Microformats
What are Microformats?
- -Microformats are a simple way to add more meaning to your HTML.
-How do you use Microformats?
-It's easy! You probably already know how. It's just classes.
- -- Example: - Contact Information -
+What are Microformats?
-Microformats are a simple way to add more meaning to your HTML.
+ -<div>
- Emma Goldman<br>
- 123 Main St<br>
- Some Town, CA<br>
- 90210
-
- <a href="mailto:emma.goldman@example.com">emma.goldman@example.com</a><br>
- <a href="https://twitter.com/emmagoldman">@emmagoldman</a>
- </div>
- <div class="h-card">
- <span class="p-name">Emma Goldman</span>
- <span class="p-street-address">123 Main St</span>
- <span class="p-locality">Some Town</span>, <span class="p-region">CA</span>
- <span class="p-postal-code">90210</span>
-
- <a class="u-email" href="mailto:emma.goldman@example.com">emma.goldman@example.com</a><br>
- <a class="u-url" rel="me" href="https://twitter.com/emmagoldman">@emmagoldman</a>
- </div>
- How do you use Microformats?
+It's easy! You probably already know how. It's just classes.
-+ Example: + Contact Information +
-- Example: - Link to Person -
+<div>
+ Emma Goldman<br>
+ 123 Main St<br>
+ Some Town, CA<br>
+ 90210
+
+ <a href="mailto:emma.goldman@example.com">emma.goldman@example.com</a><br>
+ <a href="https://twitter.com/emmagoldman">@emmagoldman</a>
+</div>
+ <div class="h-card">
+ <span class="p-name">Emma Goldman</span>
+ <span class="p-street-address">123 Main St</span>
+ <span class="p-locality">Some Town</span>, <span class="p-region">CA</span>
+ <span class="p-postal-code">90210</span>
+
+ <a class="u-email" href="mailto:emma.goldman@example.com">emma.goldman@example.com</a><br>
+ <a class="u-url" rel="me" href="https://twitter.com/emmagoldman">@emmagoldman</a>
+</div>
+ + Example: + Link to Person +
-<a href="https://twitter.com/emmagoldman">@emmagoldman</a>
- <a href="https://twitter.com/emmagoldman">@emmagoldman</a>
+ <a class="h-card" href="https://twitter.com/emmagoldman">@emmagoldman</a>
+ Why use Microformats?
+ ++ By adding Microformats to your HTML, your website becomes more + understandable to various kinds of computers. +
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+
- + Search engines can make sense of your HTML which allows them to display a better version + in their search results. + +
- + Browser extensions can enable your readers to download information to their contacts, + calendar, and maps apps. + +
- + Feed readers can be used to subscribe to your website's feeds (blog posts, bookmarks, + checkins, etc). + +
- + You can even use your website (with Microformats) to sign into other websites. + +
What else are they good for?
+ ++ In addition to people and organizations, + Microformats can be used for: + feeds, + blog posts, + events, + locations, + reviews, + recipes, + resumes, + and products. +
+Examples in the wild
- - -<a class="h-card" href="https://twitter.com/emmagoldman">@emmagoldman</a>
- Why use Microformats?
- -- By adding Microformats to your HTML, your website becomes more - understandable to various kinds of computers. -
- --
-
- Search engines can make sense of your HTML which allows them to display a better version in their search results. -
- Browser extensions can enable your readers to download information to their contacts, calendar, and maps apps. -
- Feed readers can be used to subscribe to your website’s feeds (blog posts, bookmarks, checkins, etc). -
- You can even use your website (with Microformats) to sign into other websites. -
What else are they good for?
- -- In addition to people and organizations, - Microformats can be used for: - feeds, - blog posts, - events, - locations, - reviews, - recipes, - resumes, - and products. -
-Examples in the wild
- - -Developers
- -- Microformats are fully specced with a - comprehensive test suite - and are licensed as Public Domain allowing you to freely use them however you want. -
-Parsing Microformats
- -- If you’re a developer working on an app or service, - you probably need JSON as your input format. - Don’t worry. - There are several Microformats parsers written in multiple programming languages. - A parser will take a URL or a glob of HTML, understand it, - then convert it to JSON for your use. -
- -You can test your URL here (or HTML snippet on any of the parser sites).
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