More Microformats
The http://microformats.org site has a comprehensive listing of well-established microformats that are broadly adopted, as well as nascent microformat efforts that are being designed. Table E-1 provides a summary of several types of content and the microformats that have been developed to represent them.
Table E-1. Examples of microformats
|
Microformat |
Content |
|---|---|
|
hCard |
People, organizations, contacts |
|
adr, geo |
Address and latitude/longitude location |
|
hCalendar |
Calendars and events |
|
hReview |
Reviews, ratings |
|
XOXO |
Lists and outlines |
|
XFN |
Social network relationships |
|
rel-license |
Licenses |
|
rel-tag |
Tags, topics, categories |
|
xFolk |
Tagged links |
|
rel-directory |
Directory inclusion |
|
rel-enclosure |
Enclosures to be downloaded |
|
VoteLinks |
Votes |
|
rel-nofollow, Robots Exclusion |
Robot exclusion/filtering |
|
hAtom |
Syndicated content |
|
hResume |
Resumes |
|
XMDP |
(X)HTML metadata profiles |
More than the microformats themselves, the http://microformats.org site is the center of an open community of web designers and developers with very active irc channels, email lists, and wiki pages, and it is a great place to learn more about how to use microformats.
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