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Here's an image from Mozilla illustrating the idea:

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Much in the same way that operating systems currently associate particular file types with specific applications, future Web browsers are likely going to associate semantically marked up data you encounter on the Web with specific applications, either on your system or online. This means the contact information you see on a Web site will be associated with your favorite contacts application,
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If Mozilla proceeds with this goal for Firefox 3 to be a broker of information, then that will significantly raise the stakes in the browser war again.
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Pete Vilterhow a new generation of browsers, starting w/ ff3, will handle all the semantic info starting to be embedded in web pages
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mokelov mkMozilla Does Microformats: Firefox 3 as Information Broker
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microformats are (in Alex's words) "adding semantics to markup to take it from being machine readable to being machine understandable."
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"data-browsing"
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information is so fluid and 'small pieces loosely joined' these days
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Alex has links to more info on Mozilla's microformats projec
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Detecting information in Web pages and handing that information off to other applications changes the role of the Web browser from being solely a HTML renderer to being an information broker.
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laugharne.me ...Microformats will make the Web Browser into an "Information Broker" and suggests that this could happen in Firefox 3.
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Gautham"Much in the same way that operating systems currently associate particular file types with specific applications, future Web browsers are likely going to associate semantically marked up data you encounter on the Web with specific applications, either on
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avivajazz jazzaviva...microformats are (in Alex's words) "adding semantics to markup to take it from being machine readable to being machine understandable."
So what use would microformats be in a web browser?
Alex explains that microformats will make the Web Browser -
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uture Web browsers are likely going to associate semantically marked up data you encounter on the Web with specific applications, either on your system or online. This means the contact information you see on a Web site will be associated with your favorite contacts application, events will be associated with your favorite calendar application, locations will be associated with your favorite mapping application, phone numbers will be associated with your favorite VOIP application, etc."
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03 Jan 07
anok / ValisJust before Christmas, Mozilla designer Alex Faaborg published some introductory posts on his blog about where Mozilla is headed with microformats. Quick background: Mozilla is of course the ...
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Jonathan Broomefuture Web browsers are likely going to associate semantically marked up data you encounter on the Web with specific applications, either on your system or online
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mark van'future Web browsers are likely going to associate semantically marked up data you encounter on the Web with specific applications, either on your system or online' makes mention of operator +
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Thomas Vander WalThe future of microformats and what is available for consumption today
firefox data computer api information microcontent microformat microformats mozilla programming meta scripting security semantic semantics web webapp webdesign webdev xml
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Kazuhito Kidachi"And it makes perfect sense for the web browser to do brokering, because information is so fluid and 'small pieces loosely joined' these days."
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02 Jan 07
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Douglas KarrMuch in the same way that operating systems currently associate particular file types with specific applications, future Web browsers are likely going to associate semantically marked up data you encounter on the Web with specific applications, either on
Bookmarks Array microformats firefox semanticweb web2.0 mozilla xml
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Ratcatcher"future Web browsers are likely going to associate semantically marked up data you encounter on the Web with specific applications, either on your system or online"
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Mike StenhouseIf Mozilla proceeds with this goal for Firefox 3 to be a broker of information, then that will significantly raise the stakes in the browser war again.
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Alan DeanJust before Christmas, Mozilla designer Alex Faaborg published some introductory posts on his blog about where Mozilla is headed with microformats.
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