item-formats

Formats

This section documents existing formats related to describing items/things.

Google Base

Item Types

Here are the predefined Google Base item types. Note:

• this may be broader than what we wish to cover in a potential item microformat, especially since many of these are covered by existing microformats.
• the "real" list is open ended -- you can define your own types

Item Types:

• Information type
• Course schedules
• Events
• Jobs
• Housing
• News and articles
• People profiles
• Products
• Recipes
• Research studies and publications
• Reviews
• Services
• Travel
• Vehicles
• Wanted ads

Attribute Types

Google Base Items are defined by compositing Attribute Types together. A complete list of Google Base Attribute types is available here. These are, for example: actor, age, agent, apparel_type, .... Many of these items (actor, agent, for example) are actuall in microformats terms complete microformats in and off themselves.

Data Types

All Google Base attributes are defined in terms of a few simple, elementry types: string, int, float, intUnit, floatUnit, date, dateTime, dateTimeRange, url, boolean, location

See Also

• examples
• formats
• brainstorming
• initial discussion