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2013-04-03T14:32:12Z

Johnclarke: /* Q&A */

= hReview FAQ =

This page is for documenting Q&A about [[hreview|hReview]]. If you have a new question to ask, Please consider first asking your question on the [irc://irc.freenode.net/#microformats microformats irc channel] (preferably) or the [http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss/ microformats-discuss] list.

== Q&A ==

# What is the purpose of the hReview microformat (i.e. why is it important for it to exist)?

# What are the advantages of using the hReview microformat?

# ''How do you specify more detail for the 'type' field, e.g. for an item of type "product" that is a book, or a movie (on DVD or in a theater), or a music CD? -- paraphrased from [[User:Dougal Campbell|Dougal Campbell]] 11:54, 21 Jun 2005 (PDT)''
#* The 'type' field was kept delibrately coarse and simple. Any attempt to build a thorough and meaningful taxonomy of all specific types of things that can be reviewed would be futile. Instead, the set of reviewed item types is kept small and fairly generic. Specific "typing" information about the item being reviewed should be published as tags as defined in [[hreview|hReview]]. E.g. a review of a book would be tagged with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book book tag]: <code><a rel="tag" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book">book</a></code> . Similarly a movie that was a DVD should be tagged with both: <code><a rel="tag" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie">movie</a> <a rel="tag" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD">DVD</a></code> . Or a music CD: <code><a rel="tag" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/music">music</a> <a rel="tag" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD">CD</a></code> .
# ''What is the difference between the 'website' and 'url' type? --[[User:Dougal Campbell|Dougal Campbell]] 11:54, 21 Jun 2005 (PDT)''
#* A 'website' presumably includes everything located on that site, whereas 'url' refers only to the particular page located at the given 'url'.
# ''What if I want to use hReview to review a podcast? Which type should I use?''
#* As a podcast is typically a specific URL (often ending with ".mp3") the "url" item type should be used when publishing an hReview of a podcast.
# ''What is the proper 'type' to use for a restaurant?''
#* A restaurant is a "business".
# ''Is there a standard way to add information that isn't in the default list of fields? It seems like book reviews should include the author's name, but there's no obvious way to add it to the markup. The example reviews include it in the text, but it's not part of their markup. [[User:Chris Hibbert|Chris Hibbert]]''
#* See [http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2005-September/000985.html email answer on microformats-discuss] - [http://tantek.com/log/ Tantek]
# ''How do I state the scale of the rating field? [http://k.digitalfarmers.com/ Kal Ström]''
#* Please read the [http://microformats.org/wiki/hreview#Field_details rating field description]. The default scale is 1 (worst) to 5 (best) and either can be changed by the author. See the [http://microformats.org/wiki/hreview#Multidimensional_Restaurant_Review multidimensional restaurant review] for an example of this. - [http://tantek.com/log/ Tantek]
# ''Is there some recommendation as to the url for movies, imdb perhaps?'' - [[User:Judson Dunn|Judson Dunn]] 12:40, 17 Dec 2005 (PST)
#* Many users use imdb.com URLs to refer to movies. Others use amazon.com or other DVD etc. product URLs to refer to movies. Some even use the URLs to specific movie sites themselves, e.g. whatisthematrix.com. Some also use URLs to movie traliers on movie trailer sites. You should use whatever you think best represents the specific item you are reviewing. Microformats.org does not make a recommendation to use one of the above in particular. - [http://tantek.com/log/ Tantek]
# ''Can the item being reviewed have more than one photo?''
#* Yes. In general if the specification does not explicitly forbid it, a property may take multiple values (or be specified multiple times).
# ''Is there a recommended way to use hReview to "rate" stocks?''
#* Typically what you are rating is not the stock, but the company behind the stock, which would simply be an item of 'type' 'business', and you would include an [[hcard|hCard]] for the company. If you are actually rating a specific stock (for example in the case where a company has more than one type of stock for trade), then in essence you are reviewing a 'product' which is bought and sold. In that case, you can specify the item 'type' to be a 'product', and then use a standard stock market name for the stock symbol, e.g. "[http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=T NYSE:T]" for AT&T stock, "[http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MSFT NasdaqNM:MSFT]" for Microsoft stock, "[http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EDJI DJI:^DJI]" for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. More such scoped names for stocks can be found by looking them up on [http://finance.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Finance], and you could even use a stock's Yahoo! Finance URL as the item's 'url' in the hReview, e.g. as linked from the examples listed.
#* In addition, see the FAQ#1 above. As a "stock" is a particular kind of product, you should probably tag the item in the hReview with a set of tags, e.g.:
#** <code><nowiki><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/stock" rel="tag">stock</a></nowiki></code>
#** <code><nowiki><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/msft" rel="tag">msft</a></nowiki></code>
#** ... etc.
# ''Should rated tags show up alongside other tags in an hReview?''
#* Both rated tags and normal tags apply to the item being reviewed, and thus both are in the total set of tags for the item. As far as where they should show up, that is up to the user interface of the software or service that is displaying the hReviews.
# ''Are decimal-number ratings allowed? (ie 4.5)''
#* One decimal point of precision is added in hReview 0.3 based on analysis of common rating behaviors on the Web.
# ''How do you markup a page for an item that has multiple reviews on that page (without having to repeat the information about the item in each review? Ning could use this, specifically in their default http://reviewit.ning.com/ , see also http://hreviewit.ning.com''
#* Possibly use the object inclusion method from [[resume-brainstorming]].
# ''For a music review, is there a standard for designating/tagging the Artist name separate from the Album name or Track name etc?''
#* It depends on what specifically you are reviewing. If you are reviewing the Artist as a whole, then the Artist is the item. If you are reviewing a specific Album, then the Album is the item. If you are reviewing a particular Track, then the Track is the item. You can then just use tags for the rest of the information. http://www.e-textloans.co.uk/

#*# ''Is there a standard way of specifying what the tag is addressing semantically? That is, say I were reviewing the album OK Computer from Radiohead - the item is of course OK Computer - and I can have a tag to Radiohead - but is there an accepted practice as marking it as an "artist" tag?''
#*#* The short answer is no, tags are a relatively flat set of "aspects" of the item, and you can't give tags a "type" like that. The longer answer is, you could tag it Radiohead using a tagspace (see [[rel-tag]] for details) that specifically defined Radiohead as an artist, e.g. perhaps the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead Wikipedia page for Radiohead].
# ''Does anyone have a examples of hReview documents? I.e. both valid and invalid examples to test a parser against?''
#* Please see [[hreview-examples-in-wild|hReview Examples in the Wild]].

==Related pages==
{{hreview-related-pages}}

hreview-examples-in-wild

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Johnclarke: /* Reviewed Examples */

<entry-title>hReview Examples in the wild </entry-title>
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This page is an '''informative''' section of the [[hreview|hReview]] specification.

The following sites have published [[hreview|hReviews]], and thus are a great place to start for anyone looking for examples "in the wild" to try parsing, indexing, organizing etc.

If you publish hReviews on your own site, feel free to add it to the '''top''' of this list. Please be sure to include at least one URL to a page on your site that includes actual [[hreview|hReview]] markup. Examples added without a URL to a page with hReview markup may be removed.

Want to get started with writing an [[hreview|hReview]]? Use the [http://microformats.org/code/hreview/creator hReview creator] to write a review and publish it on your blog or site.

== New Examples ==
* [http://www.creditlink.co.uk/ Creditlink]is a secured loan company who have implemented the hReview tag to allow clients to leave feedback and testimonials on services level they received.Example: [http://www.creditlink.co.uk/review-page/secured-loan-reviews/ Customer reviews]
* [http://bordeaux.pikadom.fr/ Immobilier Bordeaux] Pikadom Bordeaux is a real estate search engine that use hReview in it's [http://bordeaux.pikadom.fr/top-annonces/ top annonces] section to review an funny or incredible ads.
* [http://www.meytavti.co.il/ In Prespective eye] Aviran`s new (Hebrew) review website based on hReview.
* [http://www.iconfinance.co.uk/bridging-finance/ Icon Finance] is a bridging finance broker that have used hReview to allow clients and brokers to review their products and customer service.[http://www.iconfinance.co.uk/bridging-finance/ Example]
* [http://teethsuccess.com TeethSuccess.com Teeth Whitening] is a teeth whitening kit distributor that uses hReview to provide product testimonials. Example here: [http://teethsuccess.com/testimonials TeethSuccess Teeth Whitening]
* [http://www.keepitgreenmaids.com Houston Maid Service] is a Houston cleaning service website that uses hReview for their client feedback. Example here: [http://www.keepitgreenmaids.com/feedback.html Houston Cleaners]
* [http://www.hardcoreepoxyflooringdetroit.com Hardcore Epoxy] is a epoxy flooring and foundation website that uses hReview on its footer that is site wide. View here for example [http://www.hardcoreepoxyflooringdetroit.com/concrete-crack-repair-detroit-mi.html Foundation Repair Detroit]
* [https://www.yourlastingpowerofattorney.co.uk Lasting Power of Attorney] is a legal service website that uses hReview on its testimonial with a site wide aggregation [https://www.yourlastingpowerofattorney.co.uk/lasting-power-of-attorney/lasting-power-of-attorney-guidance/ Lasting Power of Attorney Guidance]
* [http://www.black-jack.net Blackjack] is a blackjack website that uses hReview on casino reviews and games like [http://www.black-jack.net/casinos/club-usa-casino.html Club USA Casino]
* [http://www.cravingtech.com/ Cravingtech] is a blog that uses hReview on some posts like [http://www.cravingtech.com/sennheiser-pc-333d-gaming-headset-review.html 7.1 gaming headset from Sennheiser – the PC 333D]
* [http://www.appwereld.nl AppWereld.nl] uses hReview for mobile application reviews. Example: [http://www.appwereld.nl/reviews/toy-shot-review-481164990/ Toy Shot Review].
* [http://www.thejokes.net TheJokes.Network] uses hReview for the user reviews of products and services e.g. [http://thejokes.net/review.php?rid=3 Riptastic Review].
* [http://www.golfmadesimpleinscotland.com Golf Made Simple In Scotland] uses hReview for golf tour testimonials written by clients. Example: [http://www.golfmadesimpleinscotland.com/testimonials/ Golf tour testimonials].
** All the 'rating' and 'item vcard' elements are set to style="display:none" unfortunately. - [[User:Tantek|Tantek]] 17:35, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
* [http://www.delucaplasticsurgery.com DeLuca Plastic Surgery] in Albany, NY uses hReview for testimonials & reviews written by patients of Dr. William DeLuca. Example: [http://www.delucaplasticsurgery.com/reviews/ Tummy Tuck & Liposuction Reviews].

* [http://www.airbourneairconditioning.com/ AC Repair Houston] is a air conditioning website that uses hReview on its ac repair page to see example visit [http://www.airbourneairconditioning.com/houston-ac-repair.html AC Repair Houston TX]
* [http://www.getlocalmaps.com/ Get Local] is a google map marketing and local seo company that uses hReview on its hompage. To see example visit [http://www.getlocalmaps.com/ Google Map Marketing]
* [http://www.how2centos.com/centos-6-tutorials/ CentOS 6 Tutorials] uses hReview for testimonials of its CentOS tutorials. Example: [http://www.how2centos.com/centos-6-tutorials/ CentOS 6] Reviews.
* [http://www.cabs.co.za/ CABS Car hire South Africa] uses hReview for customer submitted testimonials of its website. [http://www.cabs.co.za/customer-testimonials.html/ Customer testimonial].
* [http://www.gutscheincodez.com/ GutscheincodeZ.com] uses hReview to allow users to rate different online coupons. Example: [http://www.gutscheincodez.com/otto/ View Example].
* [http://www.teethwhiteningreviews.com/ Teeth Whitening Reviews] uses hReview for consumer submitted reviews. [http://www.teethwhiteningreviews.com/item.php?id=91 View Example].
* [http://waterfiltersystem.co/ Water Filter Systems] uses hReview for customer submitted reviews of its water filter systems. [http://waterfiltersystem.co/water-ionizer-7plate-systems/ Review Example].
* [http://www.tomsgutscheine.de/ Tom's Gutscheine]. A German coupon and voucher site. User reviews are marked up with hReview. Example: [http://www.tomsgutscheine.de/zalando-gutschein Zalando Gutschein].
* [http://www.elevatelocal.co.uk/ Elevatelocal]. Internet marketing company uses hReview for publishing client testimonials on their corporate website.
* [http://www.MyMovingReviews.com/ My Moving Reviews]. Moving companies reviews and ratings website - company profile pages and reviews. Uses hReview and hReview-aggregate for publishing reviews and 5 star ratings in the reviews pages. [http://www.mymovingreviews.com/movingreviews/movers-were-fast-39 Moving Review Example].
* [http://www.trendspots.de News Magazine] The Startpage was realised with hreview. Short informations as a Review.
* [http://www.shockingexperts.com/ Shocking Experts Review]. News, Products And Service Review Site. Uses hReview and hReview-aggregate for publishing reviews and ratings of data in specific review page. [http://www.shockingexperts.com/forex-robots/forex-megadroid-review.html Review Example].
* [http://www.pestek.co.uk/ Pestek Pest Control]. Service reviews from a pest control company. [http://www.pestek.co.uk/alwoodley.html Review Example].
* [http://www.assistenza-clienti.it/ Assistenza Clienti]. Customer Services reviews. HReview made easy with Wordpress. [http://www.assistenza-clienti.it/telecom-italia Review Example].
* [http://www.glamquotes.com/ Celebrity Quotes] uses hReview for reviews of quotes. [http://www.glamquotes.com/celebrity/lady-gaga-quotes/ View Example].
* [http://www.ohsohandy.com/ OhSoHandy.com]. Local restaurant, movie theaters, and restaurant reviews site using microformats since 2009 [http://raleigh.ohsohandy.com/review/192-the-raleigh-times-bar Sample Restaurant Review].
* [http://www.yetanotherreviewsite.co.uk/ Yet Another Review Site]. Games review site that has just started to include hReview microformat in its reviews [http://www.yetanotherreviewsite.co.uk/dead-rising-2-reviews~925~360,PS3.htm Example Review].

* [http://wordpresspartner.com/plugins-2/metaweb-topicblocks-plugin-review/ WordPress Partner] reviews WordPress CMS Themes and Plugins with hReview.
* [http://www.gulfdine.com GulfDine] uses hReview for user and editorial reviews of restaurants.
* [http://www.granitecountertopsdetroit.org/ Kitchen Countertops Detroit] uses hReview for the granite counter tops website towards the bottom. e.g. [http://www.granitecountertopsdetroit.org/ granite countertops Detroit MI].
* [http://www.getdebit.com GetDebit] uses hReview to publish reviews of prepaid debit cards. [http://www.getdebit.com/prepaid-debit-card/netspend-mastercard-prepaid-card/ NetSpend MasterCard Review Example].
* [http://www.myrating.dk myrating.dk] uses hReview and hReview-aggregate for publishing reviews and ratings of data in different categories like movies, candy etc. [http://www.myrating.dk/indhold/1141-the_big_lebowski example].
* [http://www.scotlandhotelreviews.co.uk/ Scotland Hotel Reviews] and [http://www.glasgowhotelreviews.co.uk/ Glasgow Hotel Reviews] use hReview to markup their hotel reviews. Examples: [http://www.scotlandhotelreviews.co.uk/ayrshire-and-arran/isle-of-arran/brodick/ormidale-hotel/ Brodick Hotel Reviews] and [http://www.glasgowhotelreviews.co.uk/glasgow-city-centre/radisson-sas-hotel-glasgow/ Glasgow Hotel Reviews]
* [http://www.carinsurance4you.co.za CarInsurance4You] uses hReviews for car insurance company reviews. Examples: [http://www.carinsurance4you.co.za/dial-direct-car-insurance.asp Dial Direct Car Insurance] and [http://www.carinsurance4you.co.za/budget-insurance-car-insurance.asp Budget Insurance].
* [http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/new-york/new-york-city/1002207982790/al-di-la/restaurant-detail.html The New York Times] uses hReview for all its Venue pages under the [http://travel.nytimes.com/ Travel] section, which cover Restaurant, Hotels, Shopping, Nightlife and Attractions. There are approximately 20,000 geo-coded venue pages. Example: [http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/new-york/new-york-city/1002207982790/al-di-la/restaurant-detail.html New York City Restaurants: Al Di La].
** Problems noted by [[User:Tantek|Tantek]] 01:27, 6 January 2010 (UTC) via heads-up from Michael Kaply.
*** The hReview is of a venue and thus must use a nested hCard item for the review per [[hreview#Property_details|hReview property details: item]]. There are a few problems with the current markup.
*** current code:<code><div id="topHotel" class="hreview vcard"></code> - this div should just have <code>class="hreview"</code>, the "vcard" class name should be on the element with the "item" class name.
*** There needs to be an element (like a div) inside the hReview but surrounding all the venue info that has <code>class="item vcard"</code>.
*** current code: <code><h5 class="timesPick item fn org"></code> - this h5 should just have <code>class="timesPick fn org"</code> with the "item" class name going on a surrounding element (as suggested above).
* [http://www.cafebritt.com Café Britt] uses hReviews for product reviews. Also uses hProduct, hListing and rel=tag. Examples: [http://www.cafebritt.com/costa-rica-dark-roast Costa Rica Dark Roast] and [http://www.cafebritt.com/costa-rica-coffees Costa Rica Coffees].
* [http://www.flightline.co.uk Flightline] uses hReviews for our customers hotel reviews as seen on the hotel accommodation landing pages (click 'Read all reviews'). For examples see [http://www.flightline.co.uk/accommodation/hotel-search.php?hotel=20080730132603302392&supplier=Medhotels Forte Do Vale 4* in Portugal, Algarve, Albufeira], [http://www.flightline.co.uk/accommodation/hotel-search.php?hotel=11152&supplier=holidaybrokers Laguna Park II 3* in Spain, Tenerife, Playa de las Americas], [http://www.flightline.co.uk/accommodation/hotel-search.php?hotel=11135&supplier=HolidayBrokers Santa Maria Aparthotel 3* in Canary Islands, Tenerife, Costa Adeje] and [http://www.flightline.co.uk/accommodation/hotel-search.php?hotel=20081009130037970855&supplier=Medhotels Sunset Bay Club 3* in Canary Islands, Tenerife, Costa Adeje].
* [http://www.roofingandsidingdetroit.com/ Detroit Roofing] uses hReview for the Livonia MI Roofing Page. View Example here [http://www.roofingandsidingdetroit.com/roofing-livonia-mi.html Roofing Livonia MI].
* [http://www.zappos.com Zappos.com] uses hReviews on product reviews seen on product/lifestyle style landing pages and brand pages. For examples see [http://www.zappos.com/shoes Shoes], [http://www.zappos.com/clothing Clothing], [http://www.zappos.com/bags Bags & Handbags], and [http://www.zappos.com/nike Nike].
* [http://www.iphonespeakerreviews.com/ iPhone Speaker Reviews] is built with Joomla and jReviews and has both editor and user reviews. Currently the editor reviews are published using hReview. Example: [http://www.iphonespeakerreviews.com/bose/bose-sounddock-series-ii-iphone-speaker-review.html Bose SoundDock Series II Review].
* [http://abyrvalg.com/ Abyrvalg] is a russian city community. Users submit reviews of local businesses. Reviews are published using hReview and hCard markup. Example: [http://kiev.abyrvalg.com/biz/sunduk reviews of Sunduk pub in Kiev].
* [http://www.bankfox.com/ BankFox] is a search engine for banks. It has user-submitted reviews of bank accounts, marked up with hReview. For example, here's a page of [http://www.bankfox.com/account/online-savings/ally-bank/reviews/ reviews of Ally Bank].
* [http://whichtwitterapp.com/ WhichTwitterApp] provides [http://whichtwitterapp.com/reviews/adobe-air/tweetdeck-desktop reviews of twitter clients] using hReview, hCard, rel-tag and rel-home.
* [http://musicremedy.com/ MusicRemedy.com], a music site, publishes all song-reviews in hReview format, see [http://musicremedy.com/m/Madonna/videos/Miles_Away-22498.html example].
* Italian free business directory [http://www.cylex.it/ cylex.it] marked up with hReview all user submitted reviews of companies and products. Example: [http://www.cylex.it/azienda/mondial-security-10559327.html company profile with review].
* [http://vaatekaupat.com/ Vaatekaupat.com] uses hReview for reviews of clothing retailers. Example: [http://vaatekaupat.com/kaupat/gina-tricot Gina Tricot].
* [http://www.sustainlane.com/ SustainLane] uses hreview for user reviews of local green businesses and green products ([http://www.sustainlane.com/reviews/b-restaurant-bar/YSNIVHY298U2SBV7AWNUJ1VWYWOR example]). Also rel-tag, hcard, vcard, and many more coming.
* [http://www.momentville.com/ MomentVille] uses hReview markup for wedding vendor reviews. Example: [http://vendors.momentville.com/vendors/elizabeth_morgan_photography/reviews Reviews of Hawaii Wedding Photographer].
* [http://inkweaver-review.blogspot.com Inkweaver Review] uses a modified Blogger XML template to automatically generate hReview markup for its reviews of young adult books. Example: [http://inkweaver-review.blogspot.com/2009/05/toby-alone-by-timothee-de-fombelle.html Review of Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle].
* [http://www.springest.nl Springest] uses hReview for it's user reviews of trainings. Example: [http://www.springest.nl/tijdwinst/ Trainingreviews] .
* [http://aplawrence.com APLawrence.com] has started using hReview for its [http://aplawrence.com/cgi-bin/indexget.pl?Reviews reviews]
* [http://www.commonsensemedia.org Common Sense Media] now uses hReview for its parent-focused [http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews movie reviews]. hReview for other media types (books, music, websites) is forthcoming.
* [https://www.brownbook.net Brownbook.net] The global free business directory that anyone can edit uses hReviews for customer submitted reviews on all its business listings. Example [http://www.brownbook.net/business/30991528/celebrity-lipstick Temecula Lipstick], or check out any of the reviews on the home page.
* [https://www.dutchbulbs.com/store/holidaygifts/16420 DutchBulbs.com] uses hReview for customer submitted reviews of its bulbs and perennials.
* [http://www.cleanertoday.com/Roof-Shingle-Cleaner-Reviews-s/116.htm CleanerToday] has implemented hReview linked to an hCard for reviews on product pages. (for example see [http://www.cleanertoday.com/Indian-Meal-Moth-Traps-p/trap-birdseed.htm Moth Trap Reviews].
* [http://www.MaxiMovieBlog.com] uses hReview, rel-nofollow and rel-tag microformats for reviews of movies and home-theater electronics
* [http://www.oasisroofinginc.com/ Seattle Roofing] uses hReview at the bottom of the roofing site. e.g. [http://www.oasisroofinginc.com/siding/stucco-siding-seattle stucco siding seattle].
* [http://newyork.brokerbeagle.com BrokerBeagle] uses hReview linked to an hCard via the include-pattern to mark up reviews of New York apartment brokers, see [http://newyork.brokerbeagle.com/broker-302-harris_philip.html example].
* [http://anime.mikomi.org anime.mikomi.org] uses hReview to mark up all of its user reviews of anime series, see [http://anime.mikomi.org/series/292.html example].
* [http://www.ecovian.com Ecovian] uses hReview to mark up user reviews of environmentally friendly businesses, see [http://www.ecovian.com/l/san-francisco-ca/millennium-restaurant example]
* Russian site [http://hotelmate.ru/ Hotel Mate] uses hReview for user submitted hotel reviews.
* Swedish music site [http://dagensskiva.com/ dagensskiva.com] publishes all reviews in hReview format.
* [http://microrevie.ws MicroReviews] - takes Twitter posts and marks them up with [[hReview]]. The markup is descibed on the [http://microrevie.ws/technical technical page].
* [http://www.scubafreebies.com ScubaFreebies.com] - reviews websites for SCUBA divers in hReview format. For example [http://www.scubafreebies.com/review/theaquaplanet review of video site theAquaPlanet]
* [http://www.hypercasinos.com Hypercasinos.com] - offers reviews of online casinos in hReview format. For example [http://www.hypercasinos.com/content/view/27/1/ a Bodog Casino review]
* [http://www.allogarage.fr/ Allogarage] - compare 13 000 motor mechanics in France- all reviews are in hReview format.
* [http://www.lopico.com Lopico - social business directory] - local business reviews in hReview
* [http://www.rolandinsh.lv/blog Rolands Umbrovskis - Blog] marked up with hReview all blog posts, using very basic requirements (hReview -> rating), for readers rating of any post/page.
* [http://www.concertbuzz.net ConcertBuzz- Concert Reviews] uses hReview for all user submitted concert reviews. See an [http://www.concertbuzz.net/genres/classic-rock/jethro-tull.html individual review page].
* [http://www.trouvea.fr/ Trouvea.fr] - Compares thousands of firms in the House Services' sector everywhere in France - all reviews are in hReview format.
* [http://www.trouvannonces.fr/ Trouvannonces.fr] - propose des services aux particuliers comme aux professionnels sur la gratuité simple des petites annonces en ligne.
* All the [http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/review/ West Midland Bird Club's reviews], e.g. [http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/review/countrymans-bedside-book.htm Countryman's Bedside Book]
* [http://www.novedge.com/ Novedge], the largest online CAD/CAM/DCC store, uses hReview for all product reviews (currently about 2000 reviews). See [http://www.novedge.com/review/1978/ single review page] and [http://www.novedge.com/Robert-McNeel/Rhino-4-0/products/2217/tab/3 multiple reviews page]. Each hReview is also visually marked with the hReview button: http://rbach.priv.at/2006/buttons/hreview.png
* [http://club.coneco.net/ Coneco Club] (in Japanese) uses hReview for all product reviews. See [http://club.coneco.net/user/4/review/4178/index.htm example]
* [http://lanetro.com/ lanetro.com], lead city and entertainment guide in the Spanish market with users's reviews about places, restaurants, movies, theaters, shops... Uses hReview (see [http://madrid.lanetro.com/restaurantes-indios/mumbai-massala-282573 example]), hCards and events ([http://teatro.lanetro.com/homo-ridens-20473072 example]) on its detail pages.
* [http://11870.com/pro/11870 11870.com] a social network (real life del.icio.us) which implements hReview for user's reviews about places, services and business
* [http://www.mises.org/periodical.aspx?Id=2 The Mises Review], an academic journal, uses hReview for their book reviews. See [http://www.mises.org/misesreview_detail.aspx?control=317 example]
* [http://www.golfdigest.com/ Golf Digest] uses hReview on its [http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/places Course Finder] detail pages to publish user comments, ratings and geo. [http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/places/2483 example]
* [http://www.ramkol.co.il/ Ramkol] (in Hebrew) Advanced social networking based local reviews in Israel
* [http://www.popsyndicate.com/ PopSyndicate] is a groups review site for comic books, movies, dvds, music, and book using hReview and hCard.
* [http://www.mitkbh.dk/ MitKBH] (in danish) uses hReview to publish reviews of shops, clubs, bars, cafées, take-aways and restaurants in Copenhagen, Denmark. Each reviewed place has also a geo incl.[http://www.mitkbh.dk/node.php?node=238 example]
* [http://www.readandtravel.info Read&Travel] includes meta-information using hReview for travel-book reviews.
* [http://www.mangospot.dk/ Mangospot] uses hReview to publish reviews of bars, cafées and restaurants [http://mangospot.dk/Steder/245/Klassisk65-BistroVinbar.aspx example]
* [http://www.sean-johnson.com/ Sean Johnson] has started using hReview for [http://www.sean-johnson.com/2007/05/04/everyman-by-philip-roth/ book] and [http://www.sean-johnson.com/2007/05/01/feist-the-reminder/ music] reviews.
* [http://www.loudervoice.com/ LouderVoice] publishes and aggregates hReviews to/from blogs. All [http://www.loudervoice.com/search?q=hotel+cork Search/Tag Results] are also marked up with hReview.
* [http://www.bayofislands.net/ Bay of Islands] uses hReview eg. for reviews of [http://www.bayofislands.net/accommodation/apartments/edgewater-palms-apartments/#reviews Edgewater Palms]
* [http://spotspotting.com/ SpotSpotting], a site where TV commercials are reviewed and marked up with hReview (in Spanish)
* [[User:AndrewKuchling]] has added hReview to his book diary and would like to know if the markup is correct; [http://www.amk.ca/books/h/Velocity_of_Honey example 1], [http://www.amk.ca/books/h/Star_Wars_On_Trial example 2])
* [http://www.revish.com/ Revish], a book review community, uses hReview for all reviews on the site.
* [[User:EdwardOConnor]] has published several hReviews on his blog ([http://edward.oconnor.cx/2006/08/cask-room 1], [http://edward.oconnor.cx/2006/10/lud-in-the-mist 2], [http://edward.oconnor.cx/2006/11/hoboken 3], [http://edward.oconnor.cx/2006/11/basic 4], [http://edward.oconnor.cx/2006/11/legitimacy 5], [http://edward.oconnor.cx/2006/11/pizza-port 6], [http://edward.oconnor.cx/2006/12/lady-dottie-and-the-diamonds 7]).
* [http://ficlets.com/stories/12 Ficlets] story page uses hReview for user comments.
* Birder's Library, e.g. [http://www.birderslibrary.com/reviews/dvd/audubon_video_guide.htm Audubon VideoGuide to 505 Birds of North America]
* [http://www.raveaboutit.com.au Rave About It] uses hReviews for all local business reviews. In addition it uses the hCard format for a business's contact details.
**No examples on cited page
*[[User:RobCrowther]] has a number of hReviews on his blog, for example [http://www.boogdesign.com/b2evo/index.php/a/2007/02/09/webdd07_unobtrusive_javascript_with_rail this is one of a sequence of reviews of talks at WebDD07], and a [http://www.boogdesign.com/b2evo/index.php/a/2007/02/28/wsg_london_accessibility_meetup single post with three reviews].
*[http://www.volume.co.uk/main/clients/clients.aspx Volume] publishes client reviews/quotes as hReviews.
* [http://revyu.com/ Revyu] allows people to review, rate, and tag anything. Individual reviews ([http://revyu.com/reviews/0b03069358e6c718167e09119f7709dc50fb3f6e/about/html example]) are marked up using hReview.
*[http://www.globaldm.co.uk/our-clients.html GlobalDM] publishes client reviews/quotes as hReviews.
* [http://www.dishola.com/dishes/index/Austin,%20TX Dishola] publishes user reviews and ratings of dishes at restaurants, as opposed to entire "restaurant" reviews.
* [http://musicknows.com/1998/10/22/the-science-lesson MusicKnows] publishes user reviews and memories of gigs using hReview.
** hReview does not have an item
* [http://thetenwordreview.com The Ten Word Review] simply contains ten word long reviews. All reviews are marked up as hReviews, and user information is marked up as hCards.
* [http://www.halogenguides.com Halogen Guides] is an independent network of websites for wealthy consumers. Member-created reviews for [http://realestate.halogenguides.com/company/exclusive-resorts/reviews destination clubs], private jets and fractional real estate are published with hReview.
* [http://www.board-crazy.co.uk Board Crazy Skateboarding] uses hReviews for all [http://www.board-crazy.co.uk/skate-reviews.php skateboarding product reviews].
** hReviews include the rating inside of the description - 12/11/2006
* [http://local.yahoo.com Yahoo Local] now supports hReviews for all the user feedback and ratings about places in their search results
*[http://corkd.com/ Cork'd] is a community site for reviewing and sharing wine. Member-created "Tasting Notes" are published using hReview.
*[[User:ChrisCasciano]] has started using hReview in his blog postings including these reviews of [http://chunkysoup.net/article/211/TechnoratisNewToys Pingerati and Technorati Microformat Search].
*[http://www.judysbook.com/ Judy's Book] is a local reviews community. Athe hCard format.
*[http://www.judysbook.com/ Judy's Book] is a local reviews community. All reviews are published in hReview format, and all business listings and members (review authors) in the hCard format.
* [http://tech.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Tech] has launched with hReview markup on all their reviews! Hat tips: [http://nerddawg.blogspot.com/2006/05/hreview-microformat-on-yahoo-tech.html Ashish Shetty] and [http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/006729.html Jeremy Zawodny] both via [http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog/yahoo-tech-tip-of-the-day/1058 Alex Moskalyuk]. [http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/006729.html#comment-27779 Alex says]: "when we launched, the press reported on 300,000 tech products in our database. Some popular items, like [http://tech.yahoo.com/pr/apple-ipod-video-30gb-black-mp3-player/1992981873 this Apple iPod], have over 200 reviews."
* [http://3spots.blogspot.com/2006/05/social-bookmarking-smarking.html 3spots: Social + bookMARKING = Smarking] has an hReview of
[http://smarking.com/ Smarking.com] (a social bookmarking service) which marks up their tagged links with [[xfolk|xFolk]].
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
*[http://www.pacificspirit.com Dave Orchard] provides hreview marked [http://www.pacificspirit.com/Restaurants-Vancouver.html Vancouver Restaurant reviews]
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
*[http://3spots.blogspot.com/2006/04/what-is-wikio-definitely-web-20-but.html hReview of Wikio]
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
*[http://jg.typepad.com/ciel/ Joan] has published [http://jg.typepad.com/ciel/2006/02/daniel_bouluds_.html an hReview of Garçon]
** hReviews include the rating inside of the description - 12/11/2006
*[http://zipingo.typepad.com/ Zipingo Team Blog], a collaborative blog by the Zipingo Product Development Team at Intuit, used the hReview format to tag [http://zipingo.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/12/finding_an_elec.html the backstory] of a review on a San Mateo electrician, written by one of the Zipingo team members ZipingoJim. Jim's post also links to his review on [http://www.zipingo.com Zipingo], a consumer opinion site.
** hReview does not have an item
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
* [http://www.debaser.it/ DeBaser.it] publishes music reviews (in Italian) supporting hReview.
* [http://www.applianceman-repair-fortbend.com/appliance-repair-katy-tx.html Appliance Repair Katy] is a appliance repair website that uses hReview on its services pages like this example [http://www.applianceman-repair-fortbend.com/refrigerator-repair.html Refrigerator Repair Sugar Land TX]
* [http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/ Peter Westwood] posted an [http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/archives/2006/01/05/the-fox-inn/ hReview of The Fox Inn]
** hReviews include the rating inside of the description - 12/11/2006
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/danieljohn/ Daniel John] provides a [http://www.livejournal.com/users/danieljohn/58674.html scathing hReview of CIBC].
** hReview does not have an item
* [http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/movie-reviews/ Yahoo UK Movie Reviews] now supports hReview on all (>2000) reviews, e.g. [http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/h/Harry-Potter-and-the-Goblet-of-Fire/review-41195.html Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Review]
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
* [http://adam.typepad.com/impossiblethings/ Adam Hertz] wrote hReviews of [http://adam.typepad.com/impossiblethings/2005/11/soluna.html Soluna] and [http://adam.typepad.com/impossiblethings/2006/05/cafe_gibraltar.html Cafe Gibraltar]
** hReviews include the rating inside of the description - 12/11/2006
* [http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/ Matt McAllister] wrote an [http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/_archives/2005/11/16/1408893.html hReview of the TV show: "The Office"]
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
** hReviews include the rating inside of the description - 12/11/2006
* [http://www.bmannconsulting.com/blog/bmann/ Boris Mann] wrote an [http://www.bmannconsulting.com/blog/bmann/doubletake-best-panorama-stitch-tool-for-mac-os-x hReview of DoubleTake, a panorama stitch tool for Mac OS X]
** hReview does not have an item
* [http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/ Peter Westwood] has written an [http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/archives/2005/10/03/blubeckers-hampton-court/ hReview of Blubeckers Hampton Court] and an [http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/archives/2006/01/05/the-fox-inn/ hReview of The Fox Inn Bucks Green, West Sussex]
** hReviews include the rating inside of the description - 12/11/2006
* [http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/ Dougal] has published an [http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2005/08/03/french-vanilla-latte hReview of Wolfgang Puck’s Gourmet French Vanilla Latte].
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
** hReviews include the rating inside of the description - 12/11/2006
* [http://www.dinnerbuzz.com/ Dinnerbuzz] is a great site for posting tagged reviews of restaurants, and they publish and summarize all their reviews in hReview!
* [http://soldierant.net/ Bryce Glass (Soldier Ant)] posted an [http://soldierant.net/archives/2005/06/product_review.html hReview of the Uniden ELBT 595 Bluetooth Cordless Phone].
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
** hReviews include the rating inside of the description - 12/11/2006
* dda posted an [http://sungnyemun.org/wordpress/?p=20 hReview of hReview] :)
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
* An [http://tbp.xomerang.com/?p=3 hReview of Caffè Camardo coffee].
** No hreview on page even though the page claims to be an hreview
* [http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php Douglas Clifton] posted [http://loadaveragezero.com/#May-12-2005 comments] regarding adapting his list of ~800 [http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx Developer Resources] as a format for evaluating hReview.
* [http://www.oliverbrown.me.uk/ Oliver Brown] [http://www.oliverbrown.me.uk/2005/05/09/sitereviewsorg-supports-hreview-i-think/ has announced] that his [http://en-us.sitereviews.org/ SiteReviews.org] (which reviews websites) publishes its reviews using hReview, e.g. here is the [http://en-us.sitereviews.org/review-photomatt.net review on SiteReviews.org for photomatt.net].
* [http://www.air-bourne.com/ Houston Air Conditioning] is a air conditioning repair website that uses hReview on the bottom of the Houston service page [http://www.air-bourne.com/air-conditioning.html Air Conditioning Houston TX]
* [http://www.myelin.co.nz/post/ Phillip Pearson] is publishing hReviews in the [http://coffee.gen.nz/rss/reviews RSS feed of cafe reviews] on his [http://coffee.gen.nz/ kiwi coffee review site], which of course has the reviews in HTML with embedded hReview markup as well.
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
* [http://station11.net/ticker/ Kjell] is publishing his link blog as a [http://station11.net/ticker/ list of hReviews].
** hReviews have no fn specified on the item - 12/11/2006
* [http://epeus.blogspot.com/ Kevin Marks] has [http://epeus.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_epeus_archive.html#111484565269684374 published two hReviews] and used unicode "star" characters for his ratings!
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
* JamesStewart is publishing hReviews in the location pages at his [http://grwifi.net Grand Rapids WiFi site].
* [http://www.happenchance.co.uk/ Paul Livingstone] uses hreview to voice his opinion on [http://happenchance.co.uk/reading/ books] and [http://happenchance.co.uk/listening/ music].
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
* [http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/ Andy Clarke] uses hReview for his [http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/general/recommended-reading.html recommended reading list].
** hReviews have no fn specified on the item - 12/11/2006
* [http://nachlin.com/ Jim Nachlin] has added hReview publishing to the CMS he uses to publish [http://daysofleisure.com/writing his blog].
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
* [http://whumpdotcom.livejournal.com/236856.html Bill Humphries] has reviewed the book "A Brother's Price" on his LiveJournal.
** hReviews have invalid item/fn markup (fn not a child of item) - 12/11/2006
* [http://www.thinkvitamin.com/ Vitamin] uses hReview on it's [http://www.thinkvitamin.com/reviews/ reviews] section (e.g. a [http://www.thinkvitamin.com/reviews/webapps/fluxiom/ review of Fluxiom]).
* [http://www.openguides.org/ OpenGuides] has support for the hReview microformat, and you can see it in action on [http://cotswolds.openguides.org/wiki/The_Plough,_Finstock this Cotswolds OpenGuide Review].
** hReview does not have an item
* [http://paulgoscicki.com Paul Goscicki] is publishing his [http://paulgoscicki.com/#wp_movie_ratings movie ratings] using hReview.
* [http://www.cellphones.ca/ Cell Phones etc.] is using hReviews for user-contributed [http://www.cellphones.ca/cell-phones/reviews/ cell phone reviews].
* [http://www.liptrot.org Adam Liptrot] publishes movie reviews using hReview and hCard. See article at [http://www.liptrot.org/journal/entries/movies_and_microformats/ Movies and Microformats].
* [http://www.webteacher.ws Web Teacher] is using hReview for book reviews in both the hReview creator format and a modified format. See a modified example at [http://www.webteacher.ws/2006/11/review-web-design-complete.html Web Design: A Complete Introduction].
** hReviews include the rating inside of the description - 12/11/2006
* [http://niftylist.co.uk/ The nifty list UK.] is using hReviews for user-contributed [http://niftylist.co.uk/mobiles/ mobile phone reviews].
** hReview does not have an item
* [http://sergiosantos.info/2007/3/books SergioSantos.info] uses hReviews for the reviewed book collection.
* [http://www.dcs-media.com/ DCS Media] converted all of their Firefox extension Reviews into hReview format. See the [http://www.dcs-media.com/fireday/default.aspx Fireday] page for extension listings.
* [http://bit.ly/iiag Is It Any Good . biz]has added hReview to all of their product reviews. See this example review of [http://bit.ly/2A3nVk Leapster2 Learning System ].

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* [http://apple.com/store Apple Store] customer reviews are marked up in hReview, as in [http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=E1BD7358&fnode=home/shop_mac/mac_accessories/airport_wireless&nplm=MB053LL/A#review-RTD4T4KYJYYF9UC44 this review] of the Airport Extreme Base Station.
**'''sub-optimal''': Model numbers (?) marked up as URLs, e.g. <code><nowiki>MB053LL/A</nowiki></code>
*loadaveragezero.com e.g. [http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Data_Formats/Metadata/XMDP]
**'''invalid''': no fn (site owner informed)
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currency-examples

2013-04-03T14:29:50Z

Johnclarke: /* Google Financials */

<entry-title> Currency Examples </entry-title>
The following are real-world [[examples]] of pages that have amounts of money that could be marked up with a '''[[currency]]''' microformat. As part of the microformats process:
* [[currency-examples]]
* [[currency-formats]]
* [[currency-brainstorming]]

== Real-World Examples ==
''Links to public web pages, either popular or insightful''

===Google Financials===
Use of currency amounts in tables.

Representing currency amounts in a table format is very common. For instance, see [http://investor.google.com/fin_data.html Google Financials].

In this table representation, it does not make sense to provide the currency information for each cell. Instead, it should be provided once at the table, thead, tr, or th, level, and then a td may override the default value. This is very similar to the common practice of indicating the currency and formatting in plain english: "Numbers in thousands of dollars" in the table title/subtitle or legend.

The microformat for currency amounts should provide a way to represent a default currency for all children of a table, thead, tr, or th nodes.
The currency symbol/abbreviation should be optional in for elements defined as containing currency values/amounts, if a default currency has been defined in one of the ancestor elements.
http://www.e-textloans.co.uk/

=== UK Government Data Standards Catalogue ===

[http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/gdsc/html/frames/AmountSterling-1-0-Release.htm UK Government Data Standards Catalogue]

The [http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/gdsc/schemaHtml/FinancialTypes-v1-1-xsd-AmountSterlingStructure.htm associated XML Schema] seems to suggest an ''Amount'' element, followed by a fixed ''Currency'' element of "GBP".

=== SkypeOut Pricing ===
[http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/ SkypeOut Pricing].

<pre>2.1 US cents/2.4 CAN cents per minute</pre> (on the Web page)

<pre>¢2.1 USD (or ¢2.4 CAD) per minute.</pre> (in the announcement email)

See also [[measure]]

=== MIT Enterprise Forum ===
[http://enterpriseforum.mit.edu/mindshare/startingup/dilution.html MIT Enterprise Forum ].

<pre>$1 million in equity</pre>

<pre>$2.50 a share</pre>

See also [[measure]]

=== Energy Information Administration ===
[http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/ngw/historical/2004/06_24/ngupdate.asp Energy Information Administration].

<pre>23 cents per barrel</pre>

Also in this [http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/oilprice.html page]:

<pre>(U.S. Cents per Gallon)</pre>

<pre>(Euros per Thousand Liters)</pre>

<pre>(U.S. Dollars per Gallon)</pre>

See also [[measure]]

=== CBCNews ===
[http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2005/08/08/oil-050808.html CBCNews].

<pre>$63.94 US per barrel, up $1.63 US</pre>

=== Google Finance ===
[http://finance.google.com/finance?q=google&hl=en Google Finance].

The current price of a stock:

<pre>401.90</pre>

=== eBay ===
[http://www.ebay.com eBay].

eBay marks prices as "ebcPr". eBay c? Price.

<pre>
<td class="ebcPr">$11.70 $12.95 </td>
</pre>

=== Google Web Authoring Statistics ===
[http://code.google.com/webstats/2005-12/classes.html Google Web Authoring Statistics] - indirect example.

The Google Web Authoring Statistics mentions that "price" is the 40th most used class name.

Something like:

<pre>
$39.99
</pre>

=== McAfee ===
[http://us.mcafee.com/root/package.asp?pkgid=100 McAfee].

<pre>
$39.99 (USD)
</pre>

=== Amazon Product listing ===
[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764597582 Amazon Product listing].

<pre><td class="price">$34.85</td></pre>

=== Bell Canada in French Canadian ===
[https://secure.vmp.com/signup/adv_signup.php?locale=fr_CA Bell Canada in French Canadian].

<pre>Niveau de service Premium - 125 $*</pre>

Note the placement of the dollar sign AFTER the number.

=== Bell Canada in US English ===
[https://secure.vmp.com/signup/adv_signup.php?locale=en_US Bell Canada in US English].

<pre>Premium Service Level - $125*</pre>

===Historic prices===
*West Midland Bird Club:
**[http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/biblio/worcs.htm#MalvernHand West Midland Bird Club Bibliography] (Published prices of old books)
**[http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/reviews/rarer.htm West Midland Bird Club CD-ROM review] (price at time of review; since reduced)
**[http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/archive/jubilee-54.htm Silver Jubilee] (1954) - prices in text ("'''five shilling subscriptions'''", "'''10/-'''") shown in footnotes as "'''1 shilling = 5p'''" and "'''10/- = 10 shillings (50p)'''" respectively.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House#Original_publication Wikipedia: Bleak House]
**"Like most Dickens novels, Bleak House was published in 19 monthly instalments, each containing 32 pages of text and two illustrations by Phiz. Each cost one shilling, except for the last, which was a double issue and cost two." Dates in the subsequent table range monthly from March 1852 - September 1853
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922_in_Germany#Inflation_and_Repercussions Wikpedia: 1922 in Germany]
**"Despite the ending of cash payments for the rest of 1922, the main cause of Germany's inability to pay, the steady depreciation of the mark, was ongoing. Towards the end of the year it assumed a disastrous rapidity. On August 1, the US Dollar still stood at 643 Marks to the Dollar and the British Pound at 2,850 Marks to the Pound. But on September 5 the dollar had already risen to 1,440 Marks and the pound to 6,525 Marks, and in December the pound was worth between 30,000 and 40,000 marks and the dollar between 7,000 and 9,000."
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1096916.stm BBC News story dated 2 January, 2001]
**"A barrel of Brent crude for February delivery came within range of $25 a barrel on Tuesday before slipping to $24.35, a closing price 48 cents above Friday's closing price of $23.87. In New York, the price of Nymex (New York Merchantile Exchange) crude reached $27.40 a barrel before settling at $27.40, a gain of 41 cents or 1.5% on the day. Nymex oil prices in 2000 averaged $30.20 a barrel, the highest level since 1983, and well above the 1999 average of $19.25. Traders also saw support for the oil price from the Opec basket of seven crude oils which stood at $21.75 a barrell on 29 December 2000. That was the seventh day the price stayed below a preferred range of $22-$28 a barrell. Under an Opec price stability measure, output will be cut by 500,000 barrels a day if the basket price stay below $22 for more than 10 days."
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/911569.stm BBC News story dated 5 September, 2000]
**"The Millennium Commission's decision to grant an extra £47m to the Dome has been widely condemned by MPs on various political hues."
*[http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/pages/history/story0014.html Jamaica and the Great War]
**"in 1917 [...] unemployment was high and wages were low - men received 9 pence a day to cut cane."
*[http://www.wilkiecollins.demon.co.uk/coinage/coins.htm Money and Coinage in Victorian Britain]
*[http://www.margaretmorgan.com/wesley/state.html Macaulay on the State of England in 1685]
**"In 1661 the justices at Chelmsford had fixed the wages of the Essex labourer, who was not boarded, at six shillings in winter and seven in summer."
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/74/a4095074.shtml BBC - WW2 People's War]
**"I left [school] at Easter 1938. As soon as I had left school, my Father insisted that I went to work for my Uncle. My wages were 5 shillings per week plus board & lodgings"
*[http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/N-Money.html Relative Value of Sums of Money]
*[http://eh.net/hmit/ How Much Is That?] (set of calculators)

== Existing Practices ==
* ... ?

===Firefox Extension===
[http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/about/ Firefox Currency Converter - ViewMyCurrency]

Note: the [http://viewmycurrency.backpackit.com/pub/403081 current bug list] illustrates some problems of identifying currencies based on page content alone:
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li>All $ symbols are treated as USD Very annoying if you are Australian, Canadian etc. (Needs a new feature)</li>
<li>‘Euro 2006 Championship’ should not be converted.</li>
<li>...</li>
<li>Don’t convert CVS keywords . $Revision: 1.3 $ should not be treated as dollars.</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>

===Greasemonkey Scripts ===
[http://nybblelabs.org.uk/projects/exchequer Exchequer]

[http://6v8.gamboni.org/Greasemonkey-Yahoo-Finance.html Yahoo! Finance Currency Converter]

==See also==
*[http://code.google.com/webstats/2005-12/classes.html Google code - classes] - discussion of <code>class="price"</code> (the 40th most used class on the web) and the case for attributes for unambiguous specification of currency (see final paragraph).
*[http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/plot.html PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service] - dynamic tables of historic currency conversion rates

==Related pages==
{{currency-related-pages}}
* [[abbr-design-pattern]]

currency-formats

2013-04-03T14:29:12Z

Johnclarke: /* XBRL */

<entry-title> Currency formats prior art </entry-title>

This page gathers information about existing practices and standards for representing currencies and currency-qualified numbers/amounts towards the development of a [[currency]] microformat. Per the [[process]]:
* [[currency-examples]]
* [[currency-formats]]
* [[currency-brainstorming]]

==Formats==
===UBL===

"[http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/cd-UBL-1.0/ UBL] is designed to provide a universally understood and recognized commercial syntax for legally binding business documents and to operate within a standard business framework such as ISO 15000 (ebXML) to provide a complete, standards-based infrastructure that can extend the benefits of existing EDI systems to businesses of all sizes."

UBL uses the following semantics for currency amounts:
*Amount (enclosed the value)
**amountCurrencyCodeListVersionID (ex. "0.3") - no longer used in 2.0
**amountCurrencyID (ex. "USD")

In addition, UBL uses the following semantics to specify a price for a product/service:
*Price
**PriceAmount qualified with a currencyID,
**BaseQuantity (usually 1) qualified with a unitCode.

So, according to UBL at least, a base quantity is an integral part of a price.

===XBRL===

[http://www.xbrl.org XBRL] is an XML-based business reporting language.

In XBRL, a currency is just another simple unit of measure.

In XBRL, a unit of measure can be simple or complex. A simple unit of measure if for instance "feet" while a complex unit of measure is "Euros per share".

Units of measurement can be specified anywhere in the XBRL document and assigned a unique identifier, then referred to from numerical facts.

The following examples show adapted versions of the [http://www.xbrl.org/Specification/XBRL-RECOMMENDATION-2003-12-31+Corrected-Errata-2005-11-07.htm#_example_20 XML examples].

In the adaptation, we have dropped the distinction that XBRL makes between the concept of "unit" and the concept of "measure". We only kept the notion of "unit", allowing a content fragment of class "unit" to contain other fragments of class "unit" to allow the definition of a complex unit.

Currency, UK Pounds. http://www.e-textloans.co.uk/

<pre>
GBP
</pre>

Square feet (as simple unit)

<pre>
sqrft
</pre>

Square feet (as complex unit)

<pre>
sqrft*sqrft
</pre>

Earnings per share (EPS) measured in Euros per share.

<pre>
EUR/shares
</pre>

100 UK pounds (with referred-to unit using the [[include-pattern]])

<pre>
100<a href="#u1" class="include"/>
</pre>

100 UK pounds (with locally defined unit)

<pre>
100 GBP
</pre>

===ISO 4217===
[http://www.xe.com/iso4217.htm ISO 4217 Codes].

[http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/popstds/currencycodeslist.html ISO 4217], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217] is an international standard for 3-letter currency codes.

===Interactive Financial Exchange (IFX) ===

The [http://www.ifxforum.org IFX Forum] develops a robust framework for the electronic business-to-business exchange of data among financial service institutions around the world".

Altough adapted to XML implementations, the IFX data model has been designed independently of XML technologies, so that it can be implemented using other representations than XML.

IFX defines the concept of a currency amount (CurAmt), which contains:
:an amount (Amt), which is a decimal value
:a currency code (CurCode), which is a 3-letter value defined in ISO-4217

===OFX===

The [http://www.ofx.net Open Financial Exchange] is a standard developed by Microsoft and Quicken for personal finance managers. They use the following conventions for currencies and currency values.

They have the concept of a default currency ("CURDEF"), which is a 3-letter ISO-4217 value.

Then they have the concept of the currency that a value is expressed in ("CURRENCY"), again with a 3-letter ISO-4217.

Last, there is also an option to provide an original currency, if the value has been converted. The ORIGCURRENCY contains a CURSYM (in ISO-4217) and a CURRATE, ratio of CURDEF to CURSYM.

===Canadian dollar===

Although the representation of a canadian dollar according to ISO-4217 is CAD, the most common representation of the currency according to some is CDN.

According to wikipedia:

<blockquote>There are various common abbreviations to distinguish the Canadian dollar from others: while the ISO currency code CAD (a three-character code without monetary symbols) is common, no single system is universally accepted. C$ is recommended by the Canadian government (e.g., per The Canadian Style guide) and is used by the International Monetary Fund, while Editing Canadian English indicates Can$ and CDN$; both guides note the ISO scheme/code. The abbreviation CA$ is also used, e.g., in some software packages.</blockquote>

::Any of which can be marked up thus: <nowiki><abbr class="currency" title="CAD">C$</abbr></nowiki> (or whatever "class" we eventually decide on) since any of them is a "symbol" representing CAD. - Andy Mabbett

===Other===

Other standards exist for specific currencies.

==See also==
* [[currency]]
* [[currency-examples]]
* [[currency-brainstorming]]