suggested-reading

From Microformats

Suggested Reading

The following resources provide a lot of background on the Web, web design, semantic markup (as described in the introduction) which provided much of the bases for microformats.

SXSW required reading (http://www.tantek.com/log/2005/03.html#d11t0943)

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Stub note

This page is a stub and could certainly use some contributions, e.g. copy the references from the above blog post and put them inline here. - Tantek (http://tantek.com/log/)

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Background

The Web is Ruined and I Ruined it (http://www.xml.com/pub/a/w3j/s1.people.html) - David Siegel

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Markup Semantics

SimpleQuiz (http://www.simplebits.com/bits/simplequiz/)- Dan Cederholm
Spelling and grammar not the same (http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0803a.shtml#spelling) - Jeffrey Zeldman
Who Cares about Semantics Anyway? (http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2005/05/30/who_cares_ab/) - Dave Shea
Use class with semantics in mind. (http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/goodclassnames) - Sybren Stuvel

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Web Standards

Web Standards Solutions (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590593812/qid=1125089508/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-5006181-4397665?v=glance&s=books&n=507846), Cederholm
Designing with Web Standards (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735712018/qid=1125089508/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-5006181-4397665?v=glance&s=books&n=507846), Zeldman

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REST

One parallel that can be drawn is between microformats and REST in the web services world, i.e. see this comparison of microformats and REST (http://www.windley.com/archives/2005/07/microformats.shtml). See the REST wiki (http://rest.blueoxen.net) for more about REST. Related microformats and microprotocols (http://patricklogan.blogspot.com/2006/01/microformat-microprotocol.html).

See also: Web Services and the Innovators Dilemma (http://www.justinleavesley.com/journal/2005/7/28/web-services-and-the-innovators-dilemma.html) by Justin Leavesley

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