>> Wow.  At 1.5MB of documentation, that's pretty much the antithesis of a
microformat.

Holy $h1t!  Maybe we should call that one a "Macroformat?"  Hehe. ;)

-Mike 

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On Oct 12, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Guillaume Lebleu wrote:

> I think microformats would probably help adoption with the less 
> sophisticated (smaller) retailers quickly, but would not satisfy all 
> the business needs of more sophisticated manufacturers.

I agree.

> See the ARTS data model http://www.nrf-arts.org/xml_dictionary_5/
> XMLDictionary-NonMembers.html.

Wow.  At 1.5MB of documentation, that's pretty much the antithesis of a
microformat.  But if it gains any traction, the individual parts my be
useful to look at for more specific microformats.  For example, here's what
they're doing with currency:

http://www.nrf-arts.org/xml_dictionary_5/XMLDictionary-
NonMembers.html#Currency

Peace,
Scott
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