** OK, I've just been listening to [http://player.sxsw.com/2006/podcasts/SXSW06.INT.20060313.Microformats.mp3 Microformats: Evolving the Web], and have chills of excitement running down my spine.  For starters, I propose that the microformat have the enclosing tag of 
<pre>
  &lt;span class="hgedcom"&gt;
    genealogy data goes here
  &lt;/span&gt;
</pre>
**; Prior art has been discovered at
***[http://www.harriyott.com/2006/04/microformats-on-my-genealogy-site.aspx Simon's Software Stuff]
***[http://xml.coverpages.org/genealogy.html Genealogical Data and XML]
**; Other discussions at
***[http://brainshed.com/blog/entry/125.html The Brain Shed]



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