# What are Microformats?

[Microformats](http://microformats.org/wiki/Main_Page) are an unofficial solution to creating small, simple, standardized solutions based on existing practices. The philosophy seems to be paying off, as [rel-nofollow](http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-nofollow) is supported not only by many <span class="caps">CMS</span> applications but also google, [hcard](http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard) is supported in Apple’s Mail application, “hReview”: is used in 3 Yahoo! webservices, etc. [xoxo](http://microformats.org/wiki/xoxo) is an html outline specification similar to textile and markdown.

The Web Standards Project Dreamweaver Task Force has put together a [beta plugin](http://www.webstandards.org/action/dwtf/microformats/) for Dreamweaver 8 (and theoretically MX).

[http://mi6.ais.ucla.edu/devbriefs/microformats](http://mi6.ais.ucla.edu/devbriefs/microformats)