"There's a symptom of those being introduced to microformats and OpenID; They tend to go cross-eyed in confusion.
If you're into web technologies, one of the words being whispered for a good while now has been Microformats - a fantastic way to place human and machine-readable contact, calendar and other information in webpages.
It's been two years since we threw the switch and launched microformats.org. In year two the community has accomplished some incredible results. So many that I can't hope to list them all.
The addition of support for tagging and link blogging were the warning shots but the coming months will see Reader evolve into a fully fledged Reader/Writer (let's call it ReWriter).
Microformats: you've heard about them, you've seen them and you may even be using them – what are they, what are they going to become, where are they going and why do I care? I recently had the privilege of interviewing someone extremely knowledgeable on the subject to answ …
Microformats: you've heard about them, you've seen them and you may even be using them – what are they, what are they going to become, where are they going and why do I care? I recently had the privilege of interviewing someone extremely knowledgeable on the subject to answ …
From the article: A number of recent developments relating to Firefox 3 and microformats raise the hope that the next version of many people's favorite browser will support microformats natively.
Microformats is not really a new technology, but a way of tagging your content with additional information so that it is understood what the content is. Whilst relatively a new concept, many people are already doing it. This guide shows what they are, and how to use them.
As part of what I am calling Job Search 2.0 - there is a push for creating a standardized way for people to control their resume data.
You've heard the buzz about microformats, and you've probably been meaning to use them on your sites—perhaps they're sitting somewhere near the bottom of your list of things to do.
Microformats
Originally Posted on MarylandMedia.com A topic of much intrigue with an audience to match: a perfect summation of Refresh-DC's Microformats presentation last week.
Microformats are one small step forward toward exporting structured data on the Web; a new way to embed structured data within standard XHTML code. Discover how to read and write the new microformats for the Web.
The simple fact is they are all based on trust - either providing trust or being supported by it. Never heard of these three before? Okay maybe you heard about blogging but did you think about trust much when you did your blogging or when you read what others blogged?
Brian Suda of has created an extremely helpful "Microformats Cheatsheet". For those new to microformats or actively implementing them – this is an amazing resource. The cheatsheet is currently available for download in PDF form (72.93 KB).
Microformats are here to stay, or so it seems with the announcement of Yahoo! Local's support. However, should I care about Microformats right now? This was the question of debate among my colleagues today over lunch.
Great list of semantic markup examples and microformat examples. Evryone can learn something from this. Even tho he talks about "xhtml" this surly applies to good 'old HTML 4.01.
Great list of semantic markup examples and microformat examples. Evryone can learn something from this. Even tho he talks about "xhtml" this surly applies to good 'old HTML 4.01.
In an interesting twist of events, Bill Gates mentions microformats and states their importance at the Mix'06 opening keynote.