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{{DISPLAYTITLE:2016-06-20 - 11 years of microformats.org!}}

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Today is the 11th birthday of the launch of microformats.org and this past year has been particularly productive for microformats specifications & implementations.

* See blog post: http://microformats.org/2016/06/22/microformats-org-at-11


== News ==
Add anything notable you know of regarding microformats in the past year below, and I'll curate/assemble into a blog post accordingly!

[[User:Tantek|Tantek]] 16:20, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

New implementations (publishing or parsing), substantial/notable site deployments, etc.

* [[microformats2-parsing]] spec stable with all outstanding [[microformats2-parsing-issues]] resolved (some to-be-edited)
** Switching to GitHub for new issues
* Great progress with new & improved [[microformats2]] parsers!
* microformats2 in the wild grew steadily up to 10,000s+ of sites through IndieWeb adoption and deployments
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== Notable Deployments ==
* [[Any23]] - https://twitter.com/hectorMcSpector/status/645313144676478977 <blockquote>@microformats #apache #any23 now supports Microformats2. I added this to the wiki http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats2#Java … #w00t</blockquote>
* [[micrometa]] - https://twitter.com/jkphl/status/725087140581875712 <blockquote>An update of http://micrometa.jkphl.is  itself will follow soon (including support for most recent php-mf2) +@microformats</blockquote>

== FAQ ==
Questions from the past year of @microformats, or new questions (feel free to add, whether [[simple]], complex, or controversial; just [[mailing-lists#Be_nice|be nice]] :)

* https://twitter.com/mdonahue37/status/594917366229762049 <blockquote>@microformats It feels like microformats, and semantics in general, are dying. Is anyone else still beating these drums?</blockquote>
* spoiler: https://twitter.com/marcosjsramos/status/661756288481652738 - <blockquote>@microformats what about having an option 'isSpoiler' boolean attribute in the #hReview schema? :)</blockquote>
* u-photo img or parent div: https://twitter.com/moymadethis/status/673842678325448704 <blockquote>@microformats if I have a photo (u-photo), does the class need to be on the img tag or can it be added to parent div. Needed for styling.</blockquote>
* not quite dead yet https://twitter.com/mdonahue37/status/594917366229762049 <blockquote>@microformats It feels like microformats, and semantics in general, are dying. Is anyone else still beating these drums?</blockquote>
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== Testimonials ==
Do you like microformats (especially microformats2)? Tell us why! (or feel free to cite/quote others' testimonials in the wild (e.g. from their blog, tweets etc.)
* https://twitter.com/schofeld/status/648502325120737281 <blockquote>…hmm, looks like I should use a separate meta element: https://schema.org/startDate . <br/><br/> Man, Schema is verbose. @microformats FTW!</blockquote>
* https://twitter.com/robsonsobral/status/695243474048847872 <blockquote>@EllisLab , I still prefer @microformats over microdata</blockquote>
** https://twitter.com/robsonsobral/status/695260909095276544 <blockquote>@EllisLab @microformats are easier to write, easier to maintain and the code is so much smaller than microdata.</blockquote>
* https://twitter.com/vlahan/status/742819320372334592 <blockquote>@JOAKlM I am not a big fan of RDF, semanticweb, or predefined ontologies. We need something lightweight and emergent like the microformats</blockquote>
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== Requests ==
Specific:
* [[Bootstrap]] - https://twitter.com/asuh/status/634131649953927169 <blockquote>@mdo Congrats! Looking forward to iterations. Will you consider supporting @microformats and h-card for your addresses?</blockquote>

In General:
* metaformats, cards, UX. https://twitter.com/scott_anderson/status/642396326307610624 <blockquote>I'd like a suite of meta formats built on @microformats along with a common card-based UX that spans device types. https://twitter.com/Recode/status/642327718940405760 <blockquote> Google and Twitter are working on an open source version of "instant articles" http://on.recode.net/1UJCe4L  by @pkafka</blockquote></blockquote>
* an [[h-resume]] aggregator. https://twitter.com/davidmead/status/742348628585385985 <blockquote>That used to exist @karenmcgrane. Forget  the name. Built using @microformats hresume. Maybe its time again.</blockquote>

Formats:
* leaderboard: https://twitter.com/tobyberesford/status/652160137767968769 - <blockquote>@microformats @t @glennjones can you help? what microformat could I use for a ranked leaderboard? is it XOXO? e.g. http://t.co/Ol7p5TD4Dx</blokquote>
* link rel for I made this: https://twitter.com/ACJ/status/725328078059278336 <blockquote>I wish there was a link rel[ation] in the @htmlstandard for “I created the content of the following URL.” @WHATWG @w3c @microformats</blockquote>

== Tweets and wishes ==
* https://twitter.com/microformats/status/744929356678463488 (and replies)
* https://twitter.com/t/status/744953438639788032 (and replies)
* https://twitter.com/neoascetic/status/744938836858441728
* http://julieannenoying.com/2016/06/20/happy-birthday-microformats/ <blockquote>@microformats @t <3 ! <img style="max-width:100%" src="http://julieannenoying.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ermergerd.jpg" alt="ERMERGERD!!! (excited girl holding a large microformats logo) HERPER BERTHDER!!!"/></blockquote>

== Other ==
Anything else notable from the past year of microformats that didn't fit into the above
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