Nick Johnston

hCard

An hCard is an HTML implementation of the vCard - a virtual contact card commonly used in computerised address books.

An hCard could be implemented as follows:

<span class="vcard"><span class="fn n"><span class="given-name">James</span> <span class="family-name">Smith</span></span>, <span class="adr"><span class="street-address">55 The Street</span>, <span class="locality">London</span>, <span class="postal-code">SW1 1TR</span></span></span>.

The hCard format includes various classes, to allow text to be labeled and given appropriate meaning. This allows information, such as that shown above, to be interpreted by software, to provide further functionality.

hCard is a definition, listed in the computing category. This entry was created on 26 February 2009, at 19:57 , and was last updated on 19 March 2009, at 16:20.  

About the author

Nick Johnston is a self employed computing consultant, working in several facets of the IT industry. With an initial interest in business and computer security, his roles have spread to many other areas.

Nick is currently available for project and contract work - contact Nick for more information.