Retail is a huge area. Products are listed everywhere and the data is untamed and lacks cohesion.
The proposal is here to gauge interest in developing a microformat to help unify this data, specifically for products. A few examples of retail sites: A classical example: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1590593812/026-1832762-6618036?v=glance&n =266239&s=gateway&v=glance An affiliate based product seller (indirect, not the product seller): http://audiovisual.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/sbs/122701/15403899.html A plain example: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Cordless_Mice.html Some ideas of what could be included: Title: [Main title] Web Standards Solutions Subtitle: [More information on the product] The Mark-up and Style Handbook Price: [RRP, Tax, Price in other currencies] £10 (£11.75 inc VAT) Availability: [number in stock, time to delivery, shipping] In Stock, 1-3 days delivery Shipping/Postage: [Cost for shipping (usually varies a lot depend on what you choose)] First class, £3.40 Format: [What is the product?] book Format specific information would be great, however, with so many things a product can be (e.g. TV, Cup, Book, Car) it would be hard to cover all bases. Unsure about that. Review: [Use hReview Implementation] Product overview: [About the product, description, blurb, mainly textual info.] Web Standards Solutions contains Specifications: [possible link to external site.] N/A in this case Opinions? _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss