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book-info-formats

2007-05-01T01:16:08Z

NaBrown78: /* The book-info microformat */

== The book-info microformat ==
In discussions about the [[hReview]] microformat, it has been suggested that it would be useful to have a book-info format to markup book metadata. This page is dedicated to developing such a format. The [[book-info-examples]] page has examples of pages that present book information, particularly reviews.

See also [[citation]]. In fact, books are entirely covered by [[citation]], so efforts should be focused on finalizing that format.

== Book metadata ==
Information about a book commonly includes:
* book title
* book author - see [[hcard|hCard]]
* book editor(s) - see [[hcard|hCard]]
* book translator - see [[hcard|hCard]]
* classification (e.g. fiction, non-fiction)
* cover thumbnail
* price - see proposed [[currency]] microformat
* publisher - see [[hcard|hCard]]
* date of publication
* number of pages
* ISBN

book-info-examples

2007-05-01T01:14:45Z

NaBrown78: /* Information Commonly Given About Books */

== Information Commonly Given About Books ==

[[hreview|hReview]] prominently doesn't include a way to markup the author of a book. This makes sense for other kinds of reviews, but it seems glaringly deficient for books. This collection of information is intended as a starting point for a discussion about how hBookReview should differ. I'm expecting to find that most book review sites list the authors' names prominently. I'm googling around for book review blogs and other book review sites. Here are some from the first two pages of Googling.

[[reviews-formats]] has some discussion of formats for reviews, including book reviews. Some of the formats use ''creator'' as an equivalent for a work's author. Others use ''author'', and sometimes they mean ''review-author'', and other times ''work-author''.

The page on [[book-info-formats]] has more information and discussion on what should be included in a book-info microformat, and how that information should be marked up.

See also [[citation]]. Citation encompasses books and other creative works, so hopefully progress will be made on finalizing that format.

===Book Reviews===

* [http://www.metacritic.com/books/ Metacritic]'s front page is a list of reviewed books, all are accompanied by the author's name. On the review page, the author's name appears in span class="subhead".

* [http://www.bookclan.com/blog/ BookClan] has reviews and discussion. No special markup of the authors, but they always accompany the title.

* [http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/ Ghost Word] uses '''Strong''' to mark authors.

* [http://www.book-blog.blogspot.com/ Book Blog] makes a span called "PostTitle" that includes the title (in a subspan) and the author.

* [http://bookreviewblog.blogspot.com/ Book Review Blog] puts title and (parenthesized) author in a link to Amazon.com.

* [http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=0B6C189E-FB1A-A968-50BC6904B10D8649 Jedi Master] has two book reviews, and includes the author in the title once, and in the text in the other.

* [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/books/ Mercury News Reviews] has book reviews every week. No one should be surprised to hear that the authors are always listed in the subheading.

* [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/ Times Literary Supplement] is a publication dedicated to book reviews. For a specific example see [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25342-1886497,00.html The polyrhythms of life]. Most academic reviews display the title, author, press, price, and ISBN.

* [http://www.vqronline.org/ The Virginia Quarterly Review] is another journal of literature and reviews. For a specific book review example see [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2007/winter/fischel-crimes-enemy/ The Crimes of My Enemy]. It includes the book title, book author, press, date of publication, and price.

===Other discussions of Books===

* [http://amazon.com amazon] displays books with title, author, price, rating, and cover thumbnail. Of these, the author and cover picture are always links. The author link takes you to other works by the author, and the cover thumbnail takes you to a blowup.

* [http://library.ci.mtnview.ca.us Libraries] have a few standard search categories: Author, Title, Subject, and catalogue number (ISBN, LoC, etc.).

== CounterExamples ==

* [http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/ 800 CEO Read] usually includes the author's name, but doesn't highlight it in any distinctive way.

* [http://www.digital-web.com/types/book_reviews/ Digital Web Magazine] reviews technical books, and is inconsistent about mentioning authors. Sometimes the title and author are included in a [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/four_best_web_design_books/ pull quote], while at other times, the author is [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_redesign_2_workflow_that_works/ lost] completely. They seem to think readers aren't interested in the authors when the books are ''merely'' technical manuals.

product-examples

2007-05-01T00:57:45Z

NaBrown78: /* Book */

= Product Examples =

This is an exploratory page to document product examples currently published around the web. Typically, the metadata associated with this content is stored in non-semantic markup and proprietary formats. The purpose of the studies on this page is to serve as background for the design of a simple distributed product microformat.

== Authors ==

* Aaron Gustafson
* Adam Craven
* Craig Cook
* Ronnos

== Examples ==

=== Amazon ===

==== CD ====
* buying - contains unstructured data
** album (product name)
** artist
* prodImage
* listprice
* price (actual price '''and''' "you save")
* productDetails - contains unstructured data
** format
** release date
** # of discs
** label
** ASIN

==== Book ====
Please also see [[book-info-formats]] and [[book-info-examples]].
* buying - contains unstructured data
** title (product name)
** format
** author
* prodImage
* listprice
* price (actual price '''and''' "you save")
* productDetails - contains unstructured data
** format
** page count
** publisher
** publication date
** language
** ISBN
** dimensions
** weight

==== Video Game ====
* buying - contains unstructured data
** title (product name)
** publisher
** platform
* prodImage
* listprice
* price (actual price '''and''' "you save")
* bucket (game info)
** ESRB Rating
** genre
* productDetails - contains unstructured data
** ASIN
** SKN
** release date

==== Outdoor Product ====
* buying - contains unstructured data
** product name
** brand
* prodImage
* listprice
* price (actual price '''and''' "you save")
* bucket (product features)
* productDetails - contains unstructured data
** dimensions
** weight
** ASIN
** model number

=== Buy.com ===

==== CD ====
* productTitle
* artist (unstructured)
* image (unstructured)
* mainPricSection - contains unstructured data
** actual price
** shipping
** total (augmented by quantity)
* prodPriceSec_2 - actually product details
** format
** release date
** label
** SKU
** item #
* prodInfoSec_1 - additional details
** description

==== Book ====
* productTitle
* author (unstructured)
* image (unstructured)
* mainPricSection - contains unstructured data
** actual price
** shipping
** total (augmented by quantity)
* prodPriceSec_2 - actually product details
** format
** ISBN
** publication date
** publisher
** dimensions
** SKU
** item #
* prodInfoSec_1 - additional details
** description

==== Video Game ====
* productTitle
* image (unstructured)
* mainPricSection - contains unstructured data
** actual price
** shipping
** total (augmented by quantity)
* prodPriceSec_2 - actually product details
** format
** release date
** publisher
** sku
* prodInfoSec_1 - additional details
** description

==== TV ====
* productTitle
* image (unstructured)
* mainPricSection - contains unstructured data
** list price (msrp)
** you save
** price
** shipping
** actual price
* prodPriceSec_2 - actually product details
** manufacturer (brand)
** part #
** SKU
** item #
* prodInfoSec_1 - additional details
** description
* prodInfoSec_2 - tech specs (unstructured)
** type (product description summary)
** display area
** native resolution
** contrast ratio
** viewing angles
** power
** weight
** warranty
** etc.

=== Ben Sherman ===

==== Clothes ====

Link to product rather than actual product immediately available for sale. Personally marked-up and used rel-product ideas to link to the shop.

* Image
** Thumbnail
* Product
** Type
** Title
* Properties
** Colour
* Link
** Buy this Online (rel=product)

'''Mark-up:'''

<pre><nowiki>
<div class="hproduct">
<img src="#" alt="polo shirt" class="product-thumb" />
<h3 class="product-type">Polo Shirt</h3>
<h4 class="product-title">Coxmoor</h4>
<p class="p-v"><span class="property">Colour:</span> <span class="value">289 Rush</span></p>
<p><a href="poloshirt/coxmoor/" title="Buy This Online" rel="product">Buy This Online</a></p>
</div>
</nowiki></pre>

==== CDs ====

Additionally the site has links to products on Amazon.

* Image
** Thumbnail
* Product
** Title
* Properties
** Artist
* Link
** Buy this Online (rel=product)
* Currency implementation

'''Mark-up:'''

<pre><nowiki>
<div class="hproduct">
<a href="#" rel="product">
<img src="assets/images/timeline/amazon/small-faces.gif" alt="Small Faces Album" class="product-thumb" />
</a>
<h3 class="product-title"><a href="#" rel="product">Ogdens' Nut Gone Flakes</a></h3>
<h4 class="p-v"><span class="property artist">Small Faces</span></h4>
<p class="product-buy"><a href="#" title="Buy this online" rel="product">Buy from Amazon</a></p>
<p class="money"><abbr class="currency" title="GBP">£</abbr><span class="amount">6.99</span></p>
</div>
</nowiki></pre>

The use of [[hproduct-brainstorming#Non-visible_property_names|Non-visible property names]] made it possible to have an invisible property of 'artist'. Having 'Artist: Small Faces' was not in the visual specification of the Ben Sherman site.

=== Atomic Books ===

==== Books ====
* Image
** Thumbnail
* Product
** Title (productname)
** Author
** Publisher
* Properties
** Page Count
** Size
* Notes
* Date Published (can be in future to indicate "not yet released")

=== Walmart ===

=== Cell phone ===
* Productname
* Photo's (Photo)
** Productimage (Pdi)
** Thumbnails (PdiThumbs)
* Price (PriceInfo)
** Productprice (ProdPrice)
** Shipping options (Ship)
** Availability (Avail)
** Pricing options (PriceOptions)
* Description (Description)
* Features
* Included Accessories

== See Also ==
* [[currency]]
* [[hproduct-brainstorming|hProduct Brainstorming]]
* [[hproduct-feedback|hProduct Discussion]]
* [[hproduct-formats|hProduct Formats]]
* [[hproduct-challenges|hProduct Challenge Examples]]

book-info-formats

2007-04-30T18:33:17Z

NaBrown78: /* Book metadata */

book-info-formats

2007-04-30T18:32:54Z

NaBrown78: /* Book metadata */

== The book-info microformat ==
In discussions about the [[hReview]] microformat, it has been suggested that it would be useful to have a book-info format to markup book metadata. This page is dedicated to developing such a format. The [[book-info-examples]] page has examples of pages that present book information, particularly reviews.

== Book metadata ==
Information about a book that will commonly appear includes:
* book title
* book author
* book editor(s)
* book translator
* classification (e.g. fiction, non-fiction)
* cover thumbnail
* price
* publisher
* date of publication
* number of pages
* ISBN

book-info-examples

2007-04-30T18:31:31Z

NaBrown78: /* Information Commonly Given About Books */

== Information Commonly Given About Books ==

[[hreview|hReview]] prominently doesn't include a way to markup the author of a book. This makes sense for other kinds of reviews, but it seems glaringly deficient for books. This collection of information is intended as a starting point for a discussion about how hBookReview should differ. I'm expecting to find that most book review sites list the authors' names prominently. I'm googling around for book review blogs and other book review sites. Here are some from the first two pages of Googling.

[[reviews-formats]] has some discussion of formats for reviews, including book reviews. Some of the formats use ''creator'' as an equivalent for a work's author. Others use ''author'', and sometimes they mean ''review-author'', and other times ''work-author''.

The page on [[book-info-formats]] has more information and discussion on what should be included in a book-info microformat, and how that information should be marked up.

===Book Reviews===

* [http://www.metacritic.com/books/ Metacritic]'s front page is a list of reviewed books, all are accompanied by the author's name. On the review page, the author's name appears in span class="subhead".

* [http://www.bookclan.com/blog/ BookClan] has reviews and discussion. No special markup of the authors, but they always accompany the title.

* [http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/ Ghost Word] uses '''Strong''' to mark authors.

* [http://www.book-blog.blogspot.com/ Book Blog] makes a span called "PostTitle" that includes the title (in a subspan) and the author.

* [http://bookreviewblog.blogspot.com/ Book Review Blog] puts title and (parenthesized) author in a link to Amazon.com.

* [http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=0B6C189E-FB1A-A968-50BC6904B10D8649 Jedi Master] has two book reviews, and includes the author in the title once, and in the text in the other.

* [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/books/ Mercury News Reviews] has book reviews every week. No one should be surprised to hear that the authors are always listed in the subheading.

* [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/ Times Literary Supplement] is a publication dedicated to book reviews. For a specific example see [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25342-1886497,00.html The polyrhythms of life]. Most academic reviews display the title, author, press, price, and ISBN.

* [http://www.vqronline.org/ The Virginia Quarterly Review] is another journal of literature and reviews. For a specific book review example see [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2007/winter/fischel-crimes-enemy/ The Crimes of My Enemy]. It includes the book title, book author, press, date of publication, and price.

===Other discussions of Books===

* [http://amazon.com amazon] displays books with title, author, price, rating, and cover thumbnail. Of these, the author and cover picture are always links. The author link takes you to other works by the author, and the cover thumbnail takes you to a blowup.

* [http://library.ci.mtnview.ca.us Libraries] have a few standard search categories: Author, Title, Subject, and catalogue number (ISBN, LoC, etc.).

== CounterExamples ==

* [http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/ 800 CEO Read] usually includes the author's name, but doesn't highlight it in any distinctive way.

* [http://www.digital-web.com/types/book_reviews/ Digital Web Magazine] reviews technical books, and is inconsistent about mentioning authors. Sometimes the title and author are included in a [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/four_best_web_design_books/ pull quote], while at other times, the author is [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_redesign_2_workflow_that_works/ lost] completely. They seem to think readers aren't interested in the authors when the books are ''merely'' technical manuals.

book-info-formats

2007-04-30T18:30:07Z

NaBrown78: /* Book metadata */

book-info-formats

2007-04-30T18:28:23Z

NaBrown78:

book-info-examples

2007-04-30T18:26:40Z

NaBrown78: /* Information Commonly Given About Books */

== Information Commonly Given About Books ==

[[hreview|hReview]] prominently doesn't include a way to markup the author of a book. This makes sense for other kinds of reviews, but it seems glaringly deficient for books. This collection of information is intended as a starting point for a discussion about how hBookReview should differ. I'm expecting to find that most book review sites list the authors' names prominently. I'm googling around for book review blogs and other book review sites. Here are some from the first two pages of Googling.

[[reviews-formats]] has some discussion of formats for reviews, including book reviews. Some of the formats use ''creator'' as an equivalent for a work's author. Others use ''author'', and sometimes they mean ''review-author'', and other times ''work-author''.

The page on [[book-info-formats]] has more information and discussion on what should be included in a book-info microformat.

===Book Reviews===

* [http://www.metacritic.com/books/ Metacritic]'s front page is a list of reviewed books, all are accompanied by the author's name. On the review page, the author's name appears in span class="subhead".

* [http://www.bookclan.com/blog/ BookClan] has reviews and discussion. No special markup of the authors, but they always accompany the title.

* [http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/ Ghost Word] uses '''Strong''' to mark authors.

* [http://www.book-blog.blogspot.com/ Book Blog] makes a span called "PostTitle" that includes the title (in a subspan) and the author.

* [http://bookreviewblog.blogspot.com/ Book Review Blog] puts title and (parenthesized) author in a link to Amazon.com.

* [http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=0B6C189E-FB1A-A968-50BC6904B10D8649 Jedi Master] has two book reviews, and includes the author in the title once, and in the text in the other.

* [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/books/ Mercury News Reviews] has book reviews every week. No one should be surprised to hear that the authors are always listed in the subheading.

* [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/ Times Literary Supplement] is a publication dedicated to book reviews. For a specific example see [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25342-1886497,00.html The polyrhythms of life]. Most academic reviews display the title, author, press, price, and ISBN.

* [http://www.vqronline.org/ The Virginia Quarterly Review] is another journal of literature and reviews. For a specific book review example see [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2007/winter/fischel-crimes-enemy/ The Crimes of My Enemy]. It includes the book title, book author, press, date of publication, and price.

===Other discussions of Books===

* [http://amazon.com amazon] displays books with title, author, price, rating, and cover thumbnail. Of these, the author and cover picture are always links. The author link takes you to other works by the author, and the cover thumbnail takes you to a blowup.

* [http://library.ci.mtnview.ca.us Libraries] have a few standard search categories: Author, Title, Subject, and catalogue number (ISBN, LoC, etc.).

== CounterExamples ==

* [http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/ 800 CEO Read] usually includes the author's name, but doesn't highlight it in any distinctive way.

* [http://www.digital-web.com/types/book_reviews/ Digital Web Magazine] reviews technical books, and is inconsistent about mentioning authors. Sometimes the title and author are included in a [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/four_best_web_design_books/ pull quote], while at other times, the author is [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_redesign_2_workflow_that_works/ lost] completely. They seem to think readers aren't interested in the authors when the books are ''merely'' technical manuals.

book-info-examples

2007-04-30T18:25:26Z

NaBrown78: /* Information Commonly Given About Books */

== Information Commonly Given About Books ==

[[hreview|hReview]] prominently doesn't include a way to markup the author of a book. This makes sense for other kinds of reviews, but it seems glaringly deficient for books. This collection of information is intended as a starting point for a discussion about how hBookReview should differ. I'm expecting to find that most book review sites list the authors' names prominently. I'm googling around for book review blogs and other book review sites. Here are some from the first two pages of Googling.

[[reviews-formats]] has some discussion of formats for reviews, including book reviews. Some of the formats use ''creator'' as an equivalent for a work's author. Others use ''author'', and sometimes they mean ''review-author'', and other times ''work-author''.

The page on [[book info formats]] has more information and discussion on what should be included in a book-info microformat.

===Book Reviews===

* [http://www.metacritic.com/books/ Metacritic]'s front page is a list of reviewed books, all are accompanied by the author's name. On the review page, the author's name appears in span class="subhead".

* [http://www.bookclan.com/blog/ BookClan] has reviews and discussion. No special markup of the authors, but they always accompany the title.

* [http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/ Ghost Word] uses '''Strong''' to mark authors.

* [http://www.book-blog.blogspot.com/ Book Blog] makes a span called "PostTitle" that includes the title (in a subspan) and the author.

* [http://bookreviewblog.blogspot.com/ Book Review Blog] puts title and (parenthesized) author in a link to Amazon.com.

* [http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=0B6C189E-FB1A-A968-50BC6904B10D8649 Jedi Master] has two book reviews, and includes the author in the title once, and in the text in the other.

* [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/books/ Mercury News Reviews] has book reviews every week. No one should be surprised to hear that the authors are always listed in the subheading.

* [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/ Times Literary Supplement] is a publication dedicated to book reviews. For a specific example see [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25342-1886497,00.html The polyrhythms of life]. Most academic reviews display the title, author, press, price, and ISBN.

* [http://www.vqronline.org/ The Virginia Quarterly Review] is another journal of literature and reviews. For a specific book review example see [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2007/winter/fischel-crimes-enemy/ The Crimes of My Enemy]. It includes the book title, book author, press, date of publication, and price.

===Other discussions of Books===

* [http://amazon.com amazon] displays books with title, author, price, rating, and cover thumbnail. Of these, the author and cover picture are always links. The author link takes you to other works by the author, and the cover thumbnail takes you to a blowup.

* [http://library.ci.mtnview.ca.us Libraries] have a few standard search categories: Author, Title, Subject, and catalogue number (ISBN, LoC, etc.).

== CounterExamples ==

* [http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/ 800 CEO Read] usually includes the author's name, but doesn't highlight it in any distinctive way.

* [http://www.digital-web.com/types/book_reviews/ Digital Web Magazine] reviews technical books, and is inconsistent about mentioning authors. Sometimes the title and author are included in a [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/four_best_web_design_books/ pull quote], while at other times, the author is [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_redesign_2_workflow_that_works/ lost] completely. They seem to think readers aren't interested in the authors when the books are ''merely'' technical manuals.

book-info-formats

2007-04-30T18:23:37Z

NaBrown78:

== The book-info microformat ==
In discussions about the [[hReview]] microformat, it has been suggested that it would be useful to have a book-info format to markup book metadata. This page is dedicated to developing such a format.

== Book metadata ==
Information about a book that will commonly appear includes:
* book title
* book author
* book editor(s)
* book translator
* price
* publisher
* date of publication
* number of pages
* ISBN

book-info-examples

2007-04-30T18:14:44Z

NaBrown78: /* Information Commonly Given About Books */

== Information Commonly Given About Books ==

[[hreview|hReview]] prominently doesn't include a way to markup the author of a book. This makes sense for other kinds of reviews, but it seems glaringly deficient for books. This collection of information is intended as a starting point for a discussion about how hBookReview should differ. I'm expecting to find that most book review sites list the authors' names prominently. I'm googling around for book review blogs and other book review sites. Here are some from the first two pages of Googling.

[[reviews-formats]] has some discussion of formats for reviews, including book reviews. Some of the formats use ''creator'' as an equivalent for a work's author. Others use ''author'', and sometimes they mean ''review-author'', and other times ''work-author''.

===Book Reviews===

* [http://www.metacritic.com/books/ Metacritic]'s front page is a list of reviewed books, all are accompanied by the author's name. On the review page, the author's name appears in span class="subhead".

* [http://www.bookclan.com/blog/ BookClan] has reviews and discussion. No special markup of the authors, but they always accompany the title.

* [http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/ Ghost Word] uses '''Strong''' to mark authors.

* [http://www.book-blog.blogspot.com/ Book Blog] makes a span called "PostTitle" that includes the title (in a subspan) and the author.

* [http://bookreviewblog.blogspot.com/ Book Review Blog] puts title and (parenthesized) author in a link to Amazon.com.

* [http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=0B6C189E-FB1A-A968-50BC6904B10D8649 Jedi Master] has two book reviews, and includes the author in the title once, and in the text in the other.

* [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/books/ Mercury News Reviews] has book reviews every week. No one should be surprised to hear that the authors are always listed in the subheading.

* [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/ Times Literary Supplement] is a publication dedicated to book reviews. For a specific example see [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25342-1886497,00.html The polyrhythms of life]. Most academic reviews display the title, author, press, price, and ISBN.

* [http://www.vqronline.org/ The Virginia Quarterly Review] is another journal of literature and reviews. For a specific book review example see [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2007/winter/fischel-crimes-enemy/ The Crimes of My Enemy]. It includes the book title, book author, press, date of publication, and price.

===Other discussions of Books===

* [http://amazon.com amazon] displays books with title, author, price, rating, and cover thumbnail. Of these, the author and cover picture are always links. The author link takes you to other works by the author, and the cover thumbnail takes you to a blowup.

* [http://library.ci.mtnview.ca.us Libraries] have a few standard search categories: Author, Title, Subject, and catalogue number (ISBN, LoC, etc.).

== CounterExamples ==

* [http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/ 800 CEO Read] usually includes the author's name, but doesn't highlight it in any distinctive way.

* [http://www.digital-web.com/types/book_reviews/ Digital Web Magazine] reviews technical books, and is inconsistent about mentioning authors. Sometimes the title and author are included in a [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/four_best_web_design_books/ pull quote], while at other times, the author is [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_redesign_2_workflow_that_works/ lost] completely. They seem to think readers aren't interested in the authors when the books are ''merely'' technical manuals.

book-info-examples

2007-04-30T17:24:32Z

NaBrown78: /* Information Commonly Given About Books */

== Information Commonly Given About Books ==

[[hreview|hReview]] prominently doesn't include a way to markup the author of a book. This makes sense for other kinds of reviews, but it seems glaringly deficient for books. This collection of information is intended as a starting point for a discussion about how hBookReview should differ. I'm expecting to find that most book review sites list the authors' names prominently. I'm googling around for book review blogs and other book review sites. Here are some from the first two pages of Googling.

[[reviews-formats]] has some discussion of formats for reviews, including book reviews. Some of the formats use ''creator'' as an equivalent for a work's author. Others use ''author'', and sometimes they mean ''review-author'', and other times ''work-author''.

Information about a book that will commonly appear in a book review includes:
* book title
* book author
* book editor(s)
* book translator
* price
* publisher
* date of publication
* number of pages
* ISBN

The goal should be to develop a standard way of marking up this book information, which then can be included within an hreview.

===Book Reviews===

* [http://www.metacritic.com/books/ Metacritic]'s front page is a list of reviewed books, all are accompanied by the author's name. On the review page, the author's name appears in span class="subhead".

* [http://www.bookclan.com/blog/ BookClan] has reviews and discussion. No special markup of the authors, but they always accompany the title.

* [http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/ Ghost Word] uses '''Strong''' to mark authors.

* [http://www.book-blog.blogspot.com/ Book Blog] makes a span called "PostTitle" that includes the title (in a subspan) and the author.

* [http://bookreviewblog.blogspot.com/ Book Review Blog] puts title and (parenthesized) author in a link to Amazon.com.

* [http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=0B6C189E-FB1A-A968-50BC6904B10D8649 Jedi Master] has two book reviews, and includes the author in the title once, and in the text in the other.

* [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/books/ Mercury News Reviews] has book reviews every week. No one should be surprised to hear that the authors are always listed in the subheading.

* [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/ Times Literary Supplement] is a publication dedicated to book reviews. For a specific example see [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25342-1886497,00.html The polyrhythms of life]. Most academic reviews display the title, author, press, price, and ISBN.

* [http://www.vqronline.org/ The Virginia Quarterly Review] is another journal of literature and reviews. For a specific book review example see [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2007/winter/fischel-crimes-enemy/ The Crimes of My Enemy]. It includes the book title, book author, press, date of publication, and price.

===Other discussions of Books===

* [http://amazon.com amazon] displays books with title, author, price, rating, and cover thumbnail. Of these, the author and cover picture are always links. The author link takes you to other works by the author, and the cover thumbnail takes you to a blowup.

* [http://library.ci.mtnview.ca.us Libraries] have a few standard search categories: Author, Title, Subject, and catalogue number (ISBN, LoC, etc.).

== CounterExamples ==

* [http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/ 800 CEO Read] usually includes the author's name, but doesn't highlight it in any distinctive way.

* [http://www.digital-web.com/types/book_reviews/ Digital Web Magazine] reviews technical books, and is inconsistent about mentioning authors. Sometimes the title and author are included in a [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/four_best_web_design_books/ pull quote], while at other times, the author is [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_redesign_2_workflow_that_works/ lost] completely. They seem to think readers aren't interested in the authors when the books are ''merely'' technical manuals.

book-info-examples

2007-04-30T17:22:32Z

NaBrown78: /* Information Commonly Given About Books */

== Information Commonly Given About Books ==

[[hreview|hReview]] prominently doesn't include a way to markup the author of a book. This makes sense for other kinds of reviews, but it seems glaringly deficient for books. This collection of information is intended as a starting point for a discussion about how hBookReview should differ. I'm expecting to find that most book review sites list the authors' names prominently. I'm googling around for book review blogs and other book review sites. Here are some from the first two pages of Googling.

[[reviews-formats]] has some discussion of formats for reviews, including book reviews. Some of the formats use ''creator'' as an equivalent for a work's author. Others use ''author'', and sometimes they mean ''review-author'', and other times ''work-author''.

Information about a book that will commonly appear in a book review includes:
* book title
* book author
* book editor(s)
* book translator
* price
* publisher
* date of publication
* number of pages
* ISBN

===Book Reviews===

* [http://www.metacritic.com/books/ Metacritic]'s front page is a list of reviewed books, all are accompanied by the author's name. On the review page, the author's name appears in span class="subhead".

* [http://www.bookclan.com/blog/ BookClan] has reviews and discussion. No special markup of the authors, but they always accompany the title.

* [http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/ Ghost Word] uses '''Strong''' to mark authors.

* [http://www.book-blog.blogspot.com/ Book Blog] makes a span called "PostTitle" that includes the title (in a subspan) and the author.

* [http://bookreviewblog.blogspot.com/ Book Review Blog] puts title and (parenthesized) author in a link to Amazon.com.

* [http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=0B6C189E-FB1A-A968-50BC6904B10D8649 Jedi Master] has two book reviews, and includes the author in the title once, and in the text in the other.

* [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/books/ Mercury News Reviews] has book reviews every week. No one should be surprised to hear that the authors are always listed in the subheading.

* [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/ Times Literary Supplement] is a publication dedicated to book reviews. For a specific example see [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25342-1886497,00.html The polyrhythms of life]. Most academic reviews display the title, author, press, price, and ISBN.

* [http://www.vqronline.org/ The Virginia Quarterly Review] is another journal of literature and reviews. For a specific book review example see [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2007/winter/fischel-crimes-enemy/ The Crimes of My Enemy]. It includes the book title, book author, press, date of publication, and price.

===Other discussions of Books===

* [http://amazon.com amazon] displays books with title, author, price, rating, and cover thumbnail. Of these, the author and cover picture are always links. The author link takes you to other works by the author, and the cover thumbnail takes you to a blowup.

* [http://library.ci.mtnview.ca.us Libraries] have a few standard search categories: Author, Title, Subject, and catalogue number (ISBN, LoC, etc.).

== CounterExamples ==

* [http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/ 800 CEO Read] usually includes the author's name, but doesn't highlight it in any distinctive way.

* [http://www.digital-web.com/types/book_reviews/ Digital Web Magazine] reviews technical books, and is inconsistent about mentioning authors. Sometimes the title and author are included in a [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/four_best_web_design_books/ pull quote], while at other times, the author is [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_redesign_2_workflow_that_works/ lost] completely. They seem to think readers aren't interested in the authors when the books are ''merely'' technical manuals.

book-info-examples

2007-04-30T17:19:14Z

NaBrown78: /* Information Commonly Given About Books */

== Information Commonly Given About Books ==

[[hreview|hReview]] prominently doesn't include a way to markup the author of a book. This makes sense for other kinds of reviews, but it seems glaringly deficient for books. This collection of information is intended as a starting point for a discussion about how hBookReview should differ. I'm expecting to find that most book review sites list the authors' names prominently. I'm googling around for book review blogs and other book review sites. Here are some from the first two pages of Googling.

[[reviews-formats]] has some discussion of formats for reviews, including book reviews. Some of the formats use ''creator'' as an equivalent for a work's author. Others use ''author'', and sometimes they mean ''review-author'', and other times ''work-author''.

Information that will commonly appear in a book review includes: book title, book author, book editor, book translator, price, publisher, date of publication, number of pages, ISBN, review author, and review text.
===Book Reviews===

* [http://www.metacritic.com/books/ Metacritic]'s front page is a list of reviewed books, all are accompanied by the author's name. On the review page, the author's name appears in span class="subhead".

* [http://www.bookclan.com/blog/ BookClan] has reviews and discussion. No special markup of the authors, but they always accompany the title.

* [http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/ Ghost Word] uses '''Strong''' to mark authors.

* [http://www.book-blog.blogspot.com/ Book Blog] makes a span called "PostTitle" that includes the title (in a subspan) and the author.

* [http://bookreviewblog.blogspot.com/ Book Review Blog] puts title and (parenthesized) author in a link to Amazon.com.

* [http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=0B6C189E-FB1A-A968-50BC6904B10D8649 Jedi Master] has two book reviews, and includes the author in the title once, and in the text in the other.

* [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/books/ Mercury News Reviews] has book reviews every week. No one should be surprised to hear that the authors are always listed in the subheading.

* [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/ Times Literary Supplement] is a publication dedicated to book reviews. For a specific example see [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25342-1886497,00.html The polyrhythms of life]. Most academic reviews display the title, author, press, price, and ISBN.

* [http://www.vqronline.org/ The Virginia Quarterly Review] is another journal of literature and reviews. For a specific book review example see [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2007/winter/fischel-crimes-enemy/ The Crimes of My Enemy]. It includes the book title, book author, press, date of publication, and price.

===Other discussions of Books===

* [http://amazon.com amazon] displays books with title, author, price, rating, and cover thumbnail. Of these, the author and cover picture are always links. The author link takes you to other works by the author, and the cover thumbnail takes you to a blowup.

* [http://library.ci.mtnview.ca.us Libraries] have a few standard search categories: Author, Title, Subject, and catalogue number (ISBN, LoC, etc.).

== CounterExamples ==

* [http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/ 800 CEO Read] usually includes the author's name, but doesn't highlight it in any distinctive way.

* [http://www.digital-web.com/types/book_reviews/ Digital Web Magazine] reviews technical books, and is inconsistent about mentioning authors. Sometimes the title and author are included in a [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/four_best_web_design_books/ pull quote], while at other times, the author is [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_redesign_2_workflow_that_works/ lost] completely. They seem to think readers aren't interested in the authors when the books are ''merely'' technical manuals.

book-info-examples

2007-04-30T17:10:43Z

NaBrown78: /* Book Reviews */

== Information Commonly Given About Books ==

[[hreview|hReview]] prominently doesn't include a way to markup the author of a book. This makes sense for other kinds of reviews, but it seems glaringly deficient for books. This collection of information is intended as a starting point for a discussion about how hBookReview should differ. I'm expecting to find that most book review sites list the authors' names prominently. I'm googling around for book review blogs and other book review sites. Here are some from the first two pages of Googling.

[[reviews-formats]] has some discussion of formats for reviews, including book reviews. Some of the formats use ''creator'' as an equivalent for a work's author. Others use ''author'', and sometimes they mean ''review-author'', and other times ''work-author''.

===Book Reviews===

* [http://www.metacritic.com/books/ Metacritic]'s front page is a list of reviewed books, all are accompanied by the author's name. On the review page, the author's name appears in span class="subhead".

* [http://www.bookclan.com/blog/ BookClan] has reviews and discussion. No special markup of the authors, but they always accompany the title.

* [http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/ Ghost Word] uses '''Strong''' to mark authors.

* [http://www.book-blog.blogspot.com/ Book Blog] makes a span called "PostTitle" that includes the title (in a subspan) and the author.

* [http://bookreviewblog.blogspot.com/ Book Review Blog] puts title and (parenthesized) author in a link to Amazon.com.

* [http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=0B6C189E-FB1A-A968-50BC6904B10D8649 Jedi Master] has two book reviews, and includes the author in the title once, and in the text in the other.

* [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/books/ Mercury News Reviews] has book reviews every week. No one should be surprised to hear that the authors are always listed in the subheading.

* [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/ Times Literary Supplement] is a publication dedicated to book reviews. For a specific example see [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25342-1886497,00.html The polyrhythms of life]. Most academic reviews display the title, author, press, price, and ISBN.

===Other discussions of Books===

* [http://amazon.com amazon] displays books with title, author, price, rating, and cover thumbnail. Of these, the author and cover picture are always links. The author link takes you to other works by the author, and the cover thumbnail takes you to a blowup.

* [http://library.ci.mtnview.ca.us Libraries] have a few standard search categories: Author, Title, Subject, and catalogue number (ISBN, LoC, etc.).

== CounterExamples ==

* [http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/ 800 CEO Read] usually includes the author's name, but doesn't highlight it in any distinctive way.

* [http://www.digital-web.com/types/book_reviews/ Digital Web Magazine] reviews technical books, and is inconsistent about mentioning authors. Sometimes the title and author are included in a [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/four_best_web_design_books/ pull quote], while at other times, the author is [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_redesign_2_workflow_that_works/ lost] completely. They seem to think readers aren't interested in the authors when the books are ''merely'' technical manuals.