#REDIRECT http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/files/20061211-microformatsIntroduction/logo.jpg ==Introduction== Microformats are a type of semantic HTML that takes data from being machine readable to being machine understandable, allowing Web browsers to associate the data with particular actions. For background information on microformat detection, please see this series of blog posts by Alex Faaborg:*[http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/11/microformats-part-0-introduction Part 0: Introduction]*[http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/12/microformats-part-1-structured-data-chaos Part 1: Structured Data Chaos]*[http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/13/microformats-part-2-the-fundamental-types Part 2: The Fundamental Types]*[http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/16/microformats-part-3-introducing-operator Part 3: Introducing Operator] ==User Experience== *[[microformats/UE/ideas|Brainstorming page]] about the user experience of microformat detection, please feel free to contribute any design work, or to comment on these conceptual mockups. *Information about about the user interface of microformat detection can also be found on the [MicroformatsSessionhttp://microformats.org/wiki/user-interface microformats.org wiki] ==Implementation== Currently no developers at Mozilla are actively working on microformat detection. However Michael Kaply is [http://www.kaply.com/weblog/ blogging about his work on the Operator extension].
