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A lot can be done to help advocate the use of microformats. Often, simply by taking an existing site, and adding the suggested microformatting to a few of its pages as examples is all that is necessary to help the developers of the site add the microformats to the site itself. Applications, such as browsers, could also use some guidance on how to best support microformats.
A lot can be done to help advocate the use of microformats. Often, simply by taking an existing site, and adding the suggested microformatting to a few of its pages as examples is all that is necessary to help the developers of the site add the microformats to the site itself. Applications, such as browsers, could also use some guidance on how to best support microformats.


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For general resources for marketing microformats, see [[spread-microformats]].
For general resources for marketing microformats, see [[spread-microformats]].


== Adding Microformats to Existing Sites ==
== Adding microformats to Existing Sites ==
Add sites here that you think would benefit from the addition of microformats. For now they are grouped by the microformat which would primarily benefit the site. Feel free to take a look at some of the sites on this list, document sample pages to be microformatted, add microformats to them, and then add the before/after of the key sections of mark-up to another wiki page for that site.
Add sites here that you think would benefit from the addition of microformats. For now they are grouped by the microformat which would primarily benefit the site. Feel free to take a look at some of the sites on this list, document sample pages to be microformatted, add microformats to them, and then add the before/after of the key sections of mark-up to another wiki page for that site.


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If your successes resulted from emails that you sent to site owners/developers, please consider sharing your successful advocacy emails on the [[advocacy-email-samples]] page, and along with each email sample, list the sites which responded positively to your email.  This way others in the community can learn from your success and hopefully use your email samples to contact additional sites and get them to adopt microformats.
If your successes resulted from emails that you sent to site owners/developers, please consider sharing your successful advocacy emails on the [[advocacy-email-samples]] page, and along with each email sample, list the sites which responded positively to your email.  This way others in the community can learn from your success and hopefully use your email samples to contact additional sites and get them to adopt microformats.


===hCard===
=== organization ===
 
For now this section is organized primarily by microformat, as that's easier for the community to document and keep track of.
;See [[hcard-advocacy]]
 
===hCalendar===
 
[[hcalendar|hCalendar]] could be used on these sites:
 
==== W3C track at WWW2006 ====
* DanC offers a 150 point bounty to anybody who takes [http://www.w3.org/2006/05/w3c-track the W3C track at WWW2006] and adds hCalendar markup and sends it to connolly@w3.org,www-archive@w3.org  <!-- can this be deleted? Or replaced with something more current? -->
** DanC, did this happen? Could you renew your bounty for WWW2007? [[User:Tantek|Tantek]] 10:34, 3 Sep 2007 (PDT)
 
====Television listings====
*A major coup would be to get one of the major players (the BBC, Sky, or PBS, say), to mark up their TV or radio listings with hCalendar - does anyone have contacts in such an organisation? [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 10:53, 21 Oct 2006 (PDT)
**Does anyone have URLs to the TV or radio listings of the major players? Getting those URLs would be the next step, and then doing the markup ourselves would be the next step after that. [[User:Tantek|Tantek]] 13:02, 21 Oct 2006 (PDT)
 
e.g. (please add other examples!):
*[http://www.tvtimes.co.uk/ TV Times] (UK)
** Requested by e-mail 2006-11-13 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*BBC main listings (e.g. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/listings/index.shtml?service_id=4223 BBC One])
** Requested by [http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/bbci_comment.shtml BBC Feedback Form] 2006-11-13 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
** [http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2007-January/008129.html "We're currently looking at using the event microformat on the redesigned radio 4 schedule page (and possibly throughout bbc.co.uk/radio4"] 2007-01-14 per email.
* MTV Europe
**Requested at [[User talk:AndySmith]], 2007-06-11. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 07:59, 11 Jun 2007 (PDT)
 
====Government hCalendar====
=====UK Gov. hCalendar=====
*[http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ E-petitions] (in draft, and asking for suggested improvements}
** Requested by e-mail, 2006-12-01 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 11:47, 1 Dec 2006 (PST)
*** reply: "I've added it to our list of ideas." 2006-12-04 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 11:07, 4 Dec 2006 (PST)
*[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/01/bankholidays Scottish Executive Bank Holidays]
** Requested by [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/HaveYourSay/WebsiteFdbck Scottish Executive feedback form], 2006-11-13 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
 
====Sports Fixtures====
e.g. (please add other examples!):
*PremiumTV (UK, Soccer, has a page for each team)
**[http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Fixtures/ Aston Villa]
**[http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Fixtures/ West Bromwich Albion]
*** Requested by e-mail, 2006-11-13 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
****"webmaster@" bounced. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
 
====Concert/ Theatre Listings====
e.g. (please add other examples!):
*[http://www.birmingham-alive.com/ Birmingham Alive!] (UK)
**Requested in person; now on "to do" list
 
====Travel Industry====
any travel site is based on calender type data!
Airlines, Hotels etc.
Sure it will be nice to get your reservation confirmation, but what about suppliers "syndicating" their product details that are calendar based? This would allow any other to mash-up supplier offerings.
Sorry no examples... but I hope this will stimulate others to add some if the know them or just to make others think about possibilities.
 
====iCal Share====
*[http://www.icalshare.com/ iCal share]
**Requested by e-mail. 2007-01-14
 
==== Event-sites ====
Sites that host online calendars of different sorts, containing information from many different areas. (These could also make use of hCard, since they often contain contact information to a lot of different places.)
* http://alltomstockholm.se A (Swedish) site that hosts information about concerts, pubs, movies, theater, etc in Stockholm (Swedens capital).
* http://www.alltomgoteborg.se A (Swedish) site that hosts information about concerts, pubs, movies, theater, etc in Gothenburg (Swedens second largest city).
* http://www.alltommalmo.se A (Swedish) site that hosts information about concerts, pubs, movies, theater, etc in Malmö (Swedens third largest city).
* [http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/ Ticket Master] (main UK ticket agency)
* [http://uktheatreguides.com/ UK Theatre Guides] multiple sites for UK theatre listings
**Requested by e-mail, 2007-09-03 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
 
=== hReview ===
[[hreview|hReview]] could be used on these sites:
 
====Government hReview====
=====UK Gov. hReview=====
*[http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ E-petitions] (in draft, and asking for suggested improvements}
** Requested by e-mail, 2006-12-01 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 11:48, 1 Dec 2006 (PST)
*** reply: "I've added it to our list of ideas." 2006-12-04 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 11:08, 4 Dec 2006 (PST)
 
====Wine Reviews====
Similar to http://corkd.com/ the following sites could very much benefit from being marked up with [[hreview|hReview]]:
* http://winecast.net/2007/07/25/wine-ratings-revisited-2/
* http://goodwineunder20.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-we-buy-wine.html
* http://www.winelifetoday.com/
 
====Other hReview====
* [http://www.imdb.com/ Internet Movie Database] (IMDb) for film reviews, e.g. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049291/ The Harder They Fall ]. [[User:AndyMabbett|AndyMabbett]] 02:49, 13 Nov 2006 (PST)
**Can't find contact info! [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**See also example, below.
* [http://www.dpreview.com/ Digital Photography Review]
** Requested by feedback form, 2007-01-18. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* [http://www.steves-digicams.com/ Steve's Digicams]
** Requested by e-mail, 2007-01-18. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* [http://www.librarything.com/ LibraryThing]
** e.g. [http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=trealawboy]
* [http://www.summize.com/ Summize]
* [http://www.listal.com/ Listal] for all reviews including [http://www.listal.com/reviews/books/1/books books].
** Requested by e-mail, 2007-05-29. [[User:DavidMead|David Mead]]
* [http://pownce.com Pownce]
** Requested a "rating" note-type which would produce hReview markup (see comment by pownce.com/t [http://pownce.com/leahculver/notes/621117/ in this thread]) [[User:Tantek|Tantek]] 13:12, 3 Sep 2007 (PDT)
 
===hAtom===
[[hatom|hAtom]] could be used on these sites:
 
====Government hAtom====
=====UK Gov.  hAtom=====
*[http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ E-petitions] (in draft, and asking for suggested improvements}
** Requested by e-mail, 2006-12-01 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 11:49, 1 Dec 2006 (PST)
*** reply: "I've added it to our list of ideas." 2006-12-04 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 11:07, 4 Dec 2006 (PST)
 
====Other hAtom====
* TV Listings (see hCalendar, above)
*[http://rbach.priv.at/Microformats-IRC/2006-11-13 IRC logs]
**E-mailed. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 10:29, 5 Dec 2006 (PST)
* hatom can be used to markup log files.  Basically log information is a feed of events. For more details, see the [http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2007-March/009038.html logging technique] discussed in on [http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2007-March/009038.html microformats-discuss].
 
=== Geo ===
Adding "[[geo|Geo]]" markup (inside [[hcard|hCard]] where appropriate) to these sites would make them even more useful:
 
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGPS WikiGPS]
**Under development; notified of Geo microformat 2007-03-23
*Collections of waypoints
**See also [[geo-waypoint-examples]]
*Upcoming
**Some events, e.g. [http://upcoming.org/event/128155/ Multipack February 2007] are tagged thus: <code>geo:lat=52.4784</code>, <code>geo:lon=-1.9096</code>. This could be rendered as a geo microformat. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**Requested on (now defunct) Upcoming wiki 2007-01-14
**[http://suggestions.yahoo.com/detail/?prop=upcoming&fid=14362 Repeated on new suggestion board]. 2007-03-30. '''Please vote for this suggestion''' [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer U.S. Gazetteer] e.g. [http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer?city=Birmingham&state=&zip=]
*[http://www.world-gazetteer.com/ World Gazetteer] e.g. [http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-81&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=&geo=512945809]
**Requested by e-mail, 2007-01-20 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/places GENUKI Gazetteer] (UK & Ireland) e.g. [http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/maplink?CCC=STS,GR=SP040940,PLACE=Great%20Barr]
**Requested via feedback form, 2007-01-20 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.confluence.org/ The Degree Confluence Project]
**Requested by e-mail, 2007-03-26 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.wikimapia.org/ WikiMapia]
**Requested by e-mail, 2007-03-27 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**Replied to say they're looking into it. 2007-03-29
*[http://www.jeeep.com/details/coord/translate.cgi?datum=83&lat=52.57265&lon=-1.911433&detail=1 Jeeep.com]
**Requested by e-mail, 2007-03-27 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**Advertised address bouncing, 2007-03-27
*[http://www.flagr.com/ Flagr]
**Using, but not (yet) displaying, coordinates
**Requested by e-mail, 2007-03-30; also suggested they display their coordinates, and mark them up as tags [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**Replied same day to say they will "talk it over internally"
*http://opencaching.de/
**Requires German speaker
*[http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/ GPS Visualizer]
**As well as publishing coordinates; produces maps and graphics from files of waypoints; could do thr same for pages with Geo.
**Requested by e-mail, 2007-09-07 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.globalmotion.com/wiki/Main_Page GlobalMotion]


Also:
However, it may be more useful to publishers if we created another section organized by type of site.
* Various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching#Geocache_listing_sites Geocache listing sites]


====Routes and tracks====
E.g.:
* [[education]] - how to add microformats to education sites, especially higher education sites.
* [[social networks]] - how to add microformats to social networks, especially for [[social-network-portability]].


* [http://www.tierrawiki.org/wiki/ TerraWiki]
etc.
* Featues, e.g. [http://www.tierrawiki.org/wiki/index.php/Mount_Marcy Mount Marcy]
** [http://www.tierrawiki.org/wiki/index.php/TierraWiki_talk:Community_Portal Requested on TerraWiki Community Portal] 2007-10-02 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]


Sites which currently offer ''downloadable'' routes or tracks (as KML, GPX or similar files) could also offer a "view on-line" option, with the coordinates listed on a web page, marked-up with Geo (and hCard) microformats, which could then be parsed with whatever tool the user chooses.:
== by microformat ==
<!-- spans with ids for preserving previous heading fragment id references -->
* <span id="hCard">[[hcard-advocacy]]</span>
** <span id="Geo">[[geo-advocacy]]</span>
** <span id="Adr">[[adr-advocacy]]</span>
* <span id="hCalendar"> [[hcalendar-advocacy]]</span>
* <span id="hReview">[[hreview-advocacy]]</span>
* <span id="hAtom">[[hatom-advocacy]]</span>
* <span id="rel-tag">[[rel-tag-advocacy]]</span>
* <span id="VoteLinks">[[vote-links-advocacy]]</span>
* <span id="XFN">[[xfn-advocacy]]</span>


*[http://www.sharemyroutes.com/ Share My Routes] (e.g. [http://www.sharemyroutes.com/routes/United-Kingdom/dales/Yorkshire-3-peaks/details.aspx])
=== h-entry ===
**Requested by feedback form, 2007-09-04 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* '''pump.io''' - add h-entry + h-card support to pump.io's web view:
* [http://www.tierrawiki.org/wiki/ TerraWiki]
** https://github.com/e14n/pump.io
**See above


=== Adr ===
== browsers ==
Adding "[[adr|Adr]]" markup to these sites would make them even more useful:
[[Browser]] support of microformats, both built-in, and via plug-ins and extension helps users make better use of the numerous existing sites that have microformats support, as well as encourage sites and site developers to add microformats support.
*Various postcode <--> address lookup sites
** e.g. [http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/addressfinder Royal Mail (UK)] - enter a valid postcode (e.g. "B13 9PW").


===rel-tag===
See [[browser-advocacy]].
====Google as rel-tag namespace====
A Google search for 'sparrow' resolves to http://www.google.com/search?&q=sparrow, if not the unwieldy http://www.google.com/search?hs=TUz&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&q=sparrow&btnG=Search - likewise http://www.google.com/search?&q=%22black+redstart%22 for ' "black redstart" '. If Google can be persuaded to also accept, say, '''<nowiki>http://www.google.com/search/sparrow</nowiki>''' and '''<nowiki>http://www.google.com/search/black_redstart</nowiki>''' as being equivalent (and assuming that the latter term searches for ' "black redstart" ', with the quote marks), then Google would become a namespace for rel-tag. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 00:15, 29 Nov 2006 (PST)


=== VoteLinks ===
== publishing tools ==
*[http://ma.gnolia.com Ma.gnolia]'s link rating system
Getting publishing tools adopt microformats will perhaps have the biggest impact on expanding the adoption and support of microformats.
**Requested: [http://wiki.ma.gnolia.com/Feature_Suggestions Feature Suggestions on wiki.ma.gnolia.com]
See [[cms]] for current publishing platform support.
* [[cms-advocacy]]
* [[blogging-tools-advocacy]]
Others:
* postlets.com - which crossposs to craigslist.com and other classifieds services. If they generated span+a microformats (which apparently survive posting into Craigstlist posting), the posters could get postings in hCard without any additional work.
** check oodle.com also.


=== XFN ===
== web agencies ==
==== Genealogy ====
More and more [[web-agencies]] are supporting microformats both on their own sites and on sites they build.


Pending a full-blown [[genealogy|genealogy microformat]], sites can be encouraged to use the existing [[XFN]] <code>rel</code> values for family members: "parent", "child", "sibling", "spouse" (with, of course, hCard). So could genealogy tools which generate family-tree web pages.
Getting more web design, development, etc. agencies and related efforts to adopt microformats also has the indirect benefit of them supporting microformats in the sites they build and develop.


<div id="Various">
If you are a strong and vocal supporter of microformats in your work, please feel free to add yourself to the
* [[web-agencies]] page


=== Multiple microformats ===
== online tutorials ==
The following site(s) could benefit greatly from having multiple microformats added to their pages:
Add [[microformats2]] to topical online tutorials, especially if they already have classic microformats examples that can be updated.
*eBay  (.com and localised versions)
** '''hCard''' - Buyer and seller address details.
** '''hCalendar''' - Auction end date/times.
** '''hReview''' - Feedback.
** '''hAtom''' - Recent purchases/ won/ lost/ watching etc.
**'''Requested''' by feedback form, 2006-12-05. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**[http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2006-December/007531.html eBay response of 2006-12-08]
* IMDB, e.g. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413267/
** hReview for all the review data
** hCard for all the people
** tags for film/plot/other tags
** [http://tantek.com/microformats/2007/imdb-title-tt0413267uf.html title/tt0413267 with microformats] - hReview for the whole page for the item with overall rating, name, photo, tags.  hCards for the directors/actors. [[User:Tantek|Tantek]] 19:20, 21 May 2007 (PDT)
***Could also use tag on year (also on Sound Mix, Certification and actor-names if URLs allowed this). [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 02:23, 22 May 2007 (PDT)
** [[media-info]] microformat once there is one.
** '''Requested''' 2007-08-31; received only a generic boilerplate reply. '''Does anyone have a direct contact there?''' [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.wikioutdoors.com/ WikiOutdoors]
**Could use hCard, Geo, and others
**'''Requested''', 2007-03-14
**[http://www.wikioutdoors.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=80#80 Considering] [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 04:17, 15 Mar 2007 (PDT)
*[http://www.discogs.com/ Discogs]
**hCard for artist bios, record company details
**hCard for user profiles
**hReview for album ratings
**audio microformat, when ready, for discographies
**'''Requested''', 2007-08-30 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* [http://www.spock.com/ SPOCK]
** Could use hCard on the search results (this is a search engine for people after all)
** rel-tag namespace possibly
** VoteLinks
**'''Requested''', 2007-09-13 [[User:DavidMead|David Mead]]
* [http://www.MotorwayServices.info Motorway Services Info] (UK)
**hCard (& Geo)
**hReview
**'''Requested''' by e-mail, 2007-09-21 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/ Find-a-Grave]
** hCard, Geo, hReview (the latter for the "were they famous?" feature)
** '''Requested''' in [http://www.findagrave.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=82452#Post82452 forum post 2007-09-26]. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* Various [http://www.mysociety.org/projects MySociety sites]
** hCard, geo, hCalendar, rel-tag etc.
**'''Requested''', 2007-10-12, by e-mail to developers' mailing list. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* [http://www.journa-list.com/ Journa-list]
** hCard, rel-tag
**'''Requested''', 2007-10-13, by e-mail. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* [http://www.heavens-above.com/ Heavens Above]
**Satellite-tracking, e.g. [http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=52.48077&lng=-1.90197&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET]
** hCalendar, hCard+Geo, possibly hAtom
** '''Requested''' by e-mail, some time ago. Reminder sent 2007-10-13. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* <span id="Foodbuzz">[http://www.foodbuzz.com/ Foodbuzz]</span> - a food, restaurant review, afficionado site
** [[hcard|hCards]] for restaurant listings e.g. [http://www.foodbuzz.com/restaurants/us/california/saratoga/14039-plumed-horse Plumed Horse]
** [[hcard-supporting-user-profiles|hCards for user profiles]] e.g. [http://www.foodbuzz.com/profile/ryanthegirl ryanthegirl]
** [[hcard-xfn-supporting-friends-lists|hCard+XFN for friends lists]] e.g. [http://www.foodbuzz.com/profile/ryanthegirl/foodies foodies list]
** [[hreview|hReviews]] for reviews
** [[hatom|hAtom]] for blog posts
** a potential [[recipe]] microformat for recipes
** a potential [[media-info]] microformat for photos and videos
** ... all '''Requested''' in person to site founder Scott Thorpe at [http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/270906 SuperHappyDevHouse 20] [[User:Tantek|Tantek]] 21:18, 13 Oct 2007 (PDT)


</div> <!-- end of id="Various" -->
* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5125856/should-i-use-meta-name-author-content-your-name-or-link-rel-author-hr
** has [[hCard]] example that should be updated to [[h-card]]


====IT News sites====
== multiple microformats ==
There is obviously a great deal of publicity to be gained, by having microformats used on sites about IT developments, which are likely to be read by people in a position to have microformats used, and microformat tools implemented, in their organisations. Please add to this list!
<span id="Various">In general add such sites to the page for the primary microformat which would benefit from the sites' support. See above.</span>
*[http://www.theregister.co.uk/ The Register] (UK)
**'''Requested''' by e-mail, 2006-12-14. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.ziffdavis.com/ Ziff-Davis] media sites, e.g:
**[http://www.microsoft-watch.com/ Microsoft Watch]
**[http://www.linux-watch.com/ Linux Watch]
**[http://www.extremetech.com/ Extreme Tech]
**[http://www.webbuyersguide.com/ Web Buyer's Guide]
**Requested at corporate level, 2006-12-14. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* [http://www.netmag.co.uk .Net magazine (UK)] (issue dated December 2006, has tutorial on microformats, by Rachel Andrew)
**'''Requested''' by e-mail, 2006-12-14. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* ...
 
====Other high-profile IT sites====
*[http://www.useit.com/ Jakob Nielsen's 'Use It'] and his [http://www.nngroup.com/ Nielsen Norman Group]
**'''Requested''' by e-mail, 2007-01-06. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2007/ AtMedia2007]
**'''Requested''' via feedback form, 2007-01-18. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**Are using hCard, but will not use hCalendar, saying: "There are aspects of hCalendar that we are not happy using in this situation [...] It surrounds the use of the abbr element, particularly surrounding times in a table cell (the schedule will be slotted into a table once it is ready)." 2007-01-20. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* ...
 
====Science + Technology====
*[http://www.eurekalert.org/ Eurekalert]
**'''Requested''' via e-mail, 2007-01-20. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
 
== Adding Microformats to Applications ==
 
User-agents (browsers, etc.) should support microformats natively. For instance, a user should not need to use a third party application or web service to add address details or events from a microformat-using web page to their address book or calendar program.
 
===Browsers===
 
In addition to the following, third-party developers should be encouraged to make their relevant browser add-ons microforamt aware; or to create new add-ons with microformat capabilities.
 
====Firefox====
===== Firefox developments =====
*Mozilla are "brainstorming" developments for Firefox 3.0 and beyond, and have a page on microformat handling at http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Feature_Brainstorming:Microformat_Handling
 
=====ReminderFox=====
*The makers of the [http://reminderfox.mozdev.org/ ReminderFox] extension have put hCalendar support on their [http://reminderfox.mozdev.org/userrequests.html ReminderFox "to do" list].
 
=====LinkAlert=====
*The [http://conlan89.googlepages.com/linkalert LinkAlert] extension could signal when a link is marked as a tag (likewise for other "rel" attributes). [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**Requested by e-mail 2006-12-29. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**Response 2007-01-07: "Thank you for your feedback, I will consider adding [...] rel in a future update."
 
=====GreaseMap=====
*[http://www.vinq.com/greasemap/ GreaseMap]: Geo/ Adr/ hCard/ hCalendar; requested by e-mail 2007-08-13 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
 
====Opera====
* First reference to "microformats" in the [http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=169975&t=1166045417&page=1#comment1851680 Opera forums]. 2006-12-13 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.operamini.com/ Opera Mini] (and other browsers on telephones) could especially benefit from recognising the "tel" attributes of hCard, and allowing users to dial numbers found on-line.
**[http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=169978 Proposed on forum] 2006-12-13 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* We've been looking into Microformats for a while, and we are in the process of rolling out Microformats support on [http://my.opera.com/ My Opera] and [http://dev.opera.com/ Dev Opera].  Feel free to contact me with any additional suggestions of what you'd like to see. - [[User:DStorey|David Storey]]
 
===Screenreaders===
*Screenreaders (e.g [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp Jaws]) could recognise telephone number components of hCards, to differentiate them from other strings of digits. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 13:02, 9 Dec 2006 (PST)
** Additional to this, I believe that screen reader users would benefit from being able to recognise any of the microformats.  For example, there is value in being verbally notified that a page contains "1 contact and 3 events", or being able to seek out rel attributes with help values. [[User:Phae|Frances Berriman]]
 
 
===Publishing Platforms===
 
====Blogger====
* Chris Messina is [http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/09/02/on-open-letter-to-blogger/ advocating more support in Blogger]
 
====Drupal====
*There's a Drupal group for discussing/advocating/implementing [http://groups.drupal.org/microformats-in-drupal microformats in Drupal]
 
====MediaWiki====
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki]
** See above references to Wikipedia, which runs on MediaWiki (as does this wiki)
 
====phpBB====
 
I am attempting to find out how best to incorporate microformats into the posting system, now that the programmers have removed XHTML from the posting interface. [http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=577689 I've posted wrt this topic] in the official forum; no response as of right now. --[[User:CarlaHufstedler|Carla]] 17:08, 8 Sep 2007 (PDT)
 
I did discover, however, [http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=578596 how to change the existing BBCode] (the shortcuts that are programmed in and present when you install phpBB) for <nowiki><bold></nowiki> and <nowiki><italic></nowiki> to <nowiki><strong></nowiki> and <nowiki><em></nowiki>, which I will be doing now...so there's something, at least. :) --[[User:CarlaHufstedler|Carla]] 17:08, 8 Sep 2007 (PDT)
 
====Plone====
*[http://plone.org/ Plone] is an Open Source Content Management System ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plone_(content_management_system) Plone on Wikipedia]).
**See this [http://plone.org/events/sprints/past-sprints/calsprint/SprintTopics/?searchterm=microformats 2005 Plone user comment]
**[http://dev.plone.org/plone/ticket/5351 Plone feature request for rel-tag]
**[http://dev.plone.org/plone/ticket/6050 Plone feature request for microformats], submitted 2007-01-06 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
 
==== Semantic MediaWiki ====
 
* [http://wiki.ontoworld.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki wiki.ontoworld.org/Semantic_MediaWiki] &#8212; A semantic version of MediaWiki
** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_MediaWiki Extension used to implement it]
** [http://sourceforge.net/projects/semediawiki/ Sourceforge project page]
<br />
* Extension: [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms Semantic Forms]
** [http://discoursedb.org/SemanticForms/ Semantic Forms homepage]
<br />
* MediaWiki category: [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Data_extraction_extensions Data extraction extensions]
 
== Adding Microformats to Web Services ==
 
===30Boxes===
*[http://30boxes.com/ 30Boxes] could accept a URL, parse the page for hCalendar microformats, then present a list to the user. These could be selected (via check-boxes) and uploaded. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 13:41, 14 Jan 2007 (PST)
**[http://30boxes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8289#8289 Upload of hCalendars requested on 30Boxes forum] 2007-01-14
 
===ClearForest===
*[http://sws.clearforest.com/ ClearForest Semantic Web Services ] - uses natural language processing tools to recognise people, organisations, places, events and CVs (resumes) in web pages. Would benefit from recognising hCard, hResume, hCalendar, Geo, Adr, etc. Could also use them in its output. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 05:09, 6 Dec 2006 (PST)
 
=== [http://ma.gnolia.com ma.gnolia] ===


== successes ==
=== Magnolia ===
[http://ma.gnolia.com ma.gnolia] supports many microformats. These should all be incorporated into the [[examples-in-the-wild]] pages for each specific microformat.
* [http://wiki.ma.gnolia.com/Microformat_Feature_Requests Microformat Feature Requests on ma.gnolia wiki]
* [http://wiki.ma.gnolia.com/Microformat_Feature_Requests Microformat Feature Requests on ma.gnolia wiki]
* {{SuccessMarker}} [http://ma.gnolia.com ma.gnolia] is implementing semantic features and microformats quickly. Here's a screenshot of my ma.gnolia page, and the Firefox [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4106 Operator extension]'s response to its code. Shiny. :) --[[User:CarlaHufstedler|Carla]] 10:30, 1 Sep 2007 (PDT)<br />
* {{SuccessMarker}} [http://ma.gnolia.com ma.gnolia] is implementing semantic features and microformats quickly. Here's a screenshot of my ma.gnolia page, and the Firefox [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4106 Operator extension]'s response to its code. Shiny. :) --[[User:CarlaHufstedler|Carla]] 10:30, 1 Sep 2007 (PDT)<br />
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* {{SuccessMarker}} added a [http://wiki.ma.gnolia.com/Category:Microformats microformats category] to the ma.gnolia wiki, with information, and then added it to appropriate pages --[[User:CarlaHufstedler|Carla]] 10:37, 3 Sep 2007 (PDT)
* {{SuccessMarker}} added a [http://wiki.ma.gnolia.com/Category:Microformats microformats category] to the ma.gnolia wiki, with information, and then added it to appropriate pages --[[User:CarlaHufstedler|Carla]] 10:37, 3 Sep 2007 (PDT)


===Upcoming===
=== OpenStreetMap ===
*[http://upcoming.org/ Upcoming] could accept a URL, parse the page for hCalendar microformats, then present a list to the user. These could be selected (via check-boxes) and uploaded. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
* I've just added Geo to OpenStreetMap documentation pages - see [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Birmingham Birmingham page on OpenStreetMap] for example. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 02:39, 6 Apr 2007 (PDT)
**[http://community.upcoming.org/w/index.php/Suggestion_Box#Upload_events_from_microformatted_pages Upload of hCalendars requested on Upcoming wiki] 2007-01-14
* [http://www.openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap] uses the geo microformat on its wiki for place pages (added by [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/User:Pigsonthewing Andy Mabbett]) and also on the GPS trace pages and diary entry pages ([http://www.dankarran.com/blog/archives/2007/09/04/pinpoint_your_openstreetmap_diary_entries.php added] by [http://www.dankarran.com Dan Karran]).
 
== Successes ==


=== Wikipedia ===
For successes on Wikipedia, see the list of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Templates_generating_microformats Wikipedia templates generating microformats].
For successes on Wikipedia, see the list of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Templates_generating_microformats Wikipedia templates generating microformats].


=== hCard Successes ===
See also the individual microformats advocacy pages for specific microformat successes.
 
:See [[hcard-advocacy#Successes]]
 
=== hCalendar Successes===
 
*Details of hCalendar should be added to the [http://www.imc.org/pdi/ Internet Mail Consortium's vCalendar page]
**Requested by e-mail, 2006-11-24 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**'''Success''' achieved 2006-11-27. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.radiotimes.com/ Radio Times] (BBC, UK)
** Requested by e-mail [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
** {{SuccessMarker}} 2007-03
 
=== hReview successes ===
*[http://www.birderslibrary.com/ The Birder's Library]
**[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=779886#post779886 Requested]; confirmed under development, 2006-12-18.
** '''Success''' e.g. [http://www.birderslibrary.com/reviews/dvd/audubon_video_guide.htm Audubon VideoGuide to 505 Birds of North America]. Apparently from 2007-01-18 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
 
===Geo Successes===
*Wikitravel
**All articles on places, e.g. [http://wikitravel.org/en/Birmingham_%28England%29 Wikitravel guide to Birmingham, England]
**See also [http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Microformats Wikitravel:Microformats]
**achieved 2006-12-13, per [http://wikitravel.org/shared/Tech:Add_SpecialMap_using_Mapstraction_link_for_geo-tagged_pages_and_for_single_listings] see, for example, [http://wikitravel.org/en/Birmingham_%28England%29 Wikitravel guide to Birmingham, England] [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.poi66.com/ POI66]
**Requested by e-mail, 2007-03-23 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**over '''58,500''' waypoints geo-formatted, in under 4 hours from initial contact!
*[http://www.geograph.org.uk Geograph British Isles]
**Requested by feedback form, 2007-03-26 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
** over '''370,000''' examples, within 30 minutes of request being submitted!
*[http://www.addressfix.com/ AddressFix]
**Requested via feedback form, 2007-01-26 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**valid postal addresses/ places converted, within one day of request being submitted.
*Wikipedia
**Wikipedia-EN
***Articles on places, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barr Wikipedia - Great Barr] (roll-out ongoing)  2007-03
****Many broken; now using hidden metadata, 2007-09-03
***'''All''' map link pages linked to from the same, e.g. [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?params=52.548_N_1.932_W_ maps for Wikipedia-EN article on Great Barr]  2007-03
***See also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Microformats WikiProject Microformats]
**Wikipedia-DE
***'''All''' map link pages e.g. [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?language=de&params=52_28_47_N_1_53_51_W_type:city_region:GB maps for Wikipedia-DE article on Birmingham]
**Wikipedia-NL
***'''All''' map link pages  e.g. [http://www.nsesoftware.nl/wiki/maps.asp?params=52_28_47_N_1_53_51_W_type:city_region:GB&src=Birmingham_%28Engeland%29 maps for Wikipedia-NL article on Birmingham]
**GIS-Wiki's "[http://www.giswiki.org/hjl_get_CoorE.htm hjl_getCoor]" now outputs Geo markup, from a Google Maps API.
*[http://gc.kls2.com/ Great Circle Mapper] ("GCM"; e.g. [http://tinyurl.com/yugscj sample GCM trip], [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/BHX BHX on GCM])
**Requested by e-mail, 2007-06-21 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**{{SuccessMarker}} Confirmed in use, 2007-06-23
 
==Rejections==
 
===hCalendar rejections===
*[http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/bank-public-holidays/index.html DTI: Bank Holidays] (not Scotland)
** Requested by e-mail, 2006-11-13 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
***Response: "At the moment we have no plans to use hCalendar or hCard coding due to unresolved concerns about accessibility issues (especially text-to-speech readers), however, we thank you for your suggestion."
***Request for clarification of concerns unanswered.
 
===Geo rejections===
*[http://www.geocaching.com/ geocaching.com]
**Requested via feedback form, 2007-01-27 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**"The true benefit of this appears to be allowing sharing between sites [this] is something that GC specifically guards against so would be a major detriment. And most importantly when discussing a site or piece of software that is running smoothly, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. There just does not seem to be a benefit to GC's current plans." 2007-04-02
 
== Comparisons With Alternative Approaches ==


=== CalDAV ===
Specifics:
The CalDAV protocol should not be considered an 'alternative' approach as the two are not mutually exclusive. For more information, see:
*http://ietf.osafoundation.org/caldav/
*http://trac.calendarserver.org/projects/calendarserver


====Apple Support Tickets====
Geo on Wikipedia:
* Calendar Server hCalendar input/output: http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/calendarserver/ticket/19
*Wikipedia-IT now has Geo on all  [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciale:PuntanoQui/Template:Coord pages using the ''coord'' template], e.g. [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messina Messina]. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 07:05, 26 May 2007 (PDT)
* Wiki Server hCalendar output (internal RADAR ticket [rdar://5180875/])
*I've added geo to [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Location_dec_US all images tagged in Wikimedia Commons] using decimal values. Example: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Montreal_City_Hall_Jan_2006.jpg Montreal City Hall, Jan 2006]  [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 08:54, 12 Apr 2007 (PDT)
**Now on pages tagged in D-M-S also.
* Wikipedia-NL now has Geo on all its map-links pages, e.g. [http://www.nsesoftware.nl/wiki/maps.asp?params=52_28_47_N_1_53_51_W_type:city_region:GB&src=Birmingham_%28Engeland%29 maps for Wikipedia-NL article on Birmingham]
**Called from '''87,724''' article pages as of 2006-04-09; reportedly the sixth most popular website in the Netherlands [http://www.multiscope.nl/organisatie/nieuws/sberichten/nederlandse-wikipedia-groeit-als-kool.html].
* I recently added Geo to Wikipedia-DE's map link pages  e.g. [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?language=de&params=52_28_47_N_1_53_51_W_type:city_region:GB maps for Wikipedia-DE article on Birmingham]. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 14:27, 9 Apr 2007 (PDT)


====Mailing List Threads====
* I've [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AGeoTemplate&diff=119003866&oldid=118216477 just added] Geo to Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:GeoTemplate GeoTemplate] which is called by '''many thousands''' of other Wikipedia pages. Example: the coordinates (top right) in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barr] link to [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?params=52.54833_N_1.93212_W_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SP047945)]; the latter now has a Geo microformat. [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]] 03:38, 30 Mar 2007 (PDT)
* [http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2006-October/006584.html Microformats vs. CalDAV?] October 2006
** [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kolossos/wp-world/imageworld-art.php Map showing global distribution of Geo-tagged Wikipedia articles].


=== Microsoft Exchange Server ===
== old ==
Exchnage Server info to be added.
These sites have shown no activity for 6 months or more and thus are perhaps not worth the effort.
*<span id="ClearForest">[http://sws.clearforest.com/ ClearForest Semantic Web Services ]</span> - uses natural language processing tools to recognise people, organisations, places, events and CVs (resumes) in web pages. Would benefit from recognising hCard, hResume, hCalendar, Geo, Adr, etc. Could also use them in its output.


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

Latest revision as of 16:20, 18 July 2020


A lot can be done to help advocate the use of microformats. Often, simply by taking an existing site, and adding the suggested microformatting to a few of its pages as examples is all that is necessary to help the developers of the site add the microformats to the site itself. Applications, such as browsers, could also use some guidance on how to best support microformats.

Sometimes advocacy requires comparison and analysis of alternative technologies or approaches. As Mike Schinkel pointed out, we need good answers to comments like "No, we're going to use XYZ instead...".

The goal for this page is to include pointers for how to advocate microformats on new sites and on existing sites that are considering or using alternative approaches, as well as applications that can benefit from supporting microformats.

For general resources for marketing microformats, see spread-microformats.

Adding microformats to Existing Sites

Add sites here that you think would benefit from the addition of microformats. For now they are grouped by the microformat which would primarily benefit the site. Feel free to take a look at some of the sites on this list, document sample pages to be microformatted, add microformats to them, and then add the before/after of the key sections of mark-up to another wiki page for that site.

Successes are also noted; the most recent are flagged as Success!.

If your successes resulted from emails that you sent to site owners/developers, please consider sharing your successful advocacy emails on the advocacy-email-samples page, and along with each email sample, list the sites which responded positively to your email. This way others in the community can learn from your success and hopefully use your email samples to contact additional sites and get them to adopt microformats.

organization

For now this section is organized primarily by microformat, as that's easier for the community to document and keep track of.

However, it may be more useful to publishers if we created another section organized by type of site.

E.g.:

etc.

by microformat

h-entry

browsers

Browser support of microformats, both built-in, and via plug-ins and extension helps users make better use of the numerous existing sites that have microformats support, as well as encourage sites and site developers to add microformats support.

See browser-advocacy.

publishing tools

Getting publishing tools adopt microformats will perhaps have the biggest impact on expanding the adoption and support of microformats. See cms for current publishing platform support.

Others:

  • postlets.com - which crossposs to craigslist.com and other classifieds services. If they generated span+a microformats (which apparently survive posting into Craigstlist posting), the posters could get postings in hCard without any additional work.
    • check oodle.com also.

web agencies

More and more web-agencies are supporting microformats both on their own sites and on sites they build.

Getting more web design, development, etc. agencies and related efforts to adopt microformats also has the indirect benefit of them supporting microformats in the sites they build and develop.

If you are a strong and vocal supporter of microformats in your work, please feel free to add yourself to the

online tutorials

Add microformats2 to topical online tutorials, especially if they already have classic microformats examples that can be updated.

multiple microformats

In general add such sites to the page for the primary microformat which would benefit from the sites' support. See above.

successes

Magnolia

ma.gnolia supports many microformats. These should all be incorporated into the examples-in-the-wild pages for each specific microformat.

1296152892_20108bd860_d.jpg (click for larger version)

  • Success! added a microformats category to the ma.gnolia wiki, with information, and then added it to appropriate pages --Carla 10:37, 3 Sep 2007 (PDT)

OpenStreetMap

Wikipedia

For successes on Wikipedia, see the list of Wikipedia templates generating microformats.

See also the individual microformats advocacy pages for specific microformat successes.

Specifics:

Geo on Wikipedia:

old

These sites have shown no activity for 6 months or more and thus are perhaps not worth the effort.

  • ClearForest Semantic Web Services - uses natural language processing tools to recognise people, organisations, places, events and CVs (resumes) in web pages. Would benefit from recognising hCard, hResume, hCalendar, Geo, Adr, etc. Could also use them in its output.

See Also