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September 23 2007
Today I've added some more microformats on the website. Microformats are elements with specific classes that 'tag' specific words on a website with special meaning.
For example my name in the copyright footer is tagged as a microformat. I've used the relation 'me' and an URL to this website stating that this is my website. I've done the same for Bastiaan Terhorst on my 'about' page.
By now microformats aren't that widely used but it's growing steady and a lot of programs and websites are making use of it. I use an addon for Firefox called Operator by Michael Kaply. It's one of the best readers available and it allows you to combine data on a website with web services like Google Maps or Calendar.
Microformats are a revolution on semantic HTML and finally makes it possible to add interactive data in a webpage.
Some people use the <address> tag to markup a real house address. But that is not the use how W3C wanted it. The address tag is to be used for contact information of the authors of the current document, NOT just any address there is.
I strongly advise everyone that is creating websites to at least have a look at microformats.org. Some features are quite easy to implement. For example the rel attribute for an anchor is something everyone could add with no trouble at all.
The next generation HTML will probably have some of the same technologies, but since that's a long way from arriving here I think we could start by doing this right now.
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