Microformats are a number of defined specifications for tagging online data with html within particular information fields, with drafts for additional specifications under development. GRDDL (Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages) can be applied to extract RDF data from web pages, microformat tags, and XML documents, typically by XSLT. Today in the XML2007 conference in Boston, Mary Ann Malloy of the MITRE Corporation proposed the application of microformats to data in the Department of Defense. Useful information could then be distributed to a wider audience through the use of mashups. Malloy presented the potential of microformats for information relevant for the Department of Defense, such as mission, vehicles, tracks, overlays, and targets. The microformats could then be used as input to map mashups, timeline mashups, and planner mashups. MITRE is a non-profit organisation comprised of 6,700 scientists, engineers and support specialists which manages three Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs): aviation system development, defense and intelligence, and enterprise modernisation.

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