Operator (extension)

{{Infobox Software

| name = Operator

| screenshot = GeoGreatBarr.png

| screenshot size = 300px

| caption = Geo microformat, detected on the Wikipedia page for Great Barr.

| developer = Mike Kaply

| latest_release_version = 0.9.5.6

| latest_release_date = July 31, 2010

| operating_system = Cross-platform

| genre = Firefox extension |

website = [http://www.kaply.com/weblog/operator/ Mike's Musings]

}}

Operator was an extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser.{{cite web|url=http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/16/microformats-part-3-introducing-operator/|title=Microformats - Part 3: Introducing Operator|last=Faaborg|first=Alex|date=December 16, 2006|accessdate=2009-02-03|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202104734/http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/16/microformats-part-3-introducing-operator/|archivedate=February 2, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://microformats.org/wiki/firefox-extensions|title=Firefox Extensions|publisher=microformats.org|accessdate=2009-02-03}} It parses and acts upon a number of microformats,{{cite web|url=https://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/the-magical-minimalism-of-microformats/|title=The Magical Minimalism of Microformats|last=Harris|first=Jacob|date=2007-12-05|work=New York Times|accessdate=2009-02-03}} as well as validating them.

Operator lets the user access microformats through a number of methods, all of which are optional: a toolbar, a toolbar button, a status bar icon, a location bar icon, or a sidebar.

It has native support for several microformats:

• adr ([http://microformats.org/wiki/adr adr spec]) (postal addresses)
• hCard (contact/ address information){{cite web|url=http://blog.mapquest.com/2008/09/25/microformat-support-on-mapquest-local/|title=Microformat Support on MapQuest Local|date=2008-09-25|publisher=MapQuest|accessdate=2009-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218151220/http://blog.mapquest.com/2008/09/25/microformat-support-on-mapquest-local/|archive-date=2009-02-18|url-status=dead}}
• hCalendar (events)
• Geo (geographic coordinates)
• rel-tag

and is extensible,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2008/05/what_happened_to_the_microformats_support_in_firefox_3/|title=What Happened to the Microformats Support in Firefox 3|last=Gilbertson|first=Scott|date=2008-05-22|magazine=Wired|accessdate=2016-04-23}} in that users can add new actions for the included microformats, or specify additional microformat recognition.

Operator was written by Mike Kaply of IBM.{{cite web|url=http://labs.mozilla.com/2006/12/introducing-operator/|title=Introducing Operator|date=2006-12-16|work=Mozilla labs|publisher=Mozilla|accessdate=2009-02-03|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122035054/http://labs.mozilla.com/2006/12/introducing-operator/|archivedate=2009-01-22}} It forms the basis for Firefox 3's microformats API,{{cite web|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Using_microformats|title=Using microformats|date=2008-06-09|work=Mozilla Developer Center|publisher=Mozilla|accessdate=2009-02-03|archive-date=2008-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021010457/http://developer.mozilla.org/En/Using_microformats|url-status=dead}} allowing native support, but has no direct user interface, due to lack of consensus on the implementation in the GUI.