I love the web. The web should allow anyone to access any experience that they need without the need for native install or content walled garden.
I've released a new, open-source Microformat parser for .NET, available on Codeplex! This stream-based parser uses a flexible XML configuration to define how microformats like hCard and rel-tag are extracted from HTML/XML, allowing for easy adaptation to spec changes. The provided C# code example demonstrates the simplicity of using the framework to read and process microformat data. Feedback and contributions are welcome!
I've started gathering hCard stats on topicala.com thanks to pingerati.net. hCards are a machine-readable microformat for contact information that can be embedded in HTML. Pingerati notifies services like mine when hCards are updated. To get your hCard included in the stats, ping pingerati at http://pingerati.net/ping/[your updated url]. I'm excited about the potential of microformats and plan to add more services to topicala as more data becomes available. Learn how to create an hCard at http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator.
I've added hCard, a microformat, to my blog. It makes my contact info machine-readable while still being visible to readers. It's basically an XHTML version of the vCard standard. I'm not totally sure I implemented it perfectly with the DIVs and spans, but check out the hCard creator tool if you're interested.