Inproceedings,

Microformats: a pragmatic path to the semantic web

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WWW '06: Proceedings of the 15th international conference on World Wide Web, page 865--866. New York, NY, USA, ACM, (2006)
DOI: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1135777.1135917

Abstract

Microformats are a clever adaptation of semantic XHTML that makes it easier to publish, index, and extract semi-structured information such as tags, calendar entries, contact information, and reviews on the Web. This makes it a pragmatic path towards achieving the vision set forth for the Semantic Web.Even though it sidesteps the existing "technology stack" of RDF, ontologies, and Artificial Intelligence-inspired processing tools, various microformats have emerged that parallel the goals of several well-known Semantic Web projects. This poster compares their prospects to the Semantic Web according to Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation model.

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