hAtom is a draft
Microformat
Microformats (μF) are a set of defined HTML classes created to serve as consistent and descriptive metadata about an element, designating it as representing a certain type of data (such as contact information, geographic coordinates, events ...
for marking up
(X)HTML, using classes and
''rel'' attributes, content on
web pages that contain blog entries or similar chronological content. These can then be parsed as feeds in
Atom
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Every solid, liquid, gas, and ...
, a web syndication standard.
hAtom is available as version 0.1, released 28 February 2006, and is used widely throughout the Web.
Web Slices
hAtom is also used as the basis for individually subscribable parts of web pages, called
Web Slice
Web Slices are a web feed technology based on the hAtom Microformat that allows users to subscribe to portions of a web page. Microsoft developed the Web Slice format, and published a specification under their Open Specification Promise. The s ...
s, which are understood by
Internet Explorer 8
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and can be understood by Firefox, using third-party add-ons.
The annotations indicated via the hAtom tags added to mark-up determine the portions of content obtained via the Web Slice filter.
See also
*
List of content syndication markup languages {{Short description, none
The following is a list of formats for web feeds for web syndication where content is made available from one website to other sites..
Major markup languages
*Atom
* RSS
Minor markup languages
*FeedSync
* GDatabr>Google ...
References
External links
hAtom at the Microformats Wiki
Microformats
HAtom
hAtom is a draft Microformat for marking up (X)HTML, using classes and ''rel'' attributes, content on web pages that contain blog entries or similar chronological content. These can then be parsed as feeds in Atom, a web syndication standard.
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