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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]], [[hCalendar|events]], [[hAtom|blog posts]], [[hReview|reviews]], [[hRecipe|recipes]] etc.

==Introduction==
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This wiki is the central resource of the microformats community and provides microformats authoring guides, references, specifications, drafts, publishing patterns, research, brainstorming, and issue tracking.

== 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]] - [http://microformats.org/code/hcalendar/creator hCalendar creator]
* [[hcard|hCard]] - [http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator hCard creator]
* [[rel-license]]
* [[rel-nofollow]]
* [[rel-tag]]
* [[vote-links|VoteLinks]]
* [[XFN]] - [http://gmpg.org/xfn/creator XFN creator]
* [[XMDP]]
* [[xoxo|XOXO]]

== 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]] - for marking up address information
* [[geo|geo]] - for marking up [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGS84 WGS84] geographic coordinates (latitude; longitude)
* [[hatom|hAtom]] - syndicating episodic content (e.g. weblog postings)
* [[haudio|hAudio]]
* [[hlisting|hListing]] - open, distributed listings
* [[hmedia|hMedia]] - A single media publishing format that relates to Images, Video and Audio.
* [[hnews|hNews]]
* [[hproduct|hProduct]]
* [[hrecipe|hRecipe]] - for cooking+baking recipes
* [[hresume|hResume]] - for publishing resumes and CVs
* [[hreview|hReview]] - [http://microformats.org/code/hreview/creator hReview creator]
* [[rel-directory]] - to indicate that the destination of a hyperlink is a directory listing containing an entry for the current page
* [[rel-enclosure]] - for indicating attachments (e.g. files) to download and cache
* [[rel-home]] - indicate a hyperlink to the homepage of the site
* [[rel-payment]] - indicate a payment mechanism
* [[robots-exclusion|robots exclusion]]

* [[xfolk|xFolk]]

''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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== 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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