Basic data types
There are some data types that can have a precise syntax and that can be checked when typed in an input text box. This data, written with their precise syntax, can be used also to semplify tasks in the everyday life of the average internet user.
- Date
- Time period
- Place
- Address
- Geodata
- Url
For example, we could instruct our browser to open data identified as a place address with our preferred online mapping service (i.e. Google maps), exactly as we open our preferred e-mail client when we click an e-mail link.
We could also save place addresses exactly as we save an url or a vcard.
If an input text field is identified with a type=”email” attribute, the browsers could also automatically check the correct syntax of the user typed data and suggest corrections, exactly as some websites already do.
