book-info-formats

The book-info microformat

In discussions about the hReview microformat, it has been suggested that it would be useful to have a book-info format to markup book metadata. This page is dedicated to developing such a format. The book-info-examples page has examples of pages that present book information, particularly reviews.

Book metadata

Information about a book commonly includes:

• book title
• book author - see hCard
• book editor(s) - see hCard
• book translator - see hCard
• classification (e.g. fiction, non-fiction)
• cover thumbnail
• price - see proposed currency microformat
• publisher - see hCard
• date of publication
• number of pages
• ISBN