Notes
- enable the publishing and sharing of higher fidelity information on the Web.
- small bits of (X)HTML that identify richer data types like people and events
eg:
<p><cite class="vcard">
<a href="http://meyerweb.com" class="url fn" rel="met friend colleague">Eric Meyer</a></cite> wrote:</p>
<blockquote cite="http://meyerweb.../social-protocols/">
<p>What's so interesting to me is that the guys who decided to focus on the positive went out and did something; those who want to mix in the negative seem to have nothing to offer except complaints.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>An excellent contrast between those who want to build new things and those who want to tear them down.</p>
- more than just “good class names”
- principles keep things “micro”
- process emphasizes getting real
- community minimizes duplicates
Principles:
1. solve a specific problem
2. simple as possible (evolutionary improvements)
3. humans first, machines second (presentable and parseable)
4. reuse from widely adopted standards
5. modularity/embedability
http://tantek.com/presentations/2006/06/microformats-evolution/
Impressions
This was an interesting session, but not one I could really see a place for at work. I’ll admit I wondered if there could be some sort of tie-in to any of the Analyzer products or services, but I don’t think it’s really feasible.
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