blog-description-format

Blog description format

Discussion Participants

Editors

• Björn Seibert, Robert Bachmann

Authors

• Björn Seibert, Robert Bachmann

Purpose

A microformat to describe the contents of a (we)blog. It provides a specific set of information to categorize a (we)blog. Enables easier search for humans and efficient collection of information by machines.

Here are some of examples for information that might be provided:

• Details about the blog
• Blog name (e.g: "John Doe's Blog")
  • Blog URI (e.g: http://example.org/ )
  • Lanuage used for the blog, read-able by machines (e.g: "en-US" or "de")
  • Topics covered by the blog
  • A short description
  • Available feeds (RSS, Atom, etc.)
  • A small logo image
• Details about the author(s)
  • Name (e.g: "John Doe")
  • Contact details
  • Geographical Location

Examples

(add real-world examples here)

Existing practice

• Some blogging tools provide information

about feeds in <link> elements.

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