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Microformats Glossary

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@: in the context of, say, @rel, this is shorthand for attribute, so "the @rel" should be read as "the rel attribute"

grandfather(ed): Something which is an exception to a rule (or pattern, behaviour, etc.), because it existed before that rule was formulated.

mark-up: n. the (X)HTML codes and related classes which, when wrapped around data, turn it into a web page.

picoformat: A syntax for communicating and executing commands with mobile devices over SMS. See picoformats

process: The recommended procedure for proposing a new microformat. See process

rel: a property which signifies the relationship of one page to another, linked, page.

uF: Shorthand for microformat, especially used in e-mail and on IRC. Plural: uFs.

URI: Uniform Resource Identifier: a compact string of characters used to identify or name a resource. See URIs on Wikipedia

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

in popular usage, it is a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)—many popular and technical texts will use the term "URL" when referring to URI;
in strict technical usage, it is a subset of URI specific to identifiers who are primarily locators.

XHTML: HTML reformulated in XML. (See see XHTML on Wkiipedia or http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/ for more information.)

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 ;elemental microformat
 :See [[elemental-microformat]]
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+:Something which is an exception to a rule (or pattern, behaviour, etc.), because it existed before that rule was formulated.
 ;HTML
-:HyperText mark-up Language (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML HTML on Wkiipedia] and XHTML, below)
+:HyperText Mark-up Language (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML HTML on Wkiipedia] and XHTML, below)
 ;mark-up