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Enable the automatic generation of sitemap.xml from existing HTML by specifying a minimal amount of semantic information. | Enable the automatic generation of sitemap.xml from existing HTML by specifying a minimal amount of semantic information. | ||
Countless sites contain HTML navigation constructs which already detail parts of the information required to build a sitemap file. Add a way to specify 'priority' and maybe 'changefreq' and enough would be in place for machines to build a sitemap. | Countless sites contain HTML navigation constructs which already detail parts of the information required to build a sitemap file. Typically these constructs leverage link elements which conveniently expose an 'href' attribute. Add a way to specify 'priority' and maybe 'changefreq' and enough would be in place for machines to build a site map. | ||
Currently the alternative is to either write a site map manually, or supply information to a generator (the said data being disconnected from your site). | |||
The [http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html sitemap] protocol is very simple. | |||
Per the microformats [[process]]: | Per the microformats [[process]]: | ||
Revision as of 11:50, 20 April 2012
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Enable the automatic generation of sitemap.xml from existing HTML by specifying a minimal amount of semantic information.
Countless sites contain HTML navigation constructs which already detail parts of the information required to build a sitemap file. Typically these constructs leverage link elements which conveniently expose an 'href' attribute. Add a way to specify 'priority' and maybe 'changefreq' and enough would be in place for machines to build a site map.
Currently the alternative is to either write a site map manually, or supply information to a generator (the said data being disconnected from your site).
The sitemap protocol is very simple.
Per the microformats process: