Wikipedia: Microdata is a WHATWG HTML specification used to nest semantics within existing content on web pages. Search engines, web crawlers, and browsers can extract and process Microdata from a web page and use it to provide a richer browsing experience for users.
Microdata is explicitly supported by Google for
Check the source code of the page to see the microdata markers in action. Sources of the examples.
![[Mark Pilgrim at podium]](http://diveintohtml5.info/examples/gdd-2009-prague-pilgrim.jpg)
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2009 November 6, –
Congress Center
5th května 65
140 21
Praha 4
Czech Republic
★★★★☆ (4 stars out of 5)
New York-style pizza right in historic downtown Apex
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![[globe]](http://diveintohtml5.info/examples/freedo_Glossy_Globe.png)
100 North Salem Street
Apex,
NC
27502
USA
— reviewed by Mark Pilgrim, last updated
![[Mark Pilgrim, circa 2000]](http://diveintohtml5.info/examples/2000_05_mark.jpg)
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View,
CA
94043
USA
650-253-0000
If there's a microphone anywhere near you, assume it's hot and sending whatever you're saying to the world. Seriously.
Yeah! Especially when talking about your lobbyist friends!
Hey, you have the same first name as me.