The usefulness and functionality of microformats in a particular eLearning system

Microformats are small standards used to make big steps towards the internet of the future — the Semantic Web. Three microformats (hCard, hCalendar and hAudio) have been implemented into the educational portal used by the Distance Learning Center's students from “Politehnica” University of Timisoara. This paper presents different methods used to test the viability of this experiment in a particular learning context (technical university, distance learning students, the students background and so on).