microformat

noun

microformat

noun

Etymology From micro- + format.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A simple data format that can be embedded in a webpage.

  • This type of microformat is, according to microformats.org, “a minimal solution to a single problem, built from standard XHTML elements.” More complex microformats that are built from elemental microformats and often also other HTML […]2007, John Allsopp, Microformats: Empowering Your Markup for Web 2.0, Apress, →ISBN, page 95:
Synonyms
μF
Related terms
microdata

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