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=Microformats Glossary=

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;microformat 
:See http://microformats.org/about/.

;@
:in the context of, say, ''@rel'', this is shorthand for ''attribute'', so "''the @rel''" should be read as "''the rel attribute''"

;anti-pattern
:see [[anti-patterns]]

;anti design pattern
:see [[anti-design-patterns]]

;attribute
:HTML attribute. see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_element HTML element on Wikipedia]

;autodiscovery
:see discovery

;class
:HTML class attribute

;compound microformat
:See [[compound-microformat]]

;content type
:see [[content-type]]

<div id="csv">
;CSV
:comma-separated-variables
</div>

<div id="deprecated">
;deprecated
:In the process of being phased out (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecated Deprecation on Wikiepedia])
</div>

;design pattern
:see [[class-design-pattern]] for example.

;discovery
:see [[representative-hcard]] for example.

;DRY
;'''''D'''on't '''R'''epeat '''Y'''ourself''
: See [[dry|DRY]]

;element
:HTML element. see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_element HTML element on Wikipedia].

;elemental microformat
:See [[elemental-microformat]]

<div id="gpx">
;GPX
:XML format for waypoints, tracks and trails, used by many GPS devices. See also KML.
</div>

<div id="grandfathered">
;grandfather(ed)
:Something which is an exception to a rule (or pattern, behavior, etc.), because it existed before that rule was formulated.
</div>

;HTML
:'''''H'''yper'''T'''ext '''M'''ark-up '''L'''anguage''
:see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML HTML on Wkiipedia] and XHTML, below.

;informative
:Applies to that part of a standard (such as an introduction or list of references) which is not proscriptive; as opposed to '''normative''' (see below)

;JSON
:'''''J'''ava'''S'''cript '''O'''bject '''N'''otation'' (pronounced "Jason")
:a lightweight, text-based, human-readable format for representing data structures and arrays (see [[json|JSON]]).

<div id="kml">
;KML
:'''''K'''eyhole '''M'''ark-up '''L'''anguage''
:XML format for waypoints, tracks and trails, used by Google Maps and others. See also GPX.
</div>

;mark-up
:n. the (X)HTML codes and related classes which, when wrapped around data, turn it into a web page.

;mark up
:v. to apply mark-up.

;mfbot
:[[mfbot]] is an IRC bot which logs all edits to this wiki.

;microformat 
:See http://microformats.org/about/.

;microformateer
: A person involved with microformats.

;mime type
:see [[content-type]]

;namespace
:see [[namespaces]].

;normative
:Applies to a prescriptive part of a standard; as opposed to '''informative''' (see above). See also and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normative#Standards Normative on Wikipedia].

;parse
:(verb) To extract data from a format using explicit parsing rules for one or more formats, such as microformats (see also "scrape").
:See also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsing 'parsing' on Wikipedia]

;picoformat
:A syntax for communicating and executing commands with mobile devices over SMS. See [[picoformats]]

;POSH
:'''''P'''lain '''O'''ld '''S'''emantic (X)'''H'''TML''. see [[POSH]].

;process
:The procedure for developing a new microformat. See [[process]]

;profile
:see [[profile]].

;property
:The various aspects of an object that are represented by microformats. E.g. [[hcard#Property_List|hCard properties]].

;rel
:a property which signifies the '''''rel'''ationship'' of one page to another, linked, page. See [[existing-rel-values]].

;rev
:as ''rel'', but applying in the '''''rev'''erse'' direction. Use and development of new rev values are deprecated for microformats.

;route
: (In proposed extensions to [[geo|Geo]]) - see [[geo-extension-waypoints#Terms]]

;scrape
:(verb) To extract apparent data from a file/stream (plain text, HTML, RSS, XML, whatever) using regular expressions or other made-up rules that are not explicitly defined by the data formats (if any) that you are extracting. See also "parse" in contrast.

;semantic
:(adjective) having meaning.

;standard
:see [[standard]]

;tag
:see [[rel-tag]].

;tag space
:a URL prefix for scoping tags.

;track
: (In proposed extensions to [[geo|Geo]]) - see [[geo-extension-waypoints#Terms]]

;type
:see [[type]]

;uF
:Shorthand for ''microformat'', especially used in e-mail and on IRC. Plural: '''uFs'''.

;URI
:'''''U'''niform'' '''''R'''esource'' '''''I'''dentifier'': a compact string of characters used to identify or name a resource. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier URIs on Wikipedia]

;URL
:'''''U'''niform'' '''''R'''esource'' '''''L'''ocator''
:#in popular usage, a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) â many popular and technical texts will use the term "URL" when referring to a URI
:#in strict technical usage, a subset of URI specific to identifiers who are primarily locators.
:See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Url URLs on Wikipedia]

;value
:properties and attributes have values.

;waypoint
: (In proposed extensions to [[geo|Geo]]) - see [[geo-extension-waypoints#Terms]]

;WikiWord
:Any word which contains at least two upper case letters, separated by at least one lower case letter. For example, ThisIsAnExample - see [[WikiWord]]

;(X)HTML
:A generic term, meaning "''HTML or XHTML''".

;XHTML
:'''''HTML''''' reformulated in '''''X'''ML''.
:See see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xhtml XHTML on Wkiipedia] or http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/ for more information.

;XMDP
:''('''X''')HTML '''M'''eta '''D'''ata '''P'''rofile ''
:See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMDP XMDP on Wikipedia]

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