hAtom advocacy

Part of the larger microformats advocacy effort. Adding hAtom to these sites would improve their usability and ambient findability.

blogs

See movable-type and wordpress. See also cms.

IRC logs

• IRC logs
  • I believe these have been marked up with hAtom while. Double-check and perhaps write up a how-to on hatom-authoring? Tantek 15:15, 21 Aug 2008 (PDT)
• hatom can be used to markup log files. Basically log information is a feed of events. For more details, see the logging technique discussed in on microformats-discuss.

news journalism media

IT news

There is obviously a great deal of publicity to be gained, by having microformats used on sites about IT developments, which are likely to be read by people in a position to have microformats used, and microformat tools implemented, in their organisations. Please add to this list!

• The Register (UK)
  • Requested by e-mail, 2006-12-14. Andy Mabbett
• Ziff-Davis media sites, e.g:
  • Microsoft Watch
  • Linux Watch
  • Extreme Tech
  • Web Buyer's Guide
  • Requested at corporate level, 2006-12-14. Andy Mabbett
• .Net magazine (UK) (issue dated December 2006, has tutorial on microformats, by Rachel Andrew)
  • Requested by e-mail, 2006-12-14. Andy Mabbett
• ...

other high profile IT sites

• Jakob Nielsen's 'Use It' and his Nielsen Norman Group
  • Requested by e-mail, 2007-01-06. Andy Mabbett
• AtMedia2007
  • Requested via feedback form, 2007-01-18. Andy Mabbett
  • Are using hCard, but will not use hCalendar, saying: "There are aspects of hCalendar that we are not happy using in this situation [...] It surrounds the use of the abbr element, particularly surrounding times in a table cell (the schedule will be slotted into a table once it is ready)." 2007-01-20. Andy Mabbett

science and technology news

• Eurekalert
  • Requested via e-mail, 2007-01-20. Andy Mabbett

commerce

• eBay (.com and localised versions)
  • primarily hAtom - for auction item status, recent purchases/ won/ lost/ watching etc. and also:
  • hCard - Buyer and seller address details.
  • hCalendar - Auction end date/times.
  • hReview - Feedback.
  • hListing - when further along.
  • some support requested by feedback form, 2006-12-05. Andy Mabbett
  • eBay response of 2006-12-08

government

UK

• E-petitions (in draft, and asking for suggested improvements}
  • Requested by e-mail, 2006-12-01 Andy Mabbett 11:49, 1 Dec 2006 (PST)
    • reply: "I've added it to our list of ideas." 2006-12-04 Andy Mabbett 11:07, 4 Dec 2006 (PST)

see also

• advocacy