A microformat is additional HTML-like code that you add to links and information. For example, imagine having a contact list on your webpage. The entries might look like this:
Diane Ensey
Know More Media
But the underlying HTML looks like this:
<div class='vcard' id='hcard-DianeEnsey'>
<a class="url fn" href="http://www.dorealtime.com/">Diane Ensey</a>
<div class="org">Know More Media</div>
<a class="email" href="mailto:diane@alistreview.com"></a>
</div>
Applications can use this encoded information intelligently, for example adding me to an address book.
I'm finding this so exciting because Technorati now allows you to search on Microformats.
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