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Microformats

Nate Davey & Ira Thompson. Microformats. What are we trying to do?. Problem: Too much information on the Web on any one subject for a person or group to find, read and aggregate Solution: Use a Computer, duh! Problem #2: Computers can’t understand human language. A shared Language.

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Microformats

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  1. Nate Davey & Ira Thompson Microformats

  2. What are we trying to do? • Problem: Too much information on the Web on any one subject for a person or group to find, read and aggregate • Solution: Use a Computer, duh! • Problem #2: Computers can’t understand human language

  3. A shared Language • HTML is ubiquitous and easily human readable when displayed by computers • But computers can only display HTML, not process it • Therefore…

  4. WE USE MICROFORMATS!! • Microformats make it easy for you or anyone to share and reuse data in your webpages and content elsewhere • For example, to populate an address book, browse social relationships, share reviews, tag content. • For Instance, Card Example.

  5. Card Example:

  6. Calendar Example

  7. Remember Semantic Web? • Microformats are touted as an alternate way to enable the Semantic Web • Not revolutionary, use info already out there • Just organize and use smarter. • Basically, just add tags that easily allow processing of web data.

  8. Web Example

  9. Firefox Operator Add-On • Add- on: http://labs.mozilla.com/2006/12/introducing-operator • Xtech schedule: http://2007.xtech.org/public/schedule/full

  10. Rules of Microformats Club: • 1st Rule: Don't create microformats • 2nd Rule: Re-use already made microformats • If you can't find one, you haven't done enough research • 3rd Rule: Don't tell anyone about microformats • 4th Rule: Disregard the 3rd rule

  11. Answer to Handout <div id="hcard-Ira-Larkin-Thompson" class="vcard"> <span class="fn n"> <span class="given-name">Ira</span> <span class="additional-name">Larkin</span> <span class="family-name">Thompson</span> </span> <div class="org">USNA</div> <div class="adr"> <div class="street-address">First Level</div> <span class="locality">Annapolis</span> , <span class="region">MD</span> , <span class="postal-code">21412</span> </div> <div class="tel">5555555555</div> <p style="font-size:smaller;">This <a href="http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard">hCard</a> created with the <a href="http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator">hCard creator</a>.</p> </div>

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