Simply, the specification for custom data attributes states that any attribute that starts with "data-" will be treated as a storage area for private data (private in the sense that the end user can't see it - it doesn't affect layout or presentation).
This allows you to write valid HTML markup (passing an HTML 5 validator) while, simultaneously, embedding data within your page
markup means something when we can identify it and do useful things with it. In this way, semantic markup becomes more than merely descriptive. It becomes a brilliant mechanism that allows both humans and machines to “understand” the same information.
Microformats: Recognizing the complexity of RDF and OWL, the goal of microformats is to embed basic semantics (meaningful relationships) right into HTML pages. It is not as expressive right now as RDF and OWL, but it's compact & and uses at-hand XHTML. A
Microformats: Recognizing the complexity of RDF and OWL, the goal of microformats is to embed basic semantics (meaningful relationships) right into HTML pages. It is not as expressive right now as RDF and OWL, but it's compact & and uses at-hand XHTML. A
Microformats are (officially) a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards that are designed for humans first and machines second. ...Microformats are about using the standards we all know and love to convey as much
Microformats are (officially) a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards that are designed for humans first and machines second. ...Microformats are about using the standards we all know and love to convey as much
So, what are you waiting for?The network effect tells us that the value of a technology increases the more it is used. Microformats are rapidly experiencing the benefits of this effect. Innovative publishers are publishing microformats, while innovative
So, what are you waiting for?The network effect tells us that the value of a technology increases the more it is used. Microformats are rapidly experiencing the benefits of this effect. Innovative publishers are publishing microformats, while innovative
Microformats are small and gentle syntactic touchups for your web pages.They have one major purpose: to make your data readable by both man and machine...The machine-readable-data (and thus the microformat) concept is not new; it has a very recent fo
Microformats are small and gentle syntactic touchups for your web pages.They have one major purpose: to make your data readable by both man and machine...The machine-readable-data (and thus the microformat) concept is not new; it has a very recent fo