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2006-06-29T23:08:26Z

AndyBaio:

== Objects and Browser Behavior ==

Over at Yahoo! Local, we were using the object include pattern for all our hReviews on business detail pages and review listings. That is, until we realized that Safari and Internet Explorer both try to embed the entire page with every OBJECT call. (Firefox correctly recognizes that it's a local object and doesn't reload anything.)

On a page with 20+ reviews, this means a substantial increase in load time and memory consumption. As a result of this (bad) browser behavior, we removed the objects entirely.

Any suggestions for workarounds or modifications to the pattern?

-- AndyBaio

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2006-06-29T23:04:10Z

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= Microformats Wiki =

'''Please read [[how-to-play]] before making any edits.'''

'''Please read [[process]] before proposing any new microformats.'''

== Introduction ==

[[what-are-microformats|What are microformats]]? And [[what-can-you-do-with-microformats|what can you do with them]]? See the [http://microformats.org/about/ about page] for an overview, and the [[introduction]] page for more info. Recent [[press]], [[presentations]], [[podcasts]], and [[screencasts]] are also a good place for some background reading/listening. Frequently asked questions are answered in the [[faq]]. Want something or want to contribute? Help with things [[to-do]]. Want to learn more in person? Check out microformats [[events]].

One popular definition from our [http://microformats.org/discuss/ mailing list] (see also: [[mailing-lists]]) is "simple conventions for embedding semantics in HTML to enable decentralized development." More precisely, microformats can be defined as:
:simple conventions
:for embedding semantic markup
::for a specific problem domain
:in human-readable (X)HTML/XML documents, Atom/RSS feeds, and "plain" XML
::that normalize existing content usage patterns
::using brief, descriptive class names
::often based on existing interoperable standards
:to enable decentralized development
::of resources, tools, and services

"Or do you just use your browser to browse? That's so 20th century." -- [http://diveintomark.org Mark Pilgrim]

== Specifications ==
[[microformats|Microformats]] open standards specifications (see also: [[implementations]])
* [[hcalendar|hCalendar]]
* [[hcard|hCard]]
* [[rel-license]]
* [[rel-nofollow]]
* [[rel-tag]]
* [[vote-links|VoteLinks]]
* [http://gmpg.org/xfn/ XFN] (see also: [[xfn-implementations]])
* [http://gmpg.org/xmdp/ XMDP]
* [[xoxo|XOXO]]

== Drafts ==
* [[adr|adr]]
* [[geo|geo]]
* [[hatom|hAtom]] {{NewMarker}}
* [[hresume|hResume]] {{NewMarker}}
* [[hreview|hReview]]
* [[rel-directory]]
* [[rel-enclosure]]
* [[rel-home]]
* [[relpayment-research | rel-payment]]
* [[robots-exclusion|Robots Exclusion]]
* [[xfolk|xFolk]]

== Design Patterns ==

Design patterns give microformat authors a vocabulary for expressing their ideas consistently with what has already been done. ''If you're tempted to try your hand at writing a microformat '''[[process|read this first]]'''!''

* [[abbr-design-pattern]]
* [[class-design-pattern]]
* [[datetime-design-pattern]]
* [[existing-classes|class names defined across all microformats]]
* [[include-pattern]] {{NewMarker}}
** [[include-pattern-feedback]]
* [[rel-design-pattern]]

== Exploratory discussions ==
Research and analysis of real-world [[examples]], existing formats, and brainstorming to motivate the microformat.
*[[attention]]
* blog description [[blog-description-examples|examples]]
* blog info [[blog-info-examples|examples]]
* blog post [[blog-post-examples|examples]], [[blog-post-formats|formats]], and [[blog-post-brainstorming|brainstorming]] (yielded the [[hatom|hAtom]] draft)
* book [[book-examples|examples]], [[book-formats|formats]], and [[book-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* chat [[chat-examples|examples]], [[chat-formats|formats]], and [[chat-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* citation [[citation|effort]], [[citation-examples|examples]], [[citation-formats|formats]], [[citation-brainstorming|brainstorming]], and [[citation-faq|FAQ]]
* comment [[comment-problem|problem]], [[comment-examples|examples]], and [[comments-formats|formats]] (Some stuff needs to be extracted from [[comments-formats]])
* directions [[directions-examples|examples]] {{NewMarker}}
* directory inclusion [[directory-inclusion-examples|examples]], [[directory-inclusion-formats|formats]]. (see also [[rel-directory]])
* distributed conversation [[distributed-conversation|overview]], [[distributed-conversation-brainstorming|brainstorming]], [[distributed-conversation-examples|examples]], and [[distributed-conversation-formats|formats]]
* forms [[forms-examples|examples]]
* genealogy [[genealogy-formats|examples]]
* hash [[hash-examples|examples]]
* last modified [[last-modified-examples|examples]], [[last-modified-formats|formats]], and [[last-modified-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* hListing [[hlisting-proposal|proposal]], and [[hlisting-feedback|feedback]] {{NewMarker}}
** Also, listing [[listing-examples|examples]], [[listing-formats|formats]], and [[listing-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* location [[location-formats|formats]]. (see also [[adr]] and [[geo]])
* media info [[media-info-examples|examples]]
* meeting minutes [[meeting-minutes-examples|examples]], [[meeting-minutes-formats|formats]], and [[meeting-minutes-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* [[mfo-examples|MFO examples]]
* music [[music-examples|examples]]
* photo note [[photo-note-examples|examples]]
* recipe [[recipe-examples|examples]]
* rel-product [[rel-product-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* requirements testing [[requirements-testing|overview]], and [[requirements-testing-examples|examples]]
* [[rest-examples|REST examples]]
* resume [[resume-brainstorming|brainstorming]], and [[resume-formats|formats]]
* review [[review-examples|examples]], and [[review-formats|formats]] (yielded the [[hreview|hReview]] draft)
* search results [[search-results-example|example]]
* show [[show-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* showroll [[showroll-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* table [[table-examples|examples]]
* tagspeak [[tagspeak-examples|examples]]
* transit table [[transit-table-examples|examples]]
* [[uid]]
* widget [[widget-examples|examples]], and [[widget-brainstorming|brainstorming]]
* [[wiki-formats|wiki formats]]
* work of art [[work-of-art|overview]], [[workofart-examples|examples]], [[workofart-examples|formats]], and [[workofart-brainstorming|brainstorming]] {{NewMarker}}
*[[xmdp-brainstorming|XMDP brainstorming]] (see also [[xmdp-faq]])

== Examples ==
* [[examples]]
* [[zen-garden]]

== Tools & Test Cases & Additional Research ==

The first place to look for examples, code, and test cases is in the pages for each individual microformat. There are only a few cross-cutting tools and services that need to process more than one microformat. This section is intended for editors, parsers, validators, test cases, and other information relevant across multiple microformats.

*[[parsing-microformats]]
*[[selected-test-cases-from-the-web]]
*[http://hg.microformats.org/ Source code repository]
*[[vcard-implementations]], [[vcard-errata]]
*[[icalendar-implementations]]
*[[faqs-for-rdf]]
*[[why-are-content-standards-hard]]

== shared work areas ==
* [[buttons]] {{NewMarker}}
* [[demo]] - a page with links for quickly demonstrating microformats working in practice.
* [[events]] {{NewMarker}}
* [[to-do]]
* [[user-interface]]
* [[marked-for-deletion]]

== microformats wiki in other languages ==

You may read and edit microformats articles in many other languages:

* languages with over 50 articles
** [[Main_Page-fr|Français (French)]] {{NewMarker-fr}}
* languages with over 2 articles
** [[Main_Page-jp|日本語 (Japanese)]]
** [[Main_Page-sp|Español (Spanish)]]

==== microformats translations elsewhere ====
These are offsite pages/sites with translations about microformats. If you are working on one of these, please consider translating the main microformats website!
* [http://mikroformate.pbwiki.com/ Deutsch (German) mikroformate.pbwiki.com] {{NewMarker}}

=== Start a microformats wiki in another language ===

Don't see the language you want? Help translate the microformats wiki into another language!

We're still figuring this out.

For now, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Multilingual_coordination Wikipedia page on Multilingual coordination], and [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/How_to_start_a_new_Wikipedia How to start a new Wikipedia] for some good general tips, advice, and community conventions.

You may want to start with the list of [[stable-pages]], which are pages that are relatively stable, and have only minimal/editorial changes, which makes them much easier to keep in sync with the English versions, by using the [[Special:Watchlist|my watchlist]] feature (use it to watch the pages you've translated for changes).

Page naming: for the translated version of a page, use the same name for the page, and simply add the RFC 3066 language identifier code as a dash suffix. E.g. for the French version, [[Main_Page]] becomes [[Main_Page-fr]], and [[how-to-play]] becomes [[how-to-play-fr]].

==== more languages folks want to see ====

* Chinese: 微格式 (Microformats) (see [http://msittig.blogspot.com/2005/11/since-i-translated-schedule-of.html source of translation])

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