blog-description-format

Blog description format (background research)

Note: this page has been rewritten/refactored out to other pages to better fit in with the microformats process. E.g. the following pages have been added to or created:

• blog-post-examples
• blog-description-examples
• blog-description-brainstorming (perhaps simply rename blog-description-format-brainstorming)

Discussion Participants

Editors

• Björn Seibert
• Robert Bachmann
• Tantek Çelik

Authors

• Björn Seibert
• Robert Bachmann
• Tantek Çelik

Contributors

• Mark Rickerby

Purpose

A microformat to describe the contents of a (we)blog. It provides a specific set of information to categorize a (we)blog. Enables easier search for humans and efficient collection of information by machines.

Here are some of examples for information that might be provided:

• Details about the blog
• Blog name (e.g: "John Doe's Blog")
  • Blog URI (e.g: http://example.org/ )
  • Lanuage used for the blog, read-able by machines (e.g: "en-US" or "de")
  • Topics covered by the blog
  • A short description
  • Available feeds (RSS, Atom, etc.)
  • A small logo image
• Details about the author(s)
  • Name (e.g: "John Doe")
  • Organisation
  • Contact details
  • Geographical Location

Existing practice

Blog Posts

Moved to blog-post-examples.

Blog description

Moved to blog-description-examples.

See also

• blog-description-format-brainstorming for examples on how things could be done.