Microformats Made Simple (Paperback)

Microformats are HTML-based design patterns that help add meaning (semantics) to Web content. They are widely used by some of the most important sites on the Web including Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, and Twitter. The people behind these sites - content authors, designers and developers - understand the power and flexibility of microformats and are taking advantage of their capabilities. Any site can benefit from more effective content and improved user experience by employing microformats correctly. That's where this book excels.

In Microformats Made Simple, author Emily Lewis demystifies these simple open data formats that are designed for people first, machines second. With practical, easy-to-understand markup examples for a wide range of web content, she teaches readers everything they need to know to start adding semantic richness to their sites, which can improve SEO and standards compliance, and supports extensible data publishing. Emily also discusses historical challenges in working with microformats, including accessibility, and how the new value class pattern addresses these challenges.

微格式是基於HTML的設計模式，有助於為網頁內容增加意義（語義）。它們被一些最重要的網站廣泛使用，包括Google、Yahoo！、Facebook和Twitter。這些網站的內容作者、設計師和開發人員了解微格式的強大和靈活性，並利用其功能。通過正確使用微格式，任何網站都可以從更有效的內容和改進的用戶體驗中受益。這就是本書的優勢所在。

在《簡單理解微格式》中，作者Emily Lewis對這些簡單的開放數據格式進行了解密，這些格式首先是為人們設計的，其次才是為機器設計的。通過提供實用、易於理解的標記示例，涵蓋了各種網頁內容，她教讀者們一切必須了解的知識，以開始為他們的網站增加語義豐富性，這可以改善SEO和標準遵循，並支持可擴展的數據發布。Emily還討論了在使用微格式方面的歷史挑戰，包括可訪問性，以及新的值類模式如何應對這些挑戰。