How do people make use of the data you publish on the Web? If you publish a staff
directory, how do people currently add contact details to their address books?
Copy and paste has had its day, Microformats
are a way of making the data you already publish not only useful, but re-usable
and re-purposable for relatively little effort. This session considers how these
data formats can help you solve specific data problems on your site.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the session participants will:
Understand what microformats are
Understand the scenarios in which they can be used
Considered ways in which microformats can be used for their own data
Understand how using microformats on their own Web sites can improve data
