Retail is a huge area. Products are listed everywhere and
the data is
untamed and lacks cohesion.
The proposal is here to gauge interest in developing a
microformat to help
unify this data, specifically for products.
A few examples of retail sites:
A classical example:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/produ
ct/1590593812/026-1832762-6618036?v=glance&n
=266239&s=gateway&v=glance
An affiliate based product seller (indirect, not the product
seller):
http://audiovisual.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/sbs/122701/15403
899.html
A plain example:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Cordless_Mice.ht
ml
Some ideas of what could be included:
Title: [Main title]
Web Standards Solutions
Subtitle: [More information on the product]
The Mark-up and Style Handbook
Price: [RRP, Tax, Price in other currencies]
£10 (£11.75 inc VAT)
Availability: [number in stock, time to delivery, shipping]
In Stock, 1-3 days delivery
Shipping/Postage: [Cost for shipping (usually varies a lot
depend on what
you choose)]
First class, £3.40
Format: [What is the product?]
book
Format specific information would be great, however, with so
many things a
product can be (e.g. TV, Cup, Book, Car) it would be hard to
cover all
bases. Unsure about that.
Review: [Use hReview Implementation]
Product overview: [About the product, description, blurb,
mainly textual
info.]
Web Standards Solutions contains…
Specifications: [possible link to external site.]
N/A in this case
Opinions?
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