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Microformat

Microformats (μF) are predefined HTML markup (like HTML classes) created to serve as descriptive and consistent metadata about elements, designating them as representing a certain type of data (such as contact information, geographic coordinates, events, products, recipes, etc.). They allow software to process the information reliably by having set…

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Abbreviation
μF
Domain
Semantic Web
Latest version
Microformats2 May 2010; 16 years ago (2010-05)
Related standards
Microdata (HTML), RDF, RDF Schema, OWL
Status
Published
Year started
2005

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Microformat

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples128
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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Microformat

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related to Uses · 21
Microformat → As, Bing, Firefox, For, Google, Google Maps, HTML, Internet Explorer, May, Microsoft Outlook, On, Oomph, Operator, Query Language, Several, Similarly, The, They, Using, When
related to Further reading · 17
Microformat → Ahmet Soylu, Brian, Embedded Semantics, Fridolin Wild Ubiquitous Web, ISBN, Journal, Mobile Multimedia, No, O'Reilly Media, Patrick De Causmaecker, PDF, September, Suda, The Role, Ubiquitous Environments, Using Microformats, Vol
related to Evaluation · 13
Microformat → As, August, Cognition, CSS, However, Håkon Wium Lie, Microformats, Opera Software CTO, Swignition, The, Toby Inkster, Various, We
related to Design principles · 8
Microformat → Computer, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Rohit Khare, RSS, These, XHTML
related to Comparison with alternative approaches · 7
Microformat → For, Microformats, One, Semantic Web, Some, Tantek, XML
related to Specific microformats · 7
Microformat → Atom, Folksonomy, However, HTMLhCalendar, Several, XFN, XHTML Friends Network
related to External links · 6
Microformat → Alex Faaborg, Firefox, Microformats, Mozilla, PrimerOptimus, UI
related to overview · 6
Microformat → For, HTML, Microformats, The, With, XHTML
related to background · 5
Microformat → CommerceNet, Internet, Link-based, Microformats, These
related to In-context examples · 5
Microformat → For, Geo, HCard, Live, Usage

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microformats web html data use information semantic org markup content processing standards software example contact allow pages hcard approaches using

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MicroformatAbbreviationμF1.00infobox
MicroformatDomainSemantic Web1.00infobox
MicroformatLatest versionMicroformats2 May 2010; 16 years ago (2010-05)1.00infobox
MicroformatRelated standardsMicrodata (HTML), RDF, RDF Schema, OWL1.00infobox
MicroformatStatusPublished1.00infobox
MicroformatWebsitemicroformats.org1.00infobox
MicroformatYear started20051.00infobox
RSSinstance ofweb syndication and aggregators0.80text
JSON-LDinstance oftheir usage has declined in favor of more recent standards0.80text
Schema.orginstance oftheir usage has declined in favor of more recent standards0.80text
which provide greater flexibility for expressing structured information.Despite thisinstance oftheir usage has declined in favor of more recent standards0.80text
microformats remain in use in legacy systemsinstance oftheir usage has declined in favor of more recent standards0.80text

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