item-examples

Thing Examples

This page is for documenting real world examples of how "things" are actually marked up and represented on the web.

In Existing Microformats

hReview and hListing are applicable to things (as well as people marked up as hCards).

EdgeIO (hListing)

• URI: http://www.edgeio.com/

Deal Tagger (hListing)

• URI: http://www.dealtagger.com/

Cork'd (hReview)

• URI: http://corkd.com/

Yahoo Local (hReview)

• URI: http://local.yahoo.com/

Yahoo UK Movie Reviews

Not sure if this is within scope (i.e. is a movie a thing?)

• URI: http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/movie-reviews/

In Google Base

Attributes in Google Base are open ended. For each of the following Item Types, we're identifying the attributes that Google Base displays when one attempts to edit an entry; there's also a broader list of applicable attributes, and then there's the open to add anything to a listing.

Housing

Primary Attribute Types (see for all):

• title - listing title
• description (text)
• photos
• price - US dollars per item
• price type - "fixed", "negotiable" (doesn't seem to have a formal definition)
• listing type - e.g. "for sale"...
• property type - apartment, land, farm...
• bedrooms - number
• square footage - number and unit
• bathrooms - number

Products

Primary Attribute Types (see for all):

• title - listing title
• price
• price type
• quanity - number (e.g. 1)
• product type - e.g. "jewlery"
• condition - e.g. "used"
• brand - e.g. "cartier"

Vehicles

Primary Attribute Types (see for all):

• title - listing title
• price - US dollars per
• price type - "fixed", "negotiable" (doesn't seem to have a formal definition)
• quantity - a number
• year
• make - e.g. ford
• vehicle type - e.g. car
• condition - e.g. used

Want Ads

This Item Type may not be totally applicable, but it is about "things" for sale. Primary Attribute Types (see for all):

Primary Attribute Types (see for all):

• title - listing title

Google expects users of its Want Ads system to define all the appropriate attributes themselves. Further research needed here to see this actually in use.

Other Sites

Craigslist

These examples are taken from listing-examples

• For Sale
  • email
  • duration (implied)
  • date
  • category
  • title
  • description
  • location
  • condition
  • images
  • price
  • availability
• Wanted
  • email
  • duration
  • date
  • category
  • title
  • description
  • location
  • condition
  • images
  • price
• Housing
  • category (rent, sale, temp)
  • date
  • duration (implied)
  • contact info
  • location
  • title
  • description
  • size
    • bedrooms
  • rent
  • photos
  • pet policy
  • fee/no-fee
  • broker/non-broker

Need ...

Books, ...?

See Also

• examples
• formats
• brainstorming
• initial discussion