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<span style="float:right; padding-right:1em">http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/files/20061211-microformatsIntroduction/logo.jpg</span> | <span style="float:right; padding-right:1em">http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/files/20061211-microformatsIntroduction/logo.jpg</span> | ||
<dfn>[http://microformats.org/wiki/ Microformats]</dfn> are an HTML standard that express [[ | <dfn>[http://microformats.org/wiki/ Microformats]</dfn> are an HTML standard that express [[h-card|people]], [[h-event|events]], [[h-review|reviews]], [[h-recipe|recipes]], [[h-entry|datestamped content]], and other structured data in web pages in a way that makes them easily usable by web browser, search engines, and other web crawlers. | ||
Web browsers in particular are able to associate the data with particular actions and provide a richer user experience for pages marked up with microformats. | Web browsers in particular are able to associate the data with particular actions and provide a richer user experience for pages marked up with microformats. | ||
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<div style="float:right;clear:right">__TOC__</div> | <div style="float:right;clear:right">__TOC__</div> | ||
== Common Microformats == | == Common Microformats == | ||
* [[ | * [[h-card]] - people and organizations | ||
* [[ | * [[h-event]] - events | ||
* [[ | * [[h-review]] - reviews of places, people, events, products, etc. | ||
* [[ | * [[h-entry]] - blog posts, status updates, and any kind of episodic content | ||
* [[adr]] - structured addresses | * [[h-adr]] - structured addresses | ||
* [[geo]] - latitude/longitude geolocations | * [[h-geo]] - latitude/longitude geolocations | ||
* see http://microformats.org/wiki/ for more. | * see http://microformats.org/wiki/ for more. | ||
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* Accurate data collection by services | * Accurate data collection by services | ||
== Firefox Implementation Introduction== | == Firefox 3 Implementation == | ||
=== Firefox Implementation Introduction=== | |||
For background information on microformat detection, please see this series of blog posts by Alex Faaborg: | For background information on microformat detection, please see this series of blog posts by Alex Faaborg: | ||
*[http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/11/microformats-part-0-introduction Part 0: Introduction] | *[http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/11/microformats-part-0-introduction Part 0: Introduction] | ||
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*[http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/02/04/microformats-part-4-the-user-interface-of-microformat-detection/ Part 4: The User Interface of Microformat Detection] | *[http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/02/04/microformats-part-4-the-user-interface-of-microformat-detection/ Part 4: The User Interface of Microformat Detection] | ||
==User Experience== | ===User Experience=== | ||
*[[microformats/UE/ideas|Brainstorming page]] about the user experience of microformat detection, please feel free to contribute any design work, or to comment on these conceptual mockups. | *[[microformats/UE/ideas|Brainstorming page]] about the user experience of microformat detection, please feel free to contribute any design work, or to comment on these conceptual mockups. | ||
*Information about about the user interface of microformat detection can also be found on the [http://microformats.org/wiki/user-interface microformats.org wiki] | *Information about about the user interface of microformat detection can also be found on the [http://microformats.org/wiki/user-interface microformats.org wiki] | ||
===Firefox 3=== | ====Firefox 3==== | ||
*[[ContentHandling:User_Interface/Preferences_Microformats|Preferences for Microformats]] | *[[ContentHandling:User_Interface/Preferences_Microformats|Preferences for Microformats]] | ||
==Implementation== | ===Implementation=== | ||
[http://www.kaply.com/weblog/ Michael Kaply] | [http://www.kaply.com/weblog/ Michael Kaply] worked on the microformats implementation in Firefox 3. There is some overlap with the content handling work being done by [http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Dmose Dan Mosedale], and [http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/ Alex Faaborg] is working on the user interface. | ||
==Module== | ===Module=== | ||
microformats is implemented in a module in Firefox. | microformats is implemented in a module in Firefox. | ||