Type

MicroContent is most easily demonstrated through some examples. Each example identifies a MicroContent Type.

• Bookmarks: a reference to another MicroContent Item. This will contain at least an identifier (a link, ISBN-number, etc.) and a title. But also comments might be added. A bookmark is something very generic. It can be used for the classic bookmarks, but also for attention or reviews; (2444, 2377)
• Images: a two-dimensional array of pixels. Each pixel represents a colour an intensity. An example of an image is a photo. (2609)
• Recipes: all the information that is required for preparing a dish of food. A recipe has a lot of internal structure, such as directions and a list of ingredients.
• Address Cards : information about a person. This can range from telephone numbers and street addresses to profiles. (2284)

I use the definition that a MicroContent Type should be defined by a single MicroContent Item. One sees however that also multiple MicroContent Items are called MicroContent. I call these a MicroContent List.

Even by defining a Type of MicroContent one has not solved everything. For instance a drawing or a photo can be represented as an image. And a bookmark might point to a physical book in your library or to a website. The same is true for audio (music, ringtones). So for each MicroContent Type one also has to define it’s semantics.

Many more examples of MicroContent can be mentioned. A few ones that I came across are:

• Applications (2241),
• Application Descriptions (3099),
• Assignments (3096);
• BlogRolls (2415),
• Bookmarks;
• Comments (2195),
• Comics (2386),
• Courses (3096),
• Diabetes Events (3095),
• Events (2355, 2211),
• LiteratureLists (2397),
• Products (2282),
• ReadingLists (2412, 2410),
• Recipes;
• Reviews (2374),
• Ringtones (2231, 2201),
• Todos,
• VideoLogs (2396, 2247),
• Weather (3114);
• Whisky Data (2385).

It seems that there is no limit on the number of examples: MicroContent is Everywhere (2600).


There are however things that are not MicroContent, such as Documents.
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