Microformats

I still feel very green about microformats after the research that I have done. From what I understand is that is will turn the web into a gigantic social networking system. Basically it pulls information from other websites and re-organises them into bookmarks around a topic. It then enables the information to be shared into other websites and tools. Now if I understand this correctly (but if I am wrong please correct me), if I went to a browser to search for a certain website or store the browser will pull information from the web and locate a site that will better fit me. Apparently this will help the user by saving time and energy by automatically weeding out the sites that do not fit you. That is only an example of microformats. Wikipedia states that Microformats are

1. a way of thinking about data;
2. design principles for formats;
3. adapted to current behaviors and usage patterns;
4. highly correlated with semantic xhtml;
5. a set of simple data formats that many are actively developing and implementing.

Well, please leave me a response to set me straight. Thanks

RSS

First of all, what is RSS? RSS is a group of web formats used to publish frequently updated works such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video in a standardized format. RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication”. Basically all the updates from your favoritte website will be posted on a simple page, which will obviously speed up the process tremedously. I use blogs pretty regularly. I subscribe to several church related websites along with all of my web design sites and blogs.

If you are going to provide feed for your site, you have to update them continually. A basic RSS feed consists of a number of items with a title, a short extract or description of the full source and the link to the full content source. The information will continue to change as and when updated. People who subscribe to feeds are those that are looking for new, quick updates on subjects they are interested in. So if you are going to provide feed options, you have to update them continually.

Below is a the list of blogs that I found

RSS Articles

RSS in Plain English

RSS Weblog