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| - | Jacob Glenn will present a brief introduction to [[microformats]], a simple, lightweight means of publishing structured data in [[XHTML]]. He'll cover the basic types of microformats and demonstrate their use in a web browser. He'll then examine microformats as a component of various strategies to expose bibliographic data on the web, in the interest of provoking discussion about how the library can make our collections more visible to the web at large. | + | Jacob Glenn will present a brief introduction to [[microformats]], a simple, lightweight means of publishing structured data in [[XHTML]]. He'll cover the basic types of microformats and demonstrate their use in a web browser. He'll then examine microformats as a component of various strategies to expose bibliographic data on the web, in the interest of provoking discussion about how the library can make our collections more visible to the web at large. Slides are available [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jkglenn/talk/microformats.pdf here] (8.8 MB PDF). |
We will also discuss possible topics for future brownbags. | We will also discuss possible topics for future brownbags. | ||
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." - Douglas Adams | "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." - Douglas Adams | ||
Revision as of 16:21, 29 January 2008
Microformats
- Monday January 28, 2008
- Noon - 1pm, 100 Hatcher
Jacob Glenn will present a brief introduction to microformats, a simple, lightweight means of publishing structured data in XHTML. He'll cover the basic types of microformats and demonstrate their use in a web browser. He'll then examine microformats as a component of various strategies to expose bibliographic data on the web, in the interest of provoking discussion about how the library can make our collections more visible to the web at large. Slides are available here (8.8 MB PDF).
We will also discuss possible topics for future brownbags.
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." - Douglas Adams
