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# Goplan supports microformats
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/goplan-supports-microformats/
- Published: 2006-09-17T15:27:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:38:00.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Citizen Agency, microformats, Technology, Web building

[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/245912584/?ref=chrismessina.me)I've been playing around with [Goplan](http://goplan.org/?ref=chrismessina.me) and really like the feature set so far. One of the [invisible features](http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/09/14/exposing-microformats/?ref=chrismessina.me) that is now visible thanks to a [post](http://blog.goplan.org/2006/09/15/new-features/?ref=chrismessina.me) by [Fred Oliveira](http://webreakstuff.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) is their support for microformats -- namely [hCalendar](http://microformats.org/wiki/hcalendar?ref=chrismessina.me):

> I’d like to take some time to highlight the icalendar integration and microformats support. We’ve been fans of the Microformats project for quite a while, and are working on bringing Microformat compability for events (in the calendar, as well as due tasks) and people. This allows us to provide developers with more ways to export project-related data. For more information on microformats, see the microformats project homepage.

This is smart development. Though it might not seem entirely obvious how Goplan users can take advantage of this small addition, over time I think we'll see excellent integration with tools like [Greasemonkey](http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/?ref=chrismessina.me), [browser scripts](http://userscripts.org/?ref=chrismessina.me) and [user styles](http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/highlight-microformats-with-css?ref=chrismessina.me) or [rendering engines](http://webkit.pbwiki.com/?ref=chrismessina.me). Can [OpenID support](http://openidenabled.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) be far off?

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### 💬 Comments from the original post

**[dangerouslyawesome » Blog Archive » data standardization, microformats, not just all hype](http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2006/09/18/data-standardization-microformats-not-just-all-hype/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2006-09-18 09:40:40

\[...\] Messina has been jabbering on about microformats forever. I recently got around to asking, “what’s the big deal”? Essentially, the content doesnt change but the packaging does. Formats like RSS, while effective, are inefficient because they require an additional packaging process: the generation of the feed. Microformats take the built in id and class properties of HTML elements and use them for their underlying purpose…no, not to style and format. That’s a secondary use. The primary function of id and class is identify an “object” within the DOM. ID’s for single objects, classes for recurring objects. Microformats exploit these identifiers in such a way that a web document itself acts as the publishing feed…a parser can go through looking for a standardized format for information such as calendar and address book info. no secondary republishing. and, every instance of support means that another developer has to do one less thing in making his data scrape work. \[...\]