We've been actively trying to integrate microformats into Yahoo! Tech and I've been pining away for a method to markup product information.
The hlisting is a nice idea but irrelevant to a site like Yahoo! Tech. It's perfect for Craigslist or Ebay. But Tech doesn't sell stuff. We provide information, reviews, and links to retailers. The hlist requires a lister, but that could be hundreds of stores for us. I like the idea of hproduct. Product id's will be messy. Do we use skus? Isbn? Proprietary ids? For the average user, I think sku and isbn would be useful enough to be relevant. It would be nice to have an optional attribute to describe the naming scheme. For example: <li class="prodid sku">123455678</li> I would be interested in helping with the development of this concept. Tech could be a good testing ground as we have a fairly large scale and open minded project managers. Ted -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of brian suda Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 8:01 AM To: Microformats Discuss Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] hProduct thoughts These might cover alot of what you are looking for. Have a look at hListing: http://microformats.org/wiki/hlisting-proposal and Citations: http://microformats.org/wiki/citation -brian Adam Craven - Four Shapes wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss