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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 (削除) (X) (削除ここまで)HTML" (i.e. "[[POSH]]") with a set of common class-names. They are open and available, freely, for anyone to use.
More technically, they are items of semantic markup, using just standard "plain old semantic HTML" (i.e. "[[POSH]]") with a set of common (追記) [[ (追記ここまで)class-names(追記) ]] and "[[rel]]" values (追記ここまで). 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 (削除) organisations (削除ここまで)to publish richer information themselves, without having to rely upon centralized services
# a way for people and (追記) organizations (追記ここまで)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 (追記) (e.g. meta tags) (追記ここまで)have either failed or taken so long to garner any adoption, that a new approach was necessary
# a way to use [[(削除) (X) (削除ここまで)HTML]] for data.
# a way to use (追記) well formed (追記ここまで)[[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. One parallel that (削除) can be (削除ここまで)drawn is to REST in the web services world - for more on REST see [[suggested-reading#REST|suggested reading on REST]].
* Microformats are a simple effort which has appealed to many frustrated with previous complex efforts.
* See: [http://(削除) www.justinleavesley (削除ここまで).com/(削除) journal (削除ここまで)/(削除) 2005 (削除ここまで)/(削除) 7 (削除ここまで)/(削除) 28 (削除ここまで)/(削除) web-services-and (削除ここまで)-the(削除) -innovators-dilemma (削除ここまで).(削除) html Web Services and the Innovators Dilemma (削除ここまで)] (削除) by Justin Leavesley (削除ここまで)
One parallel that (追記) has been (追記ここまで)drawn is to REST in the (追記) API / (追記ここまで)web services world - for more on REST see [[suggested-reading#REST|suggested reading on REST]].
(追記) ==Get Started == (追記ここまで)
(追記) It's easy to get started with microformats: (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [[get-started]] with adding microformats to your HTML (追記ここまで)
(追記) ==Learn More == (追記ここまで)
(追記) Learn more about microformats from the microformats.org (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [http://microformats.org/about/ about page], (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [http://microformats.org/ blog], (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [[faq|FAQ]], (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [[articles]], (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [[press]], (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [[presentations]], (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [[books]], (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [[podcasts]], (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [[screencasts]], (追記ここまで)
* (追記) and more [[suggested-reading|suggested reading]]. (追記ここまで)
(追記) == (追記ここまで)See (追記) Also== (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [[testimonials]] (追記ここまで)
(追記) * [[implement|So you want to implement microformats?]] (追記ここまで)
(追記) == External Resources== (追記ここまで)
(追記) * Emily Lewis's excellent series of articles (追記ここまで):
(追記) ** (追記ここまで)[http://(追記) ablognotlimited (追記ここまで).com/(追記) articles (追記ここまで)/(追記) tag (追記ここまで)/(追記) Getting+Semantic+series (追記ここまで)/ (追記) A Blog Not Limited: Getting Semantic With Microformats Series] (追記ここまで)
(追記) * Sitepoint has a nice introductory tutorial: (追記ここまで)
(追記) ** [http://reference.sitepoint.com/html (追記ここまで)/(追記) microformats Microformats (追記ここまで)- (追記) Plugging (追記ここまで)the (追記) Gaps in HTML] (追記ここまで)
(追記) * Premasagar has written up (追記ここまで)
(追記) ** [http://premasagar (追記ここまで).(追記) com/microformats/compound/ some nice microformats examples with source (追記ここまで)](追記) . (追記ここまで)
(追記) == Translations == (追記ここまで)


(削除) ==See also== (削除ここまで)
* [[(追記) introduction-pt-br (追記ここまで)]] (追記) (see also (追記ここまで)[[(追記) introduction-pt-br-2 (追記ここまで)]](追記) ) (追記ここまで)
*(削除) Recent (削除ここまで)[[(削除) press (削除ここまで)]] (削除) interviews and (削除ここまで)[[(削除) articles (削除ここまで)]] (削除) are also a good introduction. (削除ここまで)
* ...
*(削除) See microformat [[presentations]] for more background and introductory material on [[microformats]] (削除ここまで).
(削除) *Listen to [[podcasts]] about microformats (削除ここまで).
(削除) *Read the [[faq|FAQs]] for general microformat queries (削除ここまで).
(削除) *More [[suggested-reading|suggested reading]] (削除ここまで)
(削除) *[[implement|So you want to implement microformats?]] (削除ここまで)
(削除) *[[presentations]] (削除ここまで)
(削除) *[[podcasts]] (削除ここまで)
(削除) *[[testimonials]] (削除ここまで)

Latest revision as of 22:15, 17 December 2023

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 class-names 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:

  1. a logical next step in the evolution of web design and information architecture
  2. a way for people and organizations to publish richer information themselves, without having to rely upon centralized services
  3. 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
  4. 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:

Learn More

Learn more about microformats from the microformats.org

See Also

External Resources

Translations

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