Using microformats for automation of user input

Hello list,

Is anybody aware of implementation or research on the topic
of microformat usage for automation of user input? It is
obvious that attaching microformat to said HTML form fields
makes it possible for automation software to provide known
values for them, without user interaction. This is
particularly useful from the point of view of automatic
service provisioning and application integration.

However I was unable to find tracks of microformats usage
for this purposes on the web...

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Hi Victor,
>
> Is anybody aware of implementation or research on the
topic of  
> microformat usage for automation of user input? It is
obvious that  
> attaching microformat to said HTML form fields makes it
possible for  
> automation software to provide known values for them,
without user  
> interaction. This is particularly useful from the point
of view of  
> automatic service provisioning and application
integration.
>
> However I was unable to find tracks of microformats
usage for this  
> purposes on the web...

It's long occurred to me that this would be of no small
value,  
particularly in the context of devices where text input is
more of a  
pain than standard keyboards - things with virtual
keyboards, sms  
keyboards, and so on.

There is in fact ECML

http://xml.coverp
ages.org/ecml.html

which has a degree of support in various browsers auto
complete  
algorithms. Because common ecommerce form fields go beyond
the  
vocabularies of hCard, hCalendar, and so on, I wonder what
value there  
might be in considering the microformatization of ECML (yeah
yeah, tat  
last sentence should probably be in the new mailing list


Can't really determine how much traction ECML has got with
publishers  
(Google might be able to tell us)

HTH at least a little

john

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Victor Kupriyanov schrieb:
> Hello list,
>
> Is anybody aware of implementation or research on the
topic of microformat usage for automation of user input? It
is obvious that attaching microformat to said HTML form
fields makes it possible for automation software to provide
known values for them, without user interaction. This is
particularly useful from the point of view of automatic
service provisioning and application integration.
>
> However I was unable to find tracks of microformats
usage for this purposes on the web...
>
> --
> Kooper
>   
Hi Victor,

I have written a small script that can map hCard values onto
a form 
field, automating user input. You can see the demo at 
http://lib.
omnia-computing.de/hcardmapper
Not sure though, if this is what you are looking for. Feel
free to drop 
me a note if you got any questions.

Cheers,
Gordon
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