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<entry-title>Welcome to the microformats wiki!</entry-title>

'''<dfn>microformats</dfn>''' are extensions to HTML for marking up [[hCard|people, organizations]], [[hCalendar|events]], [[adr|locations]], [[hAtom|blog posts]], [[hProduct|products]], [[hReview|reviews]], [[hResume|resumes]], [[hRecipe|recipes]] etc.

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== Get Started==
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Get started with microformats:

* First, make sure your pages and applications use semantically rich, descriptive, ‘[[posh|<abbr title="Plain Old Semantic HTML">POSH</abbr>]]’ <abbr title="HyperText Mark-up Language">HTML</abbr>.
* Mark-up your contact information with [[hCard]] ([[hcard-authoring|authoring tips]], [[hcard-examples|examples]]) and link from your personal site to your other profiles with [[rel-me]].
* Have questions? Read the [[faq|frequently asked questions]], join the [[IRC]] channel and ask questions.
* Want to learn more in person? Check out microformats [[events]].

==Definition==
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Microformats are small patterns of HTML to represent commonly published things like [[hcard|people]], [[hcalendar|events]], [[hatom|blog posts]], [[hreview|reviews]] and [[rel-tag|tags]] in web pages.

Microformats are the fastest and simplest way to provide an API to the data and information in your website. See what else [[what-can-you-do-with-microformats|you can do with microformats]].

== How to contribute ==
Want to join in and contribute?

* [[get-started|Get started]] by adding microformats to your website, services, and products
* [[advocacy|Advocate]] the use of microformats on other web sites, especially those you use
* Read [[how-to-play]] before editing this wiki
* Join the [[irc|IRC Channel]] and [[mail|mailing lists]] to learn and help answer questions (read [[mailing-lists#General_guidelines|general guidelines]] before posting).
* Write a [[testimonial]]
* Do something on the [[to-do|to do list]].
* [[Main_Page#microformats_wiki_translations|Translate this microformats wiki into other languages]] to make microformats more accessible to readers of languages around the world.
* Before proposing any new microformats, make sure your website is [[POSH]], [[get-started|uses existing microformats]], and then read the [[process]].

This wiki has a number of enhancements to assist development and contributions to microformats. Before you start editing, see the [[wiki-2|wiki introduction page]] for instructions.

== Specifications ==
The list of current, stable [[microformats|Microformats]] open standard specifications.

* [[hcalendar|hCalendar]] - events
* [[hcard|hCard]] - people, organizations, contacts
* [[rel-license]] - licensed content
* [[rel-nofollow]] - links in untrusted 3rd party content
* [[rel-tag]] - tag posts and pages by subject
* [[XFN]] - social relationships and [[rel-me]] links among profiles for the same person
* [[XMDP]] - define a microformat vocabulary / profile
* [[xoxo|XOXO]] - outlines

== Drafts ==
Drafts are newer microformats, which are still making their way through the [[process]] to become specifications. Implementers should be prepared to keep abreast of future developments and changes. Please watch the wiki pages for updates.

* [[adr|adr]] - address location information
* [[geo|geo]] - latitude & longitude location ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGS84 WGS84] geographic coordinates)
* [[hatom|hAtom]] - blog posts and other date-stamped content
* [[hlisting|hListing]] - listings for products or services
* [[hmedia|hMedia]] - media info about images, video, audio
* [[hnews|hNews]] - news articles, extension of hAtom
* [[hproduct|hProduct]] - products
* [[hrecipe|hRecipe]] - cooking+baking recipes
* [[hresume|hResume]] - individual resumes and CVs
* [[hreview|hReview]] - individual reviews and ratings
* [[hreview-aggregate|hReview-aggregate]] - aggregate reviews and ratings
* [[rel-author]] - link to the author's home page (from an article)
* [[rel-home]] - link to the homepage of a site
* [[rel-payment]] - link to a payment mechanism

''If you're tempted to try your hand at writing a microformat please read '''[[process|the process]]''' page first!''

== Exploratory Discussions ==
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'''New: [[microformats 2]]''' has sufficiently stabilized to start using on public web pages and developing parsers and applications.

See: [[exploratory-discussions]] for details of research and analysis of real-world [[examples]], existing formats, and brainstorming of possible new microformats, per the microformats [[process]].

== Design Patterns ==
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== Archived ==
Past specifications, drafts, and exploratory discussions which have either lacked (or lost) wide publishing support, implementation, or have been superceded by newer specs (see also [[process#related_issues_questions_regarding_document_stages: process|when does it make sense to demote a microformat spec]]). These may eventually be retired, deprecated, or reincorporated into other exploratory discussions.
* [[haudio|hAudio]]
* [[rel-directory]] - link to web directories
* [[rel-enclosure]] - link to attachments (e.g. files) to download and cache
* [[robots-exclusion|robots exclusion]]
* [[vote-links|VoteLinks]]
* [[xfolk|xFolk]] - tagged links

== Examples ==
* [[examples-in-the-wild]]
* [[implementations]]
* [[zen-garden]]

== Resources ==
See [[resources]].

== User centric development ==
*[[user-interface]]
*[[data-portability]]
*[[social-network-portability]]

== Shared work areas ==
* [[to-do]]
* [[templates]]
* [http://microformats.org/wiki/delete pages for deletion] 
* [[Special:Specialpages|"Special" wiki pages]]
* [[year-in-review]]

== 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|tools and services]] that need to process more than one microformat. That section is intended for editors, [[parsers]], [[validators]], test cases, and other information relevant across multiple microformats.

== Microformats wiki translations ==
You may read and edit microformats articles in many other languages:

* languages with over 100 articles
** [[Main_Page-fr|Français (French)]] {{UpdateMarker-fr}}
* languages with over 10 articles
** [[Main_Page-pt-br|Português (Brazilian Portuguese)]]
** [[Main_Page-ja|日本語 (Japanese)]]
** [[Main_Page-ru|Русский (Russian)]]
* languages with over 2 articles
** [[Main_Page-cs|Česky (Czech)]] {{NewMarker}}
** [[Main_Page-de|Deutsch (German)]]
** [[Main_Page-es|Español (Spanish)]]
** [[Main_Page-gl|Galego (Galician)]] {{NewMarker}}
** [[Main_Page-pl|Polski (Polish)]]
** [[Main_Page-ro|Română (Romanian)]] {{NewMarker}}
** [[Main_Page-zh|汉语 (Chinese)]]
** [[Main_Page-id|Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia)]] {{NewMarker}}
* languages just started
** [[Main_Page-fa|پارسی (Farsi)]] {{NewMarker}}
** [[Main_Page-ar|العربية (Arabic)]]
** [[Main_Page-th|ภาษาไทย (Thai)]]
** [[Main_Page-it|Italiano (Italian)]] {{NewMarker}}
** [[Main_Page-ko|한국어 (Korean)]] {{NewMarker}}
* elsewhere
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microformat Wikipedia's article on microformats] has been translated into a number of languages.

See also [[other-languages]], and [[how-to-start-new-translation|how-to-start-a-new-translation]].

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