A microformat is a data formating approach that allows a developer make information that is intended for an end user to be read by software also.
An example would be a contact information found in a web page. A developer can use a contact microformat to put that information on the page so that humans and softwares can read it.
<div class=“vcard”> <div class=“fn”>Kenney Jacob</div> <div class=“org”>Mobme Wireless Solutions</div> <div class=“tel”>+919846831128</div> <a class=“url” href=“http://www.kenneyjacob.com”>http://www.kenneyjacob.com/</a> </div>
What you are seeing above is a Vcard microformat. Many such formats are available to present various kinds of information like contacts, calenders, reviews etc.
Microformats allows a machine read them and make sense out of that information.
So Is microformats the gateway to web 3.0, the semantic web.
|
|
|
|
 |
Related posts
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
