Wilson].

===Browser scripts and plug-ins===
Browser plugins that work with existing authoring tools:
; Any browser with javascript and a little bit of CSS : [http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator microformats.org hCard creator] (see also [http://tantek.com/ Tantek]'s original [http://tantek.com/microformats/hcard-creator.html hCard creator on tantek.com].

===Desktop Authoring Tools===
* ...

==Search and Discovery==
* [http://kitchen.technorati.com/search Technorati Microformats Search] indexes [[hcard|hCard]], [[hcalendar|hCalendar]], and [[hreview|hReview]] as [http://tantek.com/log/2006/05.html#d31t1802 announced by Tantek].
* [http://leftlogic.com/info/articles/microformats_bookmarklet Microformats Bookmarklet] is a bookmarklet designed for Safari (works in Firefox and Camino) that overlays on the current page to allow users to import individual [[hcard|hCards]] or [[hcalendar|hCalendars]]. Written by [http://leftlogic.com Remy Sharp].



==Conversion and Import==
Implementations you can use to importing into an address book application, typically by converting hCard to vCard.

===Web Services===
These return vCard (.vcf) and other contact formats for easy importing into typical address book programs or other processing.
* [http://www.tomota.de www.tomota.de] Online address book that allows to import, export and convert hCard into vCard, ldif, csv and plain text.

* ...

===Firefox Greasemonkey Plugins===
* [http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/36879] - Injects the Oomph javascript for Greasemonkey

===Aggregators===
* ...

===Forms===
* [http://lib.omnia-computing.de/hcardmapper hCard Mapper] maps hCards onto form fields (Javascript based)

==Browsing==
Implementations that detect, display and otherwise highlight hCards in pages.
* ...

===Firefox extension===

[http://www.kaply.com/weblog/operator Operator] - This extension is casual-user, advanced-user and developer friendly. Very customizable and unobstrusive.

===Internet Explorer extension===

[http://www.visitmix.com/lab/oomph] - This Add-In to Internet Explorer will light up on pages with hCards.

===Flock extension===
* ...

==Open Source==

Open source libraries of hCard parsers and other related code for building hCard implementations. Note: it is very likely that above implementations may be duplicated in this section. That's ok.

;Javascript
: The [http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator hCard creator] ([[hcard-creator-feedback|hCard creator feedback]]) is a very simple, yet illustrative, open source user interface / form / script which creates an hCard in real-time as you type in a set of contact information.
;Perl
* [http://search.cpan.org/~ussjoin/Data-Microformat-0.01/lib/Data/Microformat/hCard.pm Data::Microformat] - CPAN module for both creating and parsing hCards
;PHP
* [[hKit]]
;Python:
* [http://tommorris.org/files/gmail2hcard-py.txt gmail2hcard-py.txt] - for converting Gmail CSV address book export to hCards
;Java:
* [[org.microformats.hCard]]
;Objective-C
* [http://www.milkcarton.be/apps/lustro Lustro] is a free and open source Mac OS X application that exports your Address Book contacts to CSV, tab delimited, Google Contacts and hCards off course. It creates a single XHMTL webpage with all your contacts as hCards.

== Additional Applications ==
This section should probably be incorporated into [[hcard-brainstorming]].

There are numerous potential additional uses and applications for hCards on the Web. The following are merely a few thoughts and possibilities that folks have come up with:

* As an open standard/format for [http://www.gravatar.com/ Gravatars].
** Like [http://alper.nl/cgi-bin/OpenAvatar.py?url=http://tantek.com this].
** Wordpress plugin with hCard based replacement for gravatar is in the make. [[User:Alper|Alper]] 12:59, 8 Aug 2007 (PDT)
* Marking up individual authors of blog posts on a group blog
* Marking up people's names and URLs in a blogroll
* Any reference to people in blog posts (e.g. when citing them, or referencing them, or describing them, by name).
* ...

== Related Pages ==
{{hcard-related-pages}}

events

2008-10-22T18:09:56Z

KarstenJ: /* Recent */

__NOTOC__
<h1>Microformats related events</h1>
Please add any microformats events (including events which have sessions on microformats) to this page.

Create a page for each event using the [[events-template|events template]], and list URLs for the event, details, attendees, recommended tags, link to photos afterwards, etc. Add links to slides and other media to the [[presentations]], [[podcasts]] pages respectively.

Use and encourage the use of microformats on the event sites web pages themselves, e.g. [[hCalendar]] and [[hCard]] for the schedule, speakers, and venues.

== subscribe to or add events to your calendar ==

{| border="1"
|-
| Subscribe to '''<nowiki>webcal://feeds.technorati.com/events/microformats.org</nowiki>''' || '''[http://technorati.com/events/microformats.org/ Add home page events]'''
|-
| Subscribe to '''<nowiki>webcal://feeds.technorati.com/events/microformats.org/wiki/events</nowiki>''' || '''[http://feeds.technorati.com/events/microformats.org/wiki/events Add events page events]'''
|-
|}


== Upcoming ==


Soonest first:

*2008-10-21 at 4pm: [[events/2008-10-21-activity-streams-meetup|Activity Streams Meetup]] at Citizen Space, 425 2nd St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA. Meeting to discuss further developing the DISo Action/Activity Stream project. http://wiki.diso-project.org/2008-10-21-activity-streams-meetup
* 2008-10-21 at 6:30pm: [[events/2008-10-21-sf-weekly-meetup-dinner| San Francisco microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Mehfil, San Francisco. http://pownce.com/t/notes/3897133/
* [http://semanticcamp.wordpress.com Vancouver Semantic(Web)Camp 2008], British Columbia (B.C.), Canada - Fall 2008 - Free One Day Unconference about Microformats et al

== Recent ==
Most recent first:

=== October ===
* 2008-10-29: [[events/2008-10-29-pdc| Microsoft Professional Developers Conference; Session on Oomph: A Microformats Toolkit]] at LA Convention Center.

* 2008-10-20: [[events/2008-10-20-sfmusictech| San Francisco MusicTech Summit - OpenAPI/microformats panel ]] at Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco.
* 2008-10-14: [[events/2008-10-14-sf-weekly-meetup-dinner| San Francisco microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Taylor's Automatic Refresher, San Francisco. http://pownce.com/BenWard/notes/3815026/

=== September ===
*2008-09-30: [[events/2008-09-30-sf-weekly-meetup-dinner| San Francisco microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Naan & Chutney, Haight Street, San Francisco <abbr class="region" title="California">CA</abbr>. http://pownce.com/BenWard/notes/3641220/
*2008-09-23: [[events/2008-09-23-sf-weekly-meetup-lunch| San Francisco microformats weekly meetup lunch]] at South Park, San Francisco. http://pownce.com/t/notes/3558467/ 
*2008-09-16: [[events/2008-09-16-sf-weekly-meetup-dinner| San Francisco microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at 21st Amendment, San Francisco. http://pownce.com/t/notes/3490625/
*2008-09-09: [[events/2008-09-09-weekly-meetup-dinner| San Francisco microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Metreon Food Court, San Francisco. 
*2008-09-09: [[events/2008-09-09-london-meetup-dinner| London microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at The Princess, 76 Paul Street, London. http://pownce.com/t/notes/3402832/ 
* 2008-09-06...<abbr class="dtend" title="2008-09-08">07</abbr>: [[events/2008-09-06-barcampbrighton3|BarCampBrighton3]] in Brighton, England.http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/827424/
*2008-09-05: [[events/2008-09-05-dconstruct-social-network-portability|dConstruct 2008: Social Network Portability]] (http://2008.dconstruct.org/schedule/TantekCelik.php#talk) at [http://2008.dconstruct.org/ dConstruct 2008] in Brighton, England.
*2008-09-02: [[events/2008-09-02-weekly-meetup-dinner| San Francisco microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Blondie's Pizza (downstairs), 63 Powell St, San Francisco. 
*2008-09-02: [[events/2008-09-02-london-meetup-dinner| London microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Wagamama, 4 Streatham Street WC1A 1JB, London, England. http://pownce.com/t/notes/3321021/

=== August ===
*2008-08-26: [[events/2008-08-26-weekly-meetup-dinner| microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at 21st Amendment, San Francisco. http://pownce.com/t/notes/3246636/
*2008-08-19: [[events/2008-08-19-weekly-meetup-dinner| microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Westfield Food Court, San Francisco. http://pownce.com/t/notes/3158268/
*2008-08-19: [[events/2008-08-19-better-user-experience|An Event Apart San Francisco - Better User Experience Through Microformats]] at The Palace Hotel, San Francisco.
*2008-08-16: [[events/2008-08-16-wordcamp|WordCamp 2008: WordPress and Microformats: Past, Present, Future]] at Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF. http://2008.sf.wordcamp.org/
*2008-08-12: [[events/2008-08-12-weekly-meetup-dinner| microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Pancho Villa, San Francisco, CA. http://pownce.com/t/notes/3093392/
*2008-08-05: [[events/2008-08-05-weekly-meetup-dinner| microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Brickhouse Cafe, San Francisco, CA. http://pownce.com/t/notes/3020919/

=== July ===
*2008-07-29: [[events/2008-07-29-weekly-meetup-dinner| microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Chevy's, San Francisco, CA. http://pownce.com/t/notes/2939127/
*2008-07-22: [[events/2008-07-22-weekly-meetup-dinner| microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Chaat Cafe, San Francisco, CA. http://pownce.com/t/notes/2872631/
*2008-07-15: [[events/2008-07-15-weekly-meetup-lunch| microformats weekly meetup lunch]] at South Park, San Francisco, CA. http://pownce.com/t/notes/2716633/
*2008-07-08: [[events/2008-07-08-weekly-meetup-dinner| microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Westfield Food Court, San Francisco, CA. http://pownce.com/t/notes/2707066/
*2008-07-05: [[events/2008-07-05-opentech-publishing-with-microformats| Publishing With Microformats]] at Open Tech 2008, London, UK
*2008-07-01: [[events/2008-07-01-weekly-meetup-dinner| microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Crepes on Cole, San Francisco, CA. http://pownce.com/t/notes/2627529/

=== June ===
*2008-06-24: [[events/2008-06-24-weekly-meetup-dinner| microformats weekly meetup dinner]] at Chaat Cafe, San Francisco, CA. http://pownce.com/t/notes/2558970/
*2008-06-20: [[events/2008-06-20-3rd-bday-dinner-sf| microformats happy 3rd bday dinner]] at Westfield Food Court, San Francisco. http://pownce.com/t/notes/2533568/
* 2008-06-17: Supernova 2008 [http://www.socialtext.net/openflow/ Open Flow track], San Francisco, CA
* 2008-06-17: [[events/2008-06-17-LinkedData-Planet| LinkedData Planet Spring 2008]] at Roosevelt Hotel, New York City, United States — "Web of Data" keynote presentation by W3C Director '''Sir Tim Berners-Lee'''. http://www.linkeddataplanet.com

=== May ===
* 2008-05-27: [[events/2008-london-microformats-vevent|London Microformats vEvent]] at The Yorkshire Grey — part of London Web Week
* 2008-05-13: [[events/2008-05-13-webstock-workshop| Webstock Microformats Workshop in Christchurch]] at Millenium Hotel, Christchurch, New Zealand — a workshop with Tantek Çelik.http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/603905
* 2008-05-09: [[events/2008-05-09-webstock-workshop| Webstock Microformats Workshop in Wellington]] at Wellington Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand — a workshop with Tantek Çelik. http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/603769
* 2008-05-08: [[events/2008-05-08-xtech|Creating portable social networks with microformats]] at XTech 2008 in Dublin — a presentation by Jeremy Keith.

=== April ===

* 2008-04-18: [[events/2008-04-18-fowd|Microformats — Building blocks 'for a beautiful web']] at FOWD 2008 in London — a workshop by Andy Clarke.
* 2008-04-14: [[events/2008-04-14-openweb|Microformats with Ryan King et al]] at Open Web Vancouver 2008 in Canada — incl. (Open)Social(Web)Camp (Un)conference.
*2008-04-01: [[events/2008-04-01-san-diego-web-standards-group|Microformwhats?]] at San Diego Web Standards Group. A couple of 20-30 minute presentations, time to connect with fellow tag warriors and perhaps some good beer.. http://www.sdwebstandards.com/

=== March ===
*2008-03-28: [[events/2008-03-28-san-diego-dinner|San Diego microformats dinner meetup]] at TBD, San Diego, CA. Tantek and Jeremy were in San Diego and met local microformatters for dinner. http://microformats.com/wiki/events/2008-03-28-san-diego-dinner
*2008-03-07..<abbr style="border:0" class="dtend" title="2008-03-12">11</abbr>: [[events/2008-03-07-sxsw-interactive|SXSW Interactive]] at Austin, TX. http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive
**2008-03-10: [[events/2008-03-10-sxsw-building-blocks|SXSW Interactive - Microformats Building Blocks]] at Austin, TX. 
**2008-03-10: [[events/2008-03-10-sxsw-portability-panel|Building Portable Social Networks]] at South By Southwest Interactive 2008. Thoughts, techniques and technologies that will allow your identity and your contacts to flow freely between social networking sites. http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/450703/
**2008-03-10: [[events/2008-03-10-sxsw-admins-meetup|SXSW microformats admins meetup]] at Las Manitas, Congress Ave., Austin, TX.

*2008-03-03..<abbr style="border:0" class="dtend" title="2008-03-05">04</abbr>: [[events/2008-03-03-Blogtalk-2008-cork|Mashups, Microformats and the Mobile Web]] at Cork, Ireland. Invited panel discussion at Blogtalk 2008, Cork, Ireland. http://2008.blogtalk.net/invitedspeakers

=== February ===
*2008-02-29 11:15-11:55am: [[events/2008-02-29-fowa-miami-social-networks|FOWA Miami Future of Social Networks]] at Knight Concert Hall, Carnival Centre, Miami, Florida. The Future of Social Networks session http://www.futureofwebapps.com/2008/miami/schedule.php#hcalendar-Presentation-3
*2008-02-28 9am-12:30pm: [[events/2008-02-28-fowa-miami-workshop|FOWA Miami Microformats Workshop]] at Knight Concert Hall, Carnival Centre, Miami, Florida. Introduction to Microformats workshop http://www.futureofwebapps.com/2008/miami/workshops.php#jumper01
*2008-02-16..<abbr style="border:0" class="dtend" title="2008-02-18">17</abbr>: [[events/2008-02-16-semanticcamplondon|SemanticCampLondon]] in London, England. A BarCamp specifically addressing Semantic Web related technologies. [http://semanticcamp.tommorris.org/ SemanticCampLondon]
*2008-02-01..<abbr style="border:0" class="dtend" title="2008-02-04">03</abbr>: [[events/2008-02-01-sgfoocamp|sgfoocamp08]] at Sebastopol, CA. A FooCamp focusing on [[social network portability]]. http://sgfoocamp08.pbwiki.com

=== January ===

*2008-01-31: [[events/2008-01-30-geekdinner|microformats geek dinner]] at San Francisco, CA. An impromptu gathering of geeks. http://pownce.com/t/notes/1276197/
*2008-01-15T13:00:00-0500: [[events/2008-01-15-hresume-webinar|hResume Webinar]] on-line at gotowebinar.com. [http://theryanking.com/ Ryan King] on [[hResume]], with the HR-XML crowd. http://microformats.org/wiki/events/2008-01-15-hresume-webinar
* 2008-01-15: [[events/2008-01-15-barcamp-psi|'BarCamp' on the Power of Information Review Recommendation 8]] at London, England — "To improve [UK] government's responsiveness to demand for public sector information, by July 2008 OPSI should create a web-based channel to gather and assess requests for publication of public sector information."
* 2008-01-05–2008-01-06: [[events/2008-01-05-codefest2008-microformats|CodeFest on Microformats]] at Montréal, Canada and online at http://wiki.facil.qc.ca/CodeFest2008 — Adding microformats to several open source projects

==2007==
See [[events-2007]]

==2006==
See [[events-2006]]

== Other languages ==
* [[current_events-fr|événements en cours]] (fr)

== Quicktime Broadcaster Notes ==

See [[quicktime]]

==Related pages==
{{events-related-pages}}

events/2008-10-29-pdc

2008-10-22T18:07:39Z

KarstenJ:

<h1>Oomph: A Microformats Toolkit</h1>
{{TOC-right}}
One of several microformats [[events]].

==Subscribe==
You can:
*Add this event to your Calendar: http://feeds.technorati.com/events/microformats.org/wiki/events/2008-10-29-pdc
*Subscribe to this event: webcal://feeds.technorati.com/events/microformats.org/wiki/events/2008-10-29-pdc

== details ==
<div class="vevent">
October 29, 2008
:2008-10-29–2008-10-29
;Where
:Microsoft Professional Developers Conference, Los AngelesUSA
;What
:Microformats are about enhancing the web, representing data using HTML. Targeted at web developers and designers, Oomph makes it easier to create, consume, and style Microformats. Oomph is an amalgamation of applications: an Internet Explorer Add-in written in C++; a cross-browser HTML overlay written in JQuery; a Virtual Earth visualization that geocodes on the fly; a set of beautiful CSS styles; and more. Hear how and why we built it, as well as how you can be part of the burgeoning Microformat movement.
;Karsten Januszewski
:[http://rhizohm.net]
;Web
:http://visitmix.com/lab/oomph
</div>

faq

2008-10-03T17:18:07Z

KarstenJ: Added questions about usage/verbiage of the term microformat

<h1> Microformats FAQ </h1>

This page document frequently asked questions about microformats. For frequently asked questions from the [[press]], see [[press-faq]].

If you're looking for a microformat for marking up FAQs, see [[question-answer]].

__TOC__

== Wiki specific questions ==
===Q: ''How do I create a username? Why won't it let me use my preferred username?''===

A: First, read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username . Second, real names are preferred to pseudonyms/handles etc. Real names encourage better transparency and accountability. Third, the most common problem creating a user name is forgetting to capitalize the first letter of the user name. Try using a WikiCase version of your full name as username, e.g. RyanKing.

== Email list ==
===Q: ''I've joined the discussion mailing list but am not seeing my replies anywhere. Why?''===

A: There is no moderation on microformats-discuss, but it only accepts posts from subscribers. You MUST post to microformats-discuss using the email address you used to subscribe.

===Q: ''What does "The message's content type was not explicitly allowed" mean?'' ===

A: Please go read [http://microformats.org/mailinglists-policies/ mailinglists-policies]. In particular note:
<blockquote>
'''No HTML or RTF e-mail''' period, end of story, full stop. Your mail client should let you configure it so you can send plain text messages. Make use of this ability or else there are no guarantees that anyone will be able to read your email.
</blockquote>
The mailing lists are set up to automatically reject email that is sent as text/html. Thus please configure your email client to send plain text (text/plain) email.

== Basic Microformat Questions ==
===Q: ''Who uses microformats?'' ===

A: See a list of [[notable-users|some notable users]]; [[examples-in-wild|other microformat users]] and [[implementations|tools using microformats]].

===Q: ''When should I use a microformat? What are they for?''===

A: You are writing some HTML that contains useful human-readable information (such as a piece of contact 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!

Microformats are designed to make the data you already publish for humans available to machines. It allows applications as simple as cut-and-paste or as complex as a search engine to use your data effectively.

===Q: ''Are microformats dependent upon (X)HTML?''===

A: Microformats are made to be embeddable. They can be embedded in (X)HTML, RSS, Atom or anywhere (X)HTML is allowed.

===Q: ''Microformats sound great. How can I help?''===

A: Take a look at [[get-started]] for how to implement microformats yourself, and the [[to-do]] list for things to help out with. See http://microformats.org/discuss to see some ways to join the conversations about microformats.

===Q: ''I'd like to make a donation to the microformat cause. How can I do this?''===

A: Thank you for your willingness to support microformats. We've only recently started this site and have decided that while we are figuring out exactly how to accept donations, we will be passing along donations to other good causes. Please consider donating to another cause like Red Cross, perhaps directed to help victims of recent natural disasters.

===Q: ''Which microformats have been implemented?'' ===

A: See the [[implementations]] page.

===Q: ''Which microformats should I implement?''===

A: Chances are you that your website already has data very similar to several microformats. For example, you probably have people and/or their contact information somewhere. That information could be marked up with [[hcard|hCard]], see the [[hcard-authoring|hCard authoring]] page for step by step instructions. If you are publishing press releases, try using [[hatom|hAtom]].

===Q: ''Do you have any link badges I can add to my website/blog?''===

A: There are some [[buttons]] but we can certainly use more! Please contribute what you come up with!

===Q. ''Are there any tools that support microformats?''===

A. Yes...tons... [[implementations]].

===Q. ''What is the 'h' for, in front of Calendar and Card?'' ===
''What's the meaning of the 'h' before the [[hCalendar]] and [[hCard]] microformats?''

A. hCard and hCalendar are the HTML versions of vCard and iCalendar, hence the replacement of the leading lowercase 'v' or 'i' with 'h'.

See the [[hcard-faq|hCard FAQ]] and the [[hcalendar-faq|hCalendar faq]] for more specific questions on those microformats.

===Q. ''Is there a way to indicate that a given web page contains markup that conforms to one or more microformats?'' ===

A. The HTML HEAD element's '<code>profile</code>' attribute alerts applications to the potential presence of microformats. The [http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/global.html#h-7.4.4.3 W3C HTML Specification] describes more about the profile attribute, and the [http://gmpg.org/xmdp/description XMDP description] documents how it is used.

===Q: ''What do these specific jargon terms mean?''===

A: See our [[glossary]].

===Q. ''What about using new URI schemes instead of class names, e.g. for geo information?''===

A. In general, it is more work, and less content-publisher friendly, to ask publishers to use URI schemes instead of class names.

Authors aren't publishing links to geo information.

They're publishing *visible text* of [[geo]] information.

So the easiest thing to do, for the author, is to leave it as visible text.

Thus, it makes the most sense to do the simple thing of just wrapping that
visible text with a little bit of markup, rather than asking the author to
move (or copy) it into an attribute, which may or may not require a
reformatting of the data as well.

It would make sense from a usability persepective to hyperlink geo information to a maps page or something, so that clicking it actually does something. If you forced them to use a hypothetical "geo:" protocol instead, then that would interfere, since you can only hyperlink something to one destination.

===Q: ''Who controls microformats?''===

A: An open community. Microformats are open standards licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. Much of the work here was begun on [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki Technorati's Developer Wiki], but Technorati has since divested control of these microformat standards to the open community here. The microformats.org domain is registered to Rohit Khare (see [http://whois.uberdose.com/microformats.org Whois microformats.org]), CommerceNet is graciously hosting the servers, but claims no control over microformat standards. Anyone may follow the established [[process]] and contribute towards the development of microformat standards.

Any required [[governance]] of the microformats IRC channel, wiki, and mailing lists (and very little ''has been'' required) is discussed by a group of volunteer administrators, who are listed on that page.

===Q: ''Who is the registrar for microformats?''===

A: There is no central registry. Microformats are registered in a distributed manner using profiles. For more information on profiles see http://microformats.org/wiki/profile-uris and http://gmpg.org/xmdp/

Conflicts and interoperability are managed through social processes rather than a formal registry. Current microformat profiles can be found at http://gmpg.org, http://w3.org, and http://microformats.org.

===Q: ''So multiple microformats with the same name can be valid?''===

A: Yes. The community at microformats.org can hopefully play a role in determining which is preferred by bringing interested folks together in one place and helping them resolve that question. As long as each microformat maintains a valid profile, each can be used effectively.

===Q: ''How do I validate my microformated content?''===

A: See [[validators]] for a list of microformats validators.

===Q: ''Why do microformats use English terms for property names?''===
A: Similar to how HTML uses English words like "class", "span" or "head", microformats re-uses English words for property names. This was briefly discussed on the microformats-discuss list most recently as "Language Maps" but has been raised before that. Some folks have raised the issue that microformats use English names for properties, and they would like alternate (non-English) names in other (natural) languages, and perhaps try to establish a mapping between them. As microformats property names are based on existing standards (see [[process]], and [[naming-principles]]), this is another problem that is far outside the scope of microformats. As Ryan King put it, this is a pre-existing (unsolved) "problem" with English-based HTML, the English-based CSS, the English-based HTTP and so on. Note that this is NOT about the internationalization of the content and data itself - which is of course an excellent goal, advocated and promoted by microformats and the standards they are based on (e.g. W3C, IETF). This is purely about the names of the properties (and enumerated values) in the formats. See also [[internationalization]].

===Q: ''How come microformats stay as drafts even though they seem usable?'' ===

A: This was discussed at the [http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060234 The Growth and Evolution of Microformats] panel at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest SXSW] 2007. The basic answer is it was important to at least have a basic software implementation -- even an experimental one -- before moving a format from Draft to Specification. It can sometimes be hard to recognize subtle inconsistencies within a format by eye; however, in the process of implementing a format-reader in code, inconsistencies (if any) can become much more noticeable (due to [[dry | DRY / Don't Repeat Yourself]], among other programming best practices). Then, once such tools have been created (in effect, confirming both the programmability of the format, and interoperability across tools), it can be considered for transition to a Specification. Using interoperable implementations as a measure of format quality is a long-standing practice of IETF and W3C.

== Creating and Suggesting New Microformats ==

===Q. ''I would like to author a new microformats open standards specification for my site/business. How do I get started?''===

A. The first thing to do before attempting a new microformat open standard is to make as much use of [[POSH]] and existing [[microformats]] open standards as possible in whatever site you are looking to mark up with your new microformat, as a way of learning what is left to be done. That is, at a minimum first:
* Mark up all people and organizations as [[hcard|hCards]] and add those pages to [[hcard-examples-in-wild]]
* Mark up all events and time based things as [[hcalendar|hCalendar]] events and add those pages to [[hcalendar-examples-in-wild]]
* Mark up all reviews as [[hreview|hReviews]] and add those pages to [[hreview-examples-in-wild]]
* etc.
Then join the microformats [http://microformats.org/discuss IRC channel and discuss list], and ask folks what they think of your use of the microformats and if it can be improved.

From that experience you will then be able to figure out what is left to be specified. Otherwise it is too hard to approach the "whole problem".

Once you have completed that, take a look at the microformats [[process]] for how to walk through the steps of creating a new microformat, and note the specific problem you are trying to solve to the microformats-discuss list. This will help you find more people to help you solve the problems you are trying to solve.

===''Q How do I know if an idea for a Microformat has already been suggested in the past?''===

A. Check the list of proposed and rejected microformats.
* [[rejected-formats]]

===Q. ''What if I can't find real-world examples of a standard I'd like to propose?''===

A. If we can't find real-world examples of the '''types of data''' a proposal would address, it's probably not suitable for a microformat. If we only can't find real-world examples of the '''specific markup''' a proposal would use for that data, however, that's not really a problem. It's actually the lack of such standard markup in real-world publishing around a specific problem that suggests the need for increased consensus.

== Specific Microformat Questions ==
If you have a question regarding a specific microformat, you may want to check the FAQ specific to that microformat.
* [[hatom-faq]]
* [[hcalendar-faq]]
* [[hcard-faq]]
* [[hreview-faq]]
* [[rel-faq]]
* [[rel-tag-faq]]
* [http://gmpg.org/xfn/faq xfn-faq]
* [[xfolk-faq]]
* [[xmdp-faq]]
* [[xoxo-faq]]

== Class interactions ==

===Q. ''Are there issues with page styling when specific class values are used?''===

A. There might be. However, any such issues can be easily (trivially) worked around by using contextual selectors.

===Q. ''How does the use of class values for semantics interact with the use of class values for attaching CSS styles?''===

A. The class attribute takes a space separated set of class names [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2 HTML4 reference]. Thus both author and microformat defined class names may be used in the same class attribute. In addition, microformat class names provide the author with a consistent set of class names to use for styling. If the author is already using using specific class names, they can continue to do so, and include microformat class names. If the author is already using a class name that happens to also be a microformat class name, then the author may want to consider using contextual CSS class selectors to make sure that avoid any unintentional styling effects.

See also:
* [http://tantek.com/log/2002/12.html#L20021216 A Touch Of Class]
* [http://tantek.com/log/2004/07.html#classmeaningnotshow Class For Meaning Not For Show]
* [http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/07/18/competent-classing Competant Classing], by Eric Meyer for discussion of choosing class names in (X)HTML
* [http://www.microformats.org/blog/2005/10/19/more-than-styling/ Class attributes are about more than styling] - Ryan King dispells common misconceptions about the ''HTML'' class attribute.

== <code><div></code> and <code></code> semantics ==

=== Q. ''Is it semantically meaningless to use divs?'' ===

A. Yes, both <code><div></code> and <code></code> have nearly no semantics. <code><div></code> can be used to represent a "division" of the page content. Similarly <code></code> can be used to reperesent that that "span" of text has some meaning, but the specifics of what that meaning is undefined by the <code></code>.

=== Q. ''Does the use of <code><div></code> and <code></code> elements add any semantics to web pages?''===

A. According to the [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html#h-7.5.4 HTML 4 spec], <code><div></code> and <code></code> "offer a generic mechanism for adding structure to documents." Their only meaning is in dividing documents into sections, and as such, their presence implies that the content within has a specific, but undefined by the element markup, semantic. Thus they are nearly semantic-free.

=== Q. ''Why do the examples on the wiki use <code class="element"></code> and <code class="element"><div></code> for nearly everything?''===

A. <code class="element"></code> and <code class="element"><div></code> are generic elements in HTML. When you use microformats, you should pick the most specific semantic element available for the semantics you are trying to express. You might, for example, apply <code>class="vevent"</code> to a <code><nowiki><tr></nowiki></code>, or <code>class="vcard"</code> to a <code><nowiki></nowiki></code>.

== Class semantics ==

===Q. ''How will microformat class names impact page size?''===

A. You probably won't notice any impact on page size when authoring with microformats. Our experience is that people use comparably sized class names, and [[semantic-class-names|semantic class names]] are now considered an industry best practice. Some sites are successfully publishing millions of microformats, and we haven't heard any complaints yet. You are more likely to gain space savings by more fully adopting [[microformats#the_microformats_principles|the principles of microformats]], and eliminating tables for layout.
''TODO: Consider creating a new section for web authoring tips? Or at least linking to another site that advocates good authorship.''

===Q. ''Can an element have more than one class''===

A. Yes, the class attribute can contain a space delimited list of classes. For example:
Write high quality and simple mark-up.

See W3C HTML 4.01 Specification: [http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#adef-class 7.5.2 Element identifiers: the id and class attributes]

===Q. ''Do (X)HTML class names have semantics?''===

A. The HTML4 specification does not define any particular class values [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2 REF], nor does it define any particular semantic for class values [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2 REF], except that they "may be used for general user agent processing" [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2 REF]. However, the [http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-htmllink-970328#profile" draft of "Hypertext Links in HTML"], allows for a "profile" to define meanings for those classes. [http://gmpg.org/xmdp/ XMDP] is a format for defining meta data profiles for (X)HTML, and thus an XMDP profile can be used to define the meanings of class names.

See also:
* [http://tantek.com/log/2002/12.html#L20021216 A Touch Of Class]
* [http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-htmllink-970328 Hypertext Links in HTML]

===Q. ''I thought one of the main goals of CSS was to separate data from presentation. Isn’t this sneaking presentation back into data?''===

A. This is a quite commonly expressed objection to the way microformats uses class, but it's based on a misunderstanding of the way the class attribute in HTML was designed. Yes, class is very commonly,and appropriately used by web designers in conjunction with CSS to style pages, and in truth, it is often overused for that, but despite this, class, according to the HTML specification "has several roles in HTML", including [http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2 "for general purpose processing by user agents"].

Microformats utilize this second aspect of the class (and id) attribute, and do so legitimately. It is not an abuse of the class or id attribute to use it to add semantic context to a document. Nor is the use of class in and of itself presentational - in fact, it is an important mechanism for separating presentation from structured content.

For some more on using class semantically, here are some articles

* [http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/07/18/competent-classing Competent Classing by Eric Meyer]
* [http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/goodclassnames Use class with semantics in mind, W3C]
* [http://tantek.com/log/2004/07.html#d20t2359 More about the class attribute, Tantek Çelik]

===Q. ''Should human readable data go into class names?'' ===

A. No. We should not put human readable data into the <code>class</code> attribute, because it puts human-readable data in a spot that's no longer visible. See the [[principles]].

Q. Follow-up. How is that different from putting human readable data into the <code>title</code> attribute?

A. The title attribute is displayed in tool-tips in the overwhelming majority of browsers in use and thus is quite semi-visible, and thus human verifiable by casual users. The class attribute is not displayed in a tool-tip or any other user interface (not withstanding developer interfaces like view source).

== Microformats and Spam ==
=== Q. ''Given that Google now looks at hidden content as potential spam, will invisible microformats be considered spam?''===

A. It is advisable not to hide information in your site, regardless of whether it is microformatted or not. Microformats provide a mechanism for marking up ''visible'' content. Any mechanism for embedding ''invisible'' or hidden content risks being considered spam due to the fact that invisible (meta)data inevitably ends up being abused. Avoid invisible (meta)data. Publish visible data.

== Design Patterns with Abbr & Title ==
=== Q. ''Why is ABBR being used when the title attribute is available on all HTML elements?''===

In the datetime design pattern the title attribute is used for the value of the property and the node value is used as the display value. <abbr title="value-here">Display-Here</abbr>.

A. The short answer is that <abbr> has the correct semantics.

The longer answer is that the value is often an abbreviated version of the formal value. Of course, if you don't want to use an <abbr>, you can use another element like this:

<abbr title="2006-12-31T12:59:59Z" class="dtstamp">New Year</abbr>

2006-12-31T12:59:59Z

In addition, microformats encourage the content to be visible and thus prefer the text of an element rather than using the 'title' attribute or any other less visible alternative. The exception is made for datetimes and abbr due to the fact that microformats are for humans first, machines second. Thus the content of the abbr element is used to provide human visible content and the machine equivalent is placed in the less visible (but still easily verifiable) 'title' attribute.

== Nesting of elements ==
=== Q. ''It seems that <code>...</code> should work. Is this correct?''===

A. No. See [[hcard-faq#nesting-properties]].

== Usage/Verbiage ==
=== Q. ''Is '''Microformat''' a proper noun? Should it be capitalized?''===

A. In most cases in the wild, Microformat has been used as a proper noun and thus capitalized. Rarely is it seen in the wild used as a common noun. However, if Microformats become ubiquitious, perhaps it will no longer be used as a proper noun. Some might say that one should use it as a common noun to influence its ubiquity.

=== Q. ''Can you use microformat as an adjective or verb, as in "microformatted content" or "can you please microformat that page with an hCard?"===

A. Because the word ''Microformat'' is derived from the word '''format''', it makes logical sense that one can use the term as an adjective or verb, just as one would use the word '''format'''.

== See Also ==
* [[misconceptions]]