Mozilla Does Microformats: Firefox 3 as Information Broker
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- microformats
- , firefox
- , mozilla
- , microformat
- , xml
- , web
- , web2.0
- , semantic
- , web3.0
- , semanticweb
- , information
- , ai
- , data
- , webdesign
- , future
- , broker
- , semantic_web
- , semantic-web
Bookmark History
Saved by 29 people (-5 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-01-02
- Ralfstarkowski on 2008-04-20 - Tags Microformats
- H3rald on 2008-03-29 - Tags microformats
- Enricosmaps on 2008-03-05 - Tags web3.0
- Bonasaurus on 2007-12-16 - Tags firefox , microformats , rrw
- Sylvielebars on 2007-12-10 - Tags 2007 , billet , del.icio.us , imported , microformat , sémantique
Public Sticky notes
microformats are (in
Alex's words) "adding semantics to markup to take it from being machine
readable to being machine understandable."
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"data-browsing"
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Alex has links to more info on Mozilla's microformats projec
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Detecting information in Web pages and handing that information off to other
applications changes the role of the Web browser from being solely a HTML renderer to
being an information broker.
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information is so fluid
and 'small pieces loosely joined' these days
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uture Web browsers are likely going to associate semantically marked up data you encounter on the Web with specific applications, either on your system or online. This means the contact information you see on a Web site will be associated with your favorite contacts application, events will be associated with your favorite calendar application, locations will be associated with your favorite mapping application, phone numbers will be associated with your favorite VOIP application, etc."
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Much in the same way that operating systems currently associate particular file types
with specific applications, future Web browsers are likely going to associate
semantically marked up data you encounter on the Web with specific applications, either
on your system or online. This means the contact information you see on a Web site
will be associated with your favorite contacts application,
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If Mozilla proceeds with this goal for Firefox 3 to be a broker of information, then
that will significantly raise the stakes in the browser war again.
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Public Comment
on 2007-01-02 by ask_me