Suggested Reading

The following resources provide a lot of background on the Web, web design, semantic markup (as described in the introduction) which provided much of the bases for microformats.

• SXSW required reading

Stub note

This page is a stub and could certainly use some contributions, e.g. copy the references from the above blog post and put them inline here. - Tantek

Background

• The Web is Ruined and I Ruined it - David Siegel

Markup Semantics

• SimpleQuiz- Dan Cederholm
• Spelling and grammar not the same - Jeffrey Zeldman
• Who Cares about Semantics Anyway? - Dave Shea
• Use class with semantics in mind. - Sybren Stuvel

Web Standards

• Web Standards Solutions, Cederholm
• Designing with Web Standards, Zeldman

REST

One parallel that can be drawn is between microformats and REST in the web services world, i.e. see this comparison of microformats and REST. See the REST wiki for more about REST. Related microformats and microprotocols.

• See also: Web Services and the Innovators Dilemma by Justin Leavesley

Microformats

• See microformats books for a list of books that discuss microformats.