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== What are Microformats? == | == What are Microformats? == | ||
Microformats are a way of adding simple markup to human-readable data items such as events, contact details or locations, on web pages, so that the information in them can be extracted by software and indexed, searched for, saved, cross-referenced or combined. | Microformats are a way of adding simple markup to human-readable data items such as events, contact details or locations, on web pages, so that the information in them can be extracted by software and indexed, searched for, saved, cross-referenced or combined. | ||
− | More technically, they are items of semantic markup, using just standard "plain old semantic | + | More technically, they are items of semantic markup, using just standard "plain old semantic HTML" (i.e. "[[POSH]]") with a set of common [[class-names]] and "[[rel]]" values. They are open and available, freely, for anyone to use. |
== Why Microformats == | == Why Microformats == | ||
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In short, microformats are the convergence of a number of trends: | In short, microformats are the convergence of a number of trends: | ||
# a logical next step in the evolution of web design and information architecture | # a logical next step in the evolution of web design and information architecture | ||
− | # a way for people and | + | # a way for people and organizations to publish richer information themselves, without having to rely upon centralized services |
− | # an acknowledgement that (outside of speci<span class="notspam">alist</span> areas) "traditional" metadata efforts have either failed or taken so long to garner any adoption, that a new approach was necessary | + | # an acknowledgement that (outside of speci<span class="notspam">alist</span> areas) "traditional" metadata efforts (e.g. meta tags) have either failed or taken so long to garner any adoption, that a new approach was necessary |
− | # a way to use [[ | + | # a way to use well formed [[HTML]] for data. |
== The Appeal to Simplicity == | == The Appeal to Simplicity == | ||
− | * Microformats are a simple effort which has appealed to many frustrated with previous complex efforts. | + | * Microformats are a simple effort which has appealed to many frustrated with previous complex efforts. |
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− | == | + | One parallel that has been drawn is to REST in the API / web services world - for more on REST see [[suggested-reading#REST|suggested reading on REST]]. |
− | * | + | |
− | * | + | ==Get Started == |
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− | * | + | It's easy to get started with microformats: |
− | * | + | * [[get-started]] with adding microformats to your HTML |
− | * | + | |
+ | ==Learn More == | ||
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+ | Learn more about microformats from the microformats.org | ||
+ | * [http://microformats.org/about/ about page], | ||
+ | * [http://microformats.org/ blog], | ||
+ | * [[FAQ]], | ||
+ | * [[articles]], | ||
+ | * [[press]], | ||
+ | * [[presentations]], | ||
+ | * [[books]], | ||
+ | * [[podcasts]], | ||
+ | * [[screencasts]], | ||
+ | * and more [[suggested-reading|suggested reading]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[testimonials]] | ||
* [[implement|So you want to implement microformats?]] | * [[implement|So you want to implement microformats?]] | ||
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− | == | + | == External Resources== |
− | * Sitepoint has a nice introductory tutorial: [http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/microformats Microformats - Plugging the Gaps in HTML] | + | |
− | * Premasagar has written up [http://premasagar.com/microformats/compound/ some nice microformats examples with source]. | + | * Emily Lewis's excellent series of articles: |
+ | ** [http://ablognotlimited.com/articles/tag/Getting+Semantic+series/ A Blog Not Limited: Getting Semantic With Microformats Series] | ||
+ | * Sitepoint has a nice introductory tutorial: | ||
+ | ** [http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/microformats Microformats - Plugging the Gaps in HTML] | ||
+ | * Premasagar has written up | ||
+ | ** [http://premasagar.com/microformats/compound/ some nice microformats examples with source]. | ||
== Translations == | == Translations == | ||
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* [[introduction-pt-br]] (see also [[introduction-pt-br-2]]) | * [[introduction-pt-br]] (see also [[introduction-pt-br-2]]) | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 18 July 2020
Contents
What are Microformats?
Microformats are a way of adding simple markup to human-readable data items such as events, contact details or locations, on web pages, so that the information in them can be extracted by software and indexed, searched for, saved, cross-referenced or combined.
More technically, they are items of semantic markup, using just standard "plain old semantic HTML" (i.e. "posh") with a set of common existing-classes and "rel" values. They are open and available, freely, for anyone to use.
Why Microformats
Why did we come up with microformats?
In short, microformats are the convergence of a number of trends:
- a logical next step in the evolution of web design and information architecture
- a way for people and organizations to publish richer information themselves, without having to rely upon centralized services
- an acknowledgement that (outside of specialist areas) "traditional" metadata efforts (e.g. meta tags) have either failed or taken so long to garner any adoption, that a new approach was necessary
- a way to use well formed HTML for data.
The Appeal to Simplicity
- Microformats are a simple effort which has appealed to many frustrated with previous complex efforts.
One parallel that has been drawn is to REST in the API / web services world - for more on REST see suggested reading on REST.
Get Started
It's easy to get started with microformats:
- Get Started with adding microformats to your HTML
Learn More
Learn more about microformats from the microformats.org
- about page,
- blog,
- Microformats FAQ,
- Articles,
- press,
- presentations,
- Books,
- microformats podcasts,
- screencasts,
- and more suggested reading.
See Also
External Resources
- Emily Lewis's excellent series of articles:
- Sitepoint has a nice introductory tutorial:
- Premasagar has written up
Translations
- introduction-pt-br (see also Introdução aos Microformats)
- ...