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
- a way of thinking about data;
- design principles for formats;
- adapted to current behaviors and usage patterns;
- highly correlated with semantic xhtml;
- a set of simple data formats that many are actively developing and implementing.
Well, please leave me a response to set me straight. Thanks
