xFolk 0.3 - xhtml microformat for emergence

In this post, I have described an iteration of xFolk that is much more similar to previous microformat efforts in how it specifies and uses attribute values. This version should be easy to implement in templates and tools. Ten examples from current web sites illustrate how xFolk might be implemented in functioning web pages.

xFolk is an xhtml microformat that allows people to apply tags to links in web articles and even whole articles themselves. These tags can be thought of as subject headings that help readers understand what the linked reference is all about and perhaps lead to whole repositories of references on that heading. By providing this service to readers, xFolk also enhances the ability of search engines to process and index the pages in which the links occur as well as the pages the links point at. In this way, xFolk also provides the benefits of structured blogging without introducing any markup beyond standard xhtml. (Via The Community Engine Blog)