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Microformats
Microformats University: 100+ Articles and Resources by Jessica Hupp.
Microformats are small formatting pieces designed to make your data easier to read by both users and software. Although their use is not widespread, it?s important that every web developer becomes familiar with them, as they?re sure to be an integral part of the web?s future. Because of this, there are a number of articles and resources out there devoted to microformats. We?ve compiled more than 100 of the best here.
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Intro To Microformats
Microformats: Digging Deeper into the Web by Ben Ward is a short introduction to the topic. It would have been nice to see some mention of COinS, since this is a publication for information workers. Extracting, repurposing and combining information is...
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Problems With Microformats
This is old news, but new to me and maybe someone else. There are some basic problems with many of the microformats, including the hCalendar. The BBC has stopped using microformats.Since /programmes first went live we've been working to ensure that...
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Microformats
Karen Coombs at Library Web Chic points to a nice Firefox extension, Operator.Operator leverages microformats that are already available on many web pages to provide new ways to interact with web services.Operator lets you combine pieces of information...
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Microformats
As a cataloger who appreciates all forms of structured mark-up, I'm putting this on my to-read list. Microformats: Empowering Your Markup for Web 2.0 I like microformats and hope they become more widespread on the Web. Can't link to WorldCat,...
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Microformats
Some microformat cheat sheets (quick reference) are available. Dave Child has a very nice design on his. Brian Suda has a more compact version."Microformats are markup that allow expression of semantics in an HTML (or XHTML) web page. Programs can extract...
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