debugging-tools
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<entry-title>Microformats Debugging</entry-title>
Conformance checkers, validators, linting tools and debuggers.
general microformats tools
Optimus
Main article: Optimus
Optimus is a microformats transformer and validator that supports numerous microformats including hCard, hCalendar, hReview, hAtom (note: hAtom validation issues).
Get the Optimus microformats validator favelet. Blog post: validator browser button.
Please add issues to the optimus-issues page.
Operator Debugger
Main article: Operator
Operator does a good job of compliant parsing for microformats in general, and includes a debug mode that can help identify errors in the object structure.
rel-lint
Rel-Lint provides linting and inspection of rel-tag and XFN (by Drew McLellan)
Rails assert microformats
- George Brocklehurst has written open source code and a post explaining how to do testing microformats in Rails applications with assert-microformats.
microformats specific tools
hCard
- http://hcard.geekhood.net/
- Also try the Technorati Contacts Feed service.
- The Cognition web service includes hCard error messages and warnings using EARL as part of the RDF output — hopefully other microformats will be covered in the near future.
hCalendar
- Try the Technorati Events Feed service.