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Microformats Wiki

Welcome to the microformats wiki. There's a lot going on around here, but feel free to jump in and offer your assistance.

But First:

Please read how-to-play before making any edits.

Please read process before proposing any new microformats.

Introduction

What are microformats? See the about page for an overview, and the introduction page for more info. Recent press and presentations are also a good place for some background reading as well. One popular definiton from our mailing list is "simple conventions embedded in HTML that provide semantics which enable decentralized development." More precisely, microformats can be defined as:

simple conventions
  that normalize existing tag usage patterns
  using brief, descriptive class names
embedded in human-readable (X)HTML document
that provide precise semantics
  for a specific problem domain
which enable decentralized development
  of resources, tools, and services

Specifications

Microformats open standards specifications (see also: implementations)

• hCalendar
• hCard
• RelLicense
• RelNoFollow
• RelTag
• VoteLinks
• XFN (see also: xfn-implementations)
• XMDP
• XOXO

Drafts

• hReview
• rel-directory
• rel-enclosure
• rel-payment
• Robots Exclusion
• xfolk

Design Patterns

• datetime-design-pattern

Exploratory discussions

• blog-description-format
• blog-post-formats
• blog-post-brainstorming
• chat-examples
• citation-brainstorming
• Planning pages for a citation microformat
• comments-formats
• directory-inclusion-examples (see also directory-inclusion-formats)
• genealogy-formats
• last-modified-examples
• listing-examples (see also listing-formats, listing-brainstorming)
• location-formats
• media-metadata-examples
• other-formats
• requirements-testing
• resume-brainstorming
• resume-formats
• wiki-formats
• xmdp-brainstorming (see also xmdp-faq)

Tools & Test Cases

The first place to look for examples, code, and test cases is in the pages for each individual microformat. There are only a few cross-cutting tools and services that need to process more than one microformat. This section is intended for editors, parsers, validators, test cases, and other information relevant across multiple microformats.

• selected-test-cases-from-the-web
• microformats-viewers-and-editors

shared work areas

• buttons (new!)
• to-do
• marked-for-deletion