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here. microformats
a set of thoughts written byTantek �elik and Adam Rifkin. microformats are:
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a way of thinking about data
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design principles for formats
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adapted to current behaviors and usage patterns (
"Pave the cow paths." - Adam Rifkin)
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highly correlated with semantic XHTML, AKA the
real world semantics, AKA lowercase semantic web, AKA lossless XHTML
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described by
Tantek's recent presentation at SXSW: The Elements of Meaningful XHTML
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a set of simple open data format standards that many (including Technorati) are actively developing and implementing for more/better structured blogging and web microcontent publishing in general.
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all the above.
microformats are not:
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a new language
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infinitely extensible and open-ended
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an attempt to get everyone to change their behavior and rewrite their tools
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a whole new approach that throws away what already works today
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a panacea for all taxonomies, ontologies, and other such abstractions
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defining the whole world, or even just boiling the ocean
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any of the above
the microformats principles
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solve a specific problem
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start as simple as possible
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solve simpler problems first
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make evolutionary improvements
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design for humans first, machines second
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be presentable and parsable
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visible data is better than invisible metadata
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adapt to current behaviors and usage patterns, e.g. (X)HTML, blogging
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reuse building blocks from widely adopted standards
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semantic, meaningful (X)HTML. See SemanticXHTMLDesignPrinciples for more details.
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existing microformats
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well established schemas from interoperable RFCs
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modularity / embeddability
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design to be reused and embedded inside existing formats and microformats
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enable and encourage decentralized development, content, services
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explicitly encourage "spirit of the Web"
microformats presentations
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See separate MicroFormatsPresentations page.
microformats specifications
People and Companies
Social Networks
Lists and Outlines
Calendars and Events
Ratings and Reviews
Licenses, open source, content sharing
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rel="license" - RelLicense - in use by:
Tags, keywords, categories
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rel="tag" - RelTag - in use by:
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numerous content authoring platforms (blogging tools etc.)
hyperlink relationships
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tracked by
Technorati Votes
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rel="nofollow" - RelNoFollow - in use by:
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numerous content authoring platforms (blogging tools etc.)
Foundation
microformats based specifications
The beauty of small and simple microformats is that they can easily be reused as building blocks to for richer formats and specifications.
Attention
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is built with the following microformats
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AttentionQuery for applications and services
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Prototype OPML converter at http://www.technorati.com/attention.html
microformats experiments and first thoughts
Reviews
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ReviewsFormats - research into existing review schemas and formats to attempt to understand the common simple subset that makes sense to turn into a microformat, as well as analysis of existing review markup structures used for presentation.
Link Tagging
News Story Relationships
Podcasts
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PodcastMetadata - A standard for using HTML to markup podcast "show notes" blog posts with machine usable metadata
Robots Exclusion
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introduction in
XMDP-style Robot Profile
Exams and certification
Job postings
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Jeff Jarvis - The future of classifieds outlines the coming demand for a distributed job posting microformat.
Hymns
Comments
WikiFormats
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WikiFormats - making formats out of materials common to most all wiki: bold, italic, links, and maybe lists.
Discussion
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