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	= Frequently Asked Press Questions =		= Frequently Asked Press Questions =

	This page documents questions which press or other journalists ask regarding microformats, and (eventually) some good answers to those questions. See the [[faq]] for ~~the~~ general frequently asked questions about microformats.		This page documents questions which press or other journalists ask regarding microformats, and (eventually) some good answers to those questions. See the [[faq\|FAQ]] for general frequently asked questions about microformats.

	== Questions ==		== Questions ==

	* '''May we see microformats as a pragmatic semantic web ? ~~'''~~		;May we see microformats as a pragmatic semantic web?

	Very much so. Microformats focus on enabling the rich discovery and indexing of semantic information '''''already''''' being published in web pages today, rather than asking web sites and companies to change their content policies and practices.		Very much so. Microformats focus on enabling the rich discovery and indexing of semantic information '''''already''''' being published in web pages today, rather than asking web sites and companies to change their content policies and practices.

	With a little bit of extra HTML, that any HTML web author can learn and produce, microformats enable any website publishing information about people, events, reviews, topics (and many other types of information), which is pretty much every website, to make that information more visibly semantic and thus available to search engines, other services, browser tools such as Firefox Operator etc.		With a little bit of extra HTML, that any HTML web author can learn and produce, microformats enable any website publishing information about people, events, reviews, topics (and many other types of information), which is pretty much every website, to make that information more visibly semantic and thus available to search engines, other services, browser tools such as Firefox's [[operator\|Operator]] extension, etc.


	* Why the microformats are created?		* Why the microformats are created?

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	Very much so. Microformats focus on enabling the rich discovery and indexing of semantic information '''''already''''' being published in web pages today, rather than asking web sites and companies to change their content policies and practices.		Very much so. Microformats focus on enabling the rich discovery and indexing of semantic information '''''already''''' being published in web pages today, rather than asking web sites and companies to change their content policies and practices.

	With a little bit of extra HTML, that any HTML web author can learn and produce, microformats enable ~~every~~ website publishing information about people, events, reviews, topics (and many other types of information), which is pretty much every website, to make that information more visibly semantic and thus available to search engines, other services, browser tools such as Firefox Operator etc.		With a little bit of extra HTML, that any HTML web author can learn and produce, microformats enable any website publishing information about people, events, reviews, topics (and many other types of information), which is pretty much every website, to make that information more visibly semantic and thus available to search engines, other services, browser tools such as Firefox Operator etc.

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	* '''May we see microformats as a pragmatic semantic web ? '''		* '''May we see microformats as a pragmatic semantic web ? '''

	Very much so. Microformats focus on enabling the rich discovery and indexing of semantic information ~~ALREADY~~ being published in web pages today, rather than asking web sites and companies to change their content policies and practices.		Very much so. Microformats focus on enabling the rich discovery and indexing of semantic information '''''already''''' being published in web pages today, rather than asking web sites and companies to change their content policies and practices.

	With a little bit of extra HTML, that any HTML web author can learn and produce, microformats enable every website publishing information about people, events, reviews, topics (and many other types of information), which is pretty much every website, to make that information more visibly semantic and thus available to search engines, other services, browser tools such as Firefox Operator etc.		With a little bit of extra HTML, that any HTML web author can learn and produce, microformats enable every website publishing information about people, events, reviews, topics (and many other types of information), which is pretty much every website, to make that information more visibly semantic and thus available to search engines, other services, browser tools such as Firefox Operator etc.

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	Very much so. Microformats focus on enabling the rich discovery and indexing of semantic information ALREADY being published in web pages today, rather than asking web sites and companies to change their content policies and practices.		Very much so. Microformats focus on enabling the rich discovery and indexing of semantic information ALREADY being published in web pages today, rather than asking web sites and companies to change their content policies and practices.

	With a little bit of extra HTML ~~than~~ any HTML web author can learn and produce, microformats enable every website publishing information about people, events, reviews, topics (and many other types of information), which is pretty much every website, to make that information more visibly semantic and thus available to search engines, other services, browser tools such as Firefox Operator etc.		With a little bit of extra HTML, that any HTML web author can learn and produce, microformats enable every website publishing information about people, events, reviews, topics (and many other types of information), which is pretty much every website, to make that information more visibly semantic and thus available to search engines, other services, browser tools such as Firefox Operator etc.

Tantek: added another press question, reformatted list to unordered

2007-06-12T00:07:44Z

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	== Questions ==		== Questions ==

	# Why the microformats are created?		* '''May we see microformats as a pragmatic semantic web ? '''
	##Is there any connection with the principles of taxonomy?
	# Can we consider microformats as an evolution in the use of the meta-information?		Very much so. Microformats focus on enabling the rich discovery and indexing of semantic information ALREADY being published in web pages today, rather than asking web sites and companies to change their content policies and practices.
	# Which is the function of the microformats inside of a web project?
	# Which are the advantages of its application in a website?		With a little bit of extra HTML than any HTML web author can learn and produce, microformats enable every website publishing information about people, events, reviews, topics (and many other types of information), which is pretty much every website, to make that information more visibly semantic and thus available to search engines, other services, browser tools such as Firefox Operator etc.
	# What kind of skills, knowledge and experience a developer must have to work with microformats?

			* Why the microformats are created?
			**Is there any connection with the principles of taxonomy?
			* Can we consider microformats as an evolution in the use of the meta-information?
			* Which is the function of the microformats inside of a web project?
			* Which are the advantages of its application in a website?
			* What kind of skills, knowledge and experience a developer must have to work with microformats?

Tantek: created. might as well answer press questions on the wiki.

2006-02-10T19:39:48Z

created. might as well answer press questions on the wiki.

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= Frequently Asked Press Questions =

This page documents questions which press or other journalists ask regarding microformats, and (eventually) some good answers to those questions. See the [[faq]] for the general frequently asked questions about microformats.

== Questions ==

# Why the microformats are created?
##Is there any connection with the principles of taxonomy?
# Can we consider microformats as an evolution in the use of the meta-information?
# Which is the function of the microformats inside of a web project?
# Which are the advantages of its application in a website?
# What kind of skills, knowledge and experience a developer must have to work with microformats?