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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Microformats Debugging}}

Conformance checkers, validators, linting tools and debuggers.

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== general microformats tools ==

===Optimus===
{{main|Optimus}}

[[Optimus]] is a microformats transformer and validator that supports numerous microformats including [[hCard]], [[hCalendar]], [[hReview]], [[hAtom]] (note: [[optimus-issues#hAtom_validation|hAtom validation issues]]).

Get the [http://tantek.com/favelets/#optimus-validator Optimus microformats validator favelet]. Blog post: [http://microformats.org/blog/2009/05/27/placemaker-optimus-validator/#optimus-favelet validator browser button].

Please add issues to the [[optimus-issues]] page.

===Operator Debugger===
{{main|Operator}}
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4106/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4106/]

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 ===
* [http://tools.microformatic.com/help/xhtml/rel-lint/ http://tools.microformatic.com/help/xhtml/rel-lint/]

Rel-Lint provides linting and inspection of [[rel-tag|rel-tag]] and [[xfn|XFN]] (by [[implementors#Drew_McLellan|Drew McLellan]])

=== Rails assert microformats ===
* [[User:GeorgeBrock|George Brocklehurst]] has written open source code and a post explaining how to do  [http://blog.georgebrock.com/projects/testing-microformats-in-rails-applications-with-assert-microformats testing microformats in Rails applications with assert-microformats].

== microformats specific tools ==
=== [[hCard]] ===

* [http://hcard.geekhood.net/ The unofficial hCard Validator]
* Also try the [http://h2vx.com/vcf/ H2VX Contacts Conversion Service].
* The [http://srv.buzzword.org.uk Cognition web service] includes hCard error messages and warnings using [http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10/ EARL] as part of the RDF output — hopefully other microformats will be covered in the near future.

=== [[hCalendar]] ===
* Try the [http://h2vx.com/ics/ H2VX Events Conversion Service].

== related ==
* [[implementations]]
* [[tests]]
* [[test-suite]]
* [[validators]]