On 5/9/06 12:28 AM, "Michael McCracken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/8/06, Tantek Çelik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 5/8/06 1:47 PM, "Chris Messina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > ... >>> Why would you use them? >>> >>> "Microformats make it easy for you or anyone who can see your webpages >>> to reuse or your data and content elsewhere -- for example, to >>> populate an address book, examine social relationships, share reviews, >>> tag content or publish events." >> >> This is good stuff Chris. >> >> In a similar fashion, I'd love to see what other folks think you can do with >> microformats and why you use them. >> >> I've create this page and seeded it with Chris's description: >> >> http://microformats.org/wiki/what-can-you-do-with-microformats >> >> Please feel free to jump-in and add a section describing what YOU think is >> important about what you can do with microformats. > > I agree that there seems to be a need for a pithy end-user description > or demo displayed or linked to prominently somewhere on the site. > > In that spirit, I added in two blurbs to 'what-can-you-do...' that are > generically about microformats, and a third more specific one that > assumes a working citation microformat, then explains why that'll be > great for me. :) > > Feel free to edit as you see fit, and if you don't want speculation on > the 'what you can do' evangelism page, feel free to cut that one or > move it to a 'what will you be able to do' page if necessary. Mike, these are awesome. That's exactly the kind of personal end-user description that this page can serve to capture and communicate. Thanks, Tantek _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
