On Oct 24, 2006, at 3:41 AM, Mike Schinkel wrote:
Is there a clear and definitive objective statement that explains
the class
of problems that microformats are intended to solve?
I've not sure the context of this question, but I think the closest
we have is from the about page [1]:
"Designed for humans first and machines second, microformats are a
set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely
adopted standards. Instead of throwing away what works today,
microformats intend to solve simpler problems first by adapting to
current behaviors and usage patterns (e.g. XHTML, blogging)."
Further, if there is
such a statement, is there a reason to limit Microformats to only
be used to
solve that class of problems when they otherwise can solve additional
problems?
Yes, there are other tools better suited to solving problems outside
the scope of microformats, and trying to duplicate these efforts is a
waste of time that could be otherwise spent solving previously
unsolved problems. See the "microformats are not" section on the
about page [1]. For an example that that answers the question in the
subject of this email, RDF is a well-established standard for
publishing invisible data.
[1] http://microformats.org/about/
Peace,
Scott
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