Microformats

Conventions for marking up people, events, reviews and similar data with plain HTML class names, without a separate data format.

Read the specification ↗ microformats.org

Part of threads Rigour against developer taste proposes; Who sets the standard? proposes

alternative to

• HTML microdata standard 2009 [src]

created by

• Kevin Marks person b. 1966 [src]
• Tantek Çelik person (2005) [src]

built upon by

• Embedded structured data concept [src]
• IndieWeb project 2011 [src]
• Rich Snippets project 2009 [src]

Sources

• https://microformats.org/