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;attribute
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:??? (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_element HTML element on Wikipedia])


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:The ''recommended'' procedure for proposing a new microformat. See [[process]]
:The ''recommended'' procedure for proposing a new microformat. See [[process]]
;profile
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:See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Url URLs on Wikipedia]
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;value
:??? (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_element HTML element on Wikipedia])


;(X)HTML
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Revision as of 22:05, 9 December 2006

Microformats Glossary

If you have a term you wish to see defined, please feel free to add it to the list, in alphabetical order (apart from the first entry).

microformat
See http://microformats.org/about/.
@
in the context of, say, @rel, this is shorthand for attribute, so "the @rel" should be read as "the rel attribute"
attribute
??? (see HTML element on Wikipedia)
autodiscovery
see discovery
class
???
compound microformat
See compound-microformat
design pattern
???
discovery
???
DRY
See DRY
element
??? (see HTML element on Wikipedia)
elemental microformat
See elemental-microformat
HTML
HyperText mark-up Language (see HTML on Wkiipedia and XHTML, below)
mark-up
n. the (X)HTML codes and related classes which, when wrapped around data, turn it into a web page.
mark up
v. to apply mark-up.
microformateer
A person involved with microformats.
parser
???
process
The recommended procedure for proposing a new microformat. See process
profile
???
property
???
rel
a property which signifies the relationship of one page to another, linked, page.
rev
as rel, but applying in the reverse direction.
tag
???
uF
Shorthand for microformat, especially used in e-mail and on IRC. Plural: uFs.
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier: a compact string of characters used to identify or name a resource. See URIs on Wikipedia
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
  1. in popular usage, it is a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)—many popular and technical texts will use the term "URL" when referring to URI;
  2. in strict technical usage, it is a subset of URI specific to identifiers who are primarily locators.
See URLs on Wikipedia
value
??? (see HTML element on Wikipedia)
(X)HTML
A generic term, meaning "HTML or XHTML".
XHTML
HTML reformulated in XML. (See see XHTML on Wkiipedia or http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/ for more information.)