glossary

Microformats Glossary

If you have a term you wish to see defined, please feel free to add it to the list, in alphabetical order (apart from the first entry).

microformat

See http://microformats.org/about/.

@

in the context of, say, @rel, this is shorthand for attribute, so "the @rel" should be read as "the rel attribute"

anti-pattern

see anti-patterns

anti design pattern

see anti-design-patterns

attribute

HTML attribute. see HTML element on Wikipedia

autodiscovery

see discovery

class

HTML class attribute

compound microformat

See compound-microformat

CSV

comma-separated-variables

deprecated

In the process of being phased out (see Deprecation on Wikiepedia)

design pattern

see class-design-pattern for example.

discovery

see representative-hcard for example.

DRY

Don't Repeat Yourself

See DRY

element

HTML element. see HTML element on Wikipedia.

elemental microformat

See elemental-microformat

GPX

XML format for waypoints, tracks and trails, used by many GPS devices. See also KML.

grandfather(ed)

Something which is an exception to a rule (or pattern, behavior, etc.), because it existed before that rule was formulated.

HTML

HyperText Mark-up Language

see HTML on Wkiipedia and XHTML, below.

informative

Applies to that part of a standard (such as an introduction or list of references) which is not proscriptive; as opposed to normative (see below)

JSON

JavaScript Object Notation (pronounced "Jason")

a lightweight, text-based, human-readable format for representing data structures and arrays (see JSON).

KML

Keyhole Mark-up Language

XML format for waypoints, tracks and trails, used by Google Maps and others. See also GPX.

mark-up

n. the (X)HTML codes and related classes which, when wrapped around data, turn it into a web page.

mark up

v. to apply mark-up.

mfbot

mfbot is an IRC bot which logs all edits to this wiki.

microformat

See http://microformats.org/about/.

microformateer

A person involved with microformats.

namespace

see namespaces.

normative

Applies to a prescriptive part of a standard; as opposed to informative (see above). See also and Normative on Wikipedia.

parse

(verb) To extract data from a format using explicit parsing rules for one or more formats, such as microformats (see also "scrape").

See also 'parsing' on Wikipedia

picoformat

A syntax for communicating and executing commands with mobile devices over SMS. See picoformats

POSH

Plain Old Semantic (X)HTML. see POSH.

process

The procedure for developing a new microformat. See process

profile

see profile.

property

The various aspects of an object that are represented by microformats. E.g. hCard properties.

rel

a property which signifies the relationship of one page to another, linked, page. See existing-rel-values.

rev

as rel, but applying in the reverse direction. Use and development of new rev values are deprecated for microformats.

route

(In proposed extensions to Geo) - see geo-extension-waypoints#Terms

scrape

(verb) To extract apparent data from a file/stream (plain text, HTML, RSS, XML, whatever) using regular expressions or other made-up rules that are not explicitly defined by the data formats (if any) that you are extracting. See also "parse" in contrast.

semantic

(adjective) having meaning.

standard

see standard

tag

see rel-tag.

tag space

a URL prefix for scoping tags.

track

(In proposed extensions to Geo) - see geo-extension-waypoints#Terms

type

see type

uF

Shorthand for microformat, especially used in e-mail and on IRC. Plural: uFs.

URI

Uniform Resource Identifier: a compact string of characters used to identify or name a resource. See URIs on Wikipedia

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

1. in popular usage, a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) — many popular and technical texts will use the term "URL" when referring to a URI
2. in strict technical usage, a subset of URI specific to identifiers who are primarily locators.

See URLs on Wikipedia

value

properties and attributes have values.

waypoint

(In proposed extensions to Geo) - see geo-extension-waypoints#Terms

WikiWord

Any word which contains at least two upper case letters, separated by at least one lower case letter. For example, ThisIsAnExample - see WikiWord

(X)HTML

A generic term, meaning "HTML or XHTML".

XHTML

HTML reformulated in XML.

See see XHTML on Wkiipedia or http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/ for more information.

XMDP

(X)HTML Meta Data Profile

See XMDP on Wikipedia