A month ago we introduced AB Meta, a simple and open format for annotating pages that are about things. We highlighted seven benefits and stressed that the purposefully simple and easily understood nature of the format would lead to adoption.
Today we’re happy to announce that O’Reilly Media has adopted AB Meta across their book pages.
By adding AB Meta markup to each book’s page, O’Reilly introduces lightweight, object-centric semantics to their website.
With AB Meta, O’Reilly makes it easy for software to identify the specific book inside the regular HTML page. Visitors to the page will be able to interact with real things rather than flat HTML pages, enjoying a better web experience.
As of today, any BlueOrganizer user who navigates to an O’Reilly book page will be able to engage and interact with the specific book - discovering and exploring the book and its attributes across the web.
AB Meta is simple to implement and easy to understand. Already delivering value to both content producers and individuals on the web, the benefit to both parties will only increase as new tools are built for the open format. We’re thrilled to have O’Reilly adopt the format and are happy that you’ll now benefit from a smarter experience on oreilly.com.
