microformats
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Microformats (μF) are predefined HTML markup (like HTML classes) created to serve as descriptive and consistent metadata about elements, designating them as representing a certain type of data (such as contact information, geographic coordinates, events, products, recipes, etc.). They allow software to process the information reliably by having set classes refer to a specific type of data rather than being arbitrary.
Key facts
- Technology standard.title
- Microformats
- Technology standard.status
- Published
- Technology standard.year_started
- 2005
- Technology standard.related_standards
- Microdata (HTML), RDF, RDF Schema, OWL
- Technology standard.abbreviation
- μF
- Technology standard.domain
- Semantic Web
- Technology standard.version
- Microformats2
- Technology standard.image
- File:Microformat-logo.png
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Described at
About microformats - Microformats Wiki
microformats.org →Designed for humans first and machines second, microformats are a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards. Instead of throwing away what works today, microformats intend to solve simpler problems first by adapting to current behaviors and usage patterns. A way of thinking about data Design principles for formats Adapted to current behaviors and usage patterns (“Pave the cow paths .”) Highly correlated with semantic XHTML, AKA the real world semantics, AKA lowercase semantic web , AKA lossless HTML A set of simple open data format standards that many are actively developing and implementing for more/better structured blogging and web microcontent publishing in general. “An evolutionary revolution ” All the above.
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- IRC channel URL
- irc://irc.libera.chat/microformats
- Commons category
- Microformat screenshots
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/microformats
- described at URL
- microformats.org/wiki/about
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17 sectionsContents
- Background
- Technical overview
- Examples
- Specific microformats
- Uses
- Evaluation
- Design principles
- Accessibility
- Comparison with alternative approaches
- Microformats 2
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Microformats (μF) are predefined HTML markup (like HTML classes) created to serve as descriptive and consistent metadata about elements, designating them as representing a certain type of data (such as contact information, geographic coordinates, events, products, recipes, etc.). They allow software to process the information reliably by having set classes refer to a specific type of data rather than being arbitrary.
Microformats emerged around 2005 and were predominantly designed for use by search engines, web syndication and aggregators such as RSS. Google confirmed in 2020 that it still parses microformats for use in content indexing. Microformats are referenced in several W3C social web specifications, including IndieAuth and Webmention.