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<div>lamonz<br />
<h1> Blog Info Formats </h1><br />
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This page documents existing formats that are used to publish when discussing, linking to, referring to blogs beyond just linking to them using a person or organization's name, which is [http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-examples#References_to_People_and_Organizations a solved problem] (use <code><nowiki><cite></nowiki></code> and [[hcard|hCard]]). E.g. listing one or more feeds for the blog being referenced.<br />
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== Contributors ==<br />
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* [http://tantek.com/log/ Tantek Ãelik]<br />
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== Formats ==<br />
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=== XOXO ===<br />
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As perhaps the original unnamed blogroll format on most bloggers' blogs, [[xoxo|XOXO]] stands out as the clear leader in terms of referencing at least a bit of info about the blog.<br />
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Schema:<br />
* Name of blog<br />
* URL of blog<br />
* "title" attribute brief description/summary about the blog<br />
* relationship - via [http://gmpg.org/xfn XFN] - to the author of the blog<br />
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=== OPML ===<br />
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Even though it is not published as part of the visible Web, [http://opml.org/ OPML] is still published on the web (with publicly accessible HTTP URLs), and thus it is worthy of consideration as an existing format.<br />
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Schema:<br />
* text="[BLOG TITLE]" <br />
* description="[BLOG DESCRIPTION]" <br />
* url = "[BLOG URL]"<br />
** htmlUrl="[BLOG URL]" <br />
** xmlUrl="[BLOG FEED]" <br />
** type="rss" | "link" | "atom" - provides a hint of what to expect at the xmlUrl and/or url properties. This is not clearly specified (if you know otherwise, please correct this, and link to normative definitions).<br />
* language="unknown" - not sure if this means the language of the OPML contents (e.g. like HTML lang attribute), or of the destination of the link (e.g. like HTML hreflang attribute).<br />
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OPML criticisms (see comments on these posts for answers/clarifications)<br />
* http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/blog/blogView?showComments=true&entry=3305486922<br />
* http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2005/09/is_opml_a_crapp.html<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[blog-info-examples]]<br />
* [[blog-info-brainstorming]]<br />
* [[hatom|hAtom]]</div>LibocDronn