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Microformats are an evolution in Web programming languages that use special tags in Web pages to help computers identify the specific pieces of information they contain.
This identification enables systems to use the tags to display the most relevant information, identify common relationships, and link to additional relevant information. Microformats speed Web use and enable aggregating, sharing and display of Web content.
Python, Ajax, Ruby on Rails, PHP, PERL .NET and SOAP are some of the technologies associated with using Microformats to create content pages.
Before Microformats Web 1.0
Otherwise known as the late 90's
Think about searching the Web for data. When we type in apple, for instance, we might find information about the fruit, the computer company, the record label, people with the last name Apple and a multitude of other results. We then have to decide what information is relevant to our needs. The first thing Microformats can do is define the nature of the information they contain. They are a way to use code in the Web pages to tell searchers's systems about the content on the page so that the search returns the most likely results.
Let's assume we want to learn about Apple the computer company. We might find financial data on the company, reviews of products, products for sale, blog posts, videos and other information. Microformats enable pages to be classified and for systems to read the classifications and display the results we want, again, reducing our need to look at each likely page to decide what we are likely to want to see.
As you can imagine, when each Web page used different formatting instructions it was be very difficult to share information (think 1994. )With standardized ways to define the type of information in Web pages, we can use our preferred definitions to specify content that we want to see and save our preferences on sites that use the Microformat
Let's assume we want to learn about Apple the computer company. We might find financial data on the company, reviews of products, products for sale, blog posts, videos and other information. Microformats enable pages to be classified and for systems to read the classifications and display the results we want, again, reducing our need to look at each likely page to decide what we are likely to want to see.
As you can imagine, when each Web page used different formatting instructions it was be very difficult to share information (think 1994. )With standardized ways to define the type of information in Web pages, we can use our preferred definitions to specify content that we want to see and save our preferences on sites that use the Microformat
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Lots of news on new applications and sites created using microformat technology.
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The basis of the Microformat technology is using code to automate the users' ability to choose the content that they want to see or display. Hmm... Sounds like Squidoo.
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- Purpose of Microformats
- 15 October 2006
Purpose of Microformats
The Purpose of Microformats Roger
Costello Click arrow key to navigate to next page >>Purpose of MicroformatsThe purpose of microformats is to enrich the semantics of (X)HTML documents.
Let's spend a few minutes reviewing (X)HTML. Then we will examine how ... - Microformats Practices
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hCard markup ex - Microformats: More Meaning from Your Markup [HTML & XHTML Tutorials]
- Hidden on many pages of the Web are tiny packets of information -- people, places, events, and more. You and I can read them, but they're invisible to machines. Imagine the possibilities if that information became visible to other sites and applications! In this article, Brian shows how the addition
News about Microformats
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byMicroformats - Stylesheets for the whole Web
Moving toward a standard
Think about searching the Web for data. When we type in apple, for instance, we might find information about the fruit, the computer company, the record label, people with the last name Apple and a multitude of other results. We then have to decide what information is relevant to our needs. The first thing Microformats can do is define the nature of the information they contain. They are a way to use code in the Web pages to tell searchers's systems about the content on the page so that the search returns the most likely results.
Let's assume we want to learn about Apple the computer company. We might find financial data on the company, reviews of products, products for sale, blog posts, videos and other information. Microformats enable pages to be classified and for systems to read the classifications and display the results we want, again, reducing our need to look at each likely page to decide what we are likely to want to see.
As you can imagine, when each Web page used different formatting instructions it was be very difficult to share information (think 1994. )With standardized ways to define the type of information in Web pages, we can use our preferred definitions to specify content that we want to see and save our preferences on sites that use the Microformat
Let's assume we want to learn about Apple the computer company. We might find financial data on the company, reviews of products, products for sale, blog posts, videos and other information. Microformats enable pages to be classified and for systems to read the classifications and display the results we want, again, reducing our need to look at each likely page to decide what we are likely to want to see.
As you can imagine, when each Web page used different formatting instructions it was be very difficult to share information (think 1994. )With standardized ways to define the type of information in Web pages, we can use our preferred definitions to specify content that we want to see and save our preferences on sites that use the Microformat
Learn more about search
Microformats have huge implications for search
Search Engine Optimization has the tendency to create bad behaviors lthat limit the relevance of search to users. Microformats help ensure that content is what we expect it to be as searchers.
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byMicoformats - The building blocks of Web 2.0
Using these "data blocks" everyone becomes an editor
Because Microformats contain all of the information needed to display the information on the page, the module can be used on other sites and shared easily with others, without users needing to be on the page or site where the data "lives," and without loading the entire page that contains it.
Users can decide what information we want to see displayed regularly as it is updated, both from sites we specify and from sites we discover based on our preferences. We can aggregate the content using sites like Google's personalized pages, MySpace, intranets, classrooms and other community sites. In this application, Microformats form the basis of the social media applications included in Web 2.0
Users can decide what information we want to see displayed regularly as it is updated, both from sites we specify and from sites we discover based on our preferences. We can aggregate the content using sites like Google's personalized pages, MySpace, intranets, classrooms and other community sites. In this application, Microformats form the basis of the social media applications included in Web 2.0
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Learn more about the future of search and the technologies that use microformats to drive it.
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Software that uses microformats
Find open source and proprietary software that uses Microformats
Much of the software that powers the use of microformats is open source and can be downloaded and learned Online.
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The main reasons microformats are important:
Why technologies like AJAX and SOAP can help clean up search
Applications like Squidoo which use Microformats are hitting the nainstream in what's being called Web 2.0.
- They speed the display of pages because the receiving computers store the basic information about the types of data they expect to receive and how it should be treated. Using Web pages is more efficient and faster.
- Sharing and use of information among computers of different types and of Web sites is possible. Google Adwords are an example of this.
- Sharing information on the Web by inserting modules of from different sites onto one page, to import it into other applications, and to share it with others, while maintaining the integrity of the original source. Google personalized pages and Google AdWords are examples of this.
- Querying and discovering other research and others who are searching helps drive collaboration. An emerging trend in this area is the use of social media and networking sites.
- Search Engine Optimization has the tendency to create bad behaviors lthat limit the relevance of search to users. Microformats help ensure that content is what we expect it to be as searchers.
- Web content owners can better engage those who are looking for information and make it easier to share publicly or privately.
Learn more
More content about the use of Microformats in Web coding.
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Using Microformats
Web 2.0 introductions are occurring at an almost overwhelming pace. APIs are Application Programming Interfaces used to directly integrate content instructions into code. Tools simplify the process.
Web pages created dynamically using microformats can be described as aggregated content.
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