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== What are Microformats? == | == What are Microformats? == | ||
Microformats are a way of adding simple markup to human-readable data items such as events, contact details or locations, on web pages, so that the information in them can be extracted by software and indexed, searched for, saved, cross-referenced or combined. | Microformats are a way of adding simple markup to human-readable data items such as events, contact details or locations, on web pages, so that the information in them can be extracted by software and indexed, searched for, saved, cross-referenced or combined. | ||
More technically, they are items of semantic markup, using just standard "plain old semantic | More technically, they are items of semantic markup, using just standard "plain old semantic HTML" (i.e. "[[POSH]]") with a set of common [[class-names]] and "[[rel]]" values. They are open and available, freely, for anyone to use. | ||
== Why Microformats == | == Why Microformats == | ||
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In short, microformats are the convergence of a number of trends: | In short, microformats are the convergence of a number of trends: | ||
# a logical next step in the evolution of web design and information architecture | # a logical next step in the evolution of web design and information architecture | ||
# a way for people and | # a way for people and organizations to publish richer information themselves, without having to rely upon centralized services | ||
# an acknowledgement that (outside of speci<span class="notspam">alist</span> areas) "traditional" metadata efforts have either failed or taken so long to garner any adoption, that a new approach was necessary | # an acknowledgement that (outside of speci<span class="notspam">alist</span> areas) "traditional" metadata efforts (e.g. meta tags) have either failed or taken so long to garner any adoption, that a new approach was necessary | ||
# a way to use [[ | # a way to use well formed [[HTML]] for data. | ||
== The Appeal to Simplicity == | == The Appeal to Simplicity == | ||
* Microformats are a simple effort which has appealed to many frustrated with previous complex efforts. | * Microformats are a simple effort which has appealed to many frustrated with previous complex efforts. | ||
== | One parallel that has been drawn is to REST in the API / web services world - for more on REST see [[suggested-reading#REST|suggested reading on REST]]. | ||
* | |||
* | ==Get Started == | ||
* | |||
* | It's easy to get started with microformats: | ||
* | * [[get-started]] with adding microformats to your HTML | ||
* | |||
==Learn More == | |||
Learn more about microformats from the microformats.org | |||
* [http://microformats.org/about/ about page], | |||
* [http://microformats.org/ blog], | |||
* [[faq|FAQ]], | |||
* [[articles]], | |||
* [[press]], | |||
* [[presentations]], | |||
* [[books]], | |||
* [[podcasts]], | |||
* [[screencasts]], | |||
* and more [[suggested-reading|suggested reading]]. | |||
==See Also== | |||
* [[testimonials]] | |||
* [[implement|So you want to implement microformats?]] | * [[implement|So you want to implement microformats?]] | ||
== | == External Resources== | ||
* Sitepoint has a nice introductory tutorial: [http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/microformats Microformats - Plugging the Gaps in HTML] | |||
* Premasagar has written up [http://premasagar.com/microformats/compound/ some nice microformats examples with source]. | * Emily Lewis's excellent series of articles: | ||
** [http://ablognotlimited.com/articles/tag/Getting+Semantic+series/ A Blog Not Limited: Getting Semantic With Microformats Series] | |||
* Sitepoint has a nice introductory tutorial: | |||
** [http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/microformats Microformats - Plugging the Gaps in HTML] | |||
* Premasagar has written up | |||
** [http://premasagar.com/microformats/compound/ some nice microformats examples with source]. | |||
== Translations == | |||
* [[introduction-pt-br]] (see also [[introduction-pt-br-2]]) | |||
* ... | |||
Latest revision as of 22:15, 17 December 2023
What are Microformats?
Microformats are a way of adding simple markup to human-readable data items such as events, contact details or locations, on web pages, so that the information in them can be extracted by software and indexed, searched for, saved, cross-referenced or combined.
More technically, they are items of semantic markup, using just standard "plain old semantic HTML" (i.e. "POSH") with a set of common class-names and "rel" values. They are open and available, freely, for anyone to use.
Why Microformats
Why did we come up with microformats?
In short, microformats are the convergence of a number of trends:
- a logical next step in the evolution of web design and information architecture
- a way for people and organizations to publish richer information themselves, without having to rely upon centralized services
- an acknowledgement that (outside of specialist areas) "traditional" metadata efforts (e.g. meta tags) have either failed or taken so long to garner any adoption, that a new approach was necessary
- a way to use well formed HTML for data.
The Appeal to Simplicity
- Microformats are a simple effort which has appealed to many frustrated with previous complex efforts.
One parallel that has been drawn is to REST in the API / web services world - for more on REST see suggested reading on REST.
Get Started
It's easy to get started with microformats:
- get-started with adding microformats to your HTML
Learn More
Learn more about microformats from the microformats.org
- about page,
- blog,
- FAQ,
- articles,
- press,
- presentations,
- books,
- podcasts,
- screencasts,
- and more suggested reading.
See Also
External Resources
- Emily Lewis's excellent series of articles:
- Sitepoint has a nice introductory tutorial:
- Premasagar has written up
Translations
- introduction-pt-br (see also introduction-pt-br-2)
- ...