Microformats
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Every once in a long while, I read about an idea that is a stroke of brilliance, and I think to myself, "I wish I had thought of that, it's genius!" Microformats are just that kind of idea. You see, for a while now, people have tried to extract structured data from the unstructured Web.
Separate data and formatting with microformats
Microformats: Boon or Bane?
Designed for humans first and machines second, microformats are a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards . The official microformat "elevator pitch" tells us nothing useful.
Microformats
The microformats.org community recently celebrated its 5th birthday – five plus years of openly researching, creating, and iterating on web standards to express common semantics designed for humans first, machines second.
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 (e.g.
