MNBits: Structure, Scripting, and Standardization
Whew…I’m way behind on my Friday MNBits posts. Well, Summer came, and some major yard work, then we decided to remodel the bathroom, and then the kids started t-ball, and then…oh…I’m rambling. Sorry.
So, on with the MNBits…
In addition to getting me thinking about having to now get my own ‘ious’ URL, this site is a repository of some truly amazing javascript libraries. Take a look at the drag-and-drop demo. While I haven’t had a chance to play with these enough to see if there are any accessibility issues, they do look promising for a variety of tricky interface needs. Also, thse libraries will be built into the next release of Ruby on Rails.
Microformats.org is a community web site put together for the sharing of simple, open data formats built upon existing web standards.
Structured Blogging is a site that is focused on bringing more structural markup to blogging…namely via WordPress. One could certainly argue that this may be overkill for blogging, but it is nice to see more thought put towards storing content in a structured manner. My biggest gripe in looking at umpteen Content Management Systems last year was the total lack of structured content support. Whenever I’d ask about it, I’d get a stock answer of ‘Oh, sure…we have a press release module’. Ugh.
So, most folks may have no need for structured markup on their blogs, but many may. The simple explanation used on the site is:
Structured blogging is about making a movie review look different from a calendar entry. On the surface, it’s as simple as that – formatting blog entries around their content.