XMDP
Encyclopedia
XHTML Meta Data Profiles (XMDP) is a format for defining metadata
'profiles' or formats in a machine-readable fashion, while also enabling people to see a description of the definition visually in a web browser
. XMDP definitions are expressed in XHTML
(or possibly HTML
). Examples of applications that use XMDP include XFN
and hCard
.
<dt id="title">title</dt>
<dd>The name given to a piece of work.</dd>
</dl>
To apply, use the profile attribute in the head element of your document:
<head profile="URL">
Where URL
denotes the full address of your XMDP profile resource.
Metadata
The term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...
'profiles' or formats in a machine-readable fashion, while also enabling people to see a description of the definition visually in a web browser
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
. XMDP definitions are expressed in XHTML
XHTML
XHTML is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language , the language in which web pages are written....
(or possibly HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
). Examples of applications that use XMDP include XFN
XHTML Friends Network
XHTML Friends Network is an HTML microformat developed by Global Multimedia Protocols Group that provides a simple way to represent human relationships using links. XFN enables web authors to indicate relationships to the people in their blogrolls by adding one or more keywords as the rel...
and hCard
HCard
hCard is a microformat for publishing the contact details of people, companies, organizations, and places, in HTML, Atom, RSS, or arbitrary XML...
.
Example
<dl class="profile"><dt id="title">title</dt>
<dd>The name given to a piece of work.</dd>
</dl>
To apply, use the profile attribute in the head element of your document:
<head profile="URL">
Where URL
Uniform Resource Locator
In computing, a uniform resource locator or universal resource locator is a specific character string that constitutes a reference to an Internet resource....
denotes the full address of your XMDP profile resource.