webdu: Microformats — hidden treasures

Microformats — hidden treasures

It is that time of the year again when all good web pages need to be enhanced, adding additional meaning to our old friend HTML. Microformats will give you the tools you need to make your information more available, convenient and searchable. Follow the leaders in web development and start implementing this now and take your website to a higher level.

  • Difficulty: General
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • Session Track: CSS

Session Detail

Designed for humans first and machines second, microformats are a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards. Let Dmitry take you through the basics of microformats together with why and how you should properly implement them.

Speakers

Dmitry Baranovskiy (Sydney, Australia)

Dmitry started in the IT industry as back-end web developer in 2000. He then moved into graphic design and finally onto front-end web development soon after. This background helps him understand a broad range of front-end goodness: from pixel pushing to complex JavaScript and XSLT development. More...