Template:Infobox building/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox building (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

An Infobox Building may be used to summarize information about a building.

See also {{Infobox Historic building}}, {{Infobox Skyscraper}}, {{Infobox Venue}}, etc. for specific types of buildings.

[edit] Usage

{{Infobox building
| building_name       = 
| native_building_name= 
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| former_names        = 
| building_type       = 
| architectural_style = 
| structural_system   = 
| location            = 
| owner               = 
| current_tenants     = 
| landlord            = 
| coordinates         = 
| start_date          = 
| completion_date     = 
| demolition_date     = 
| height              = 
| diameter            = 
| other_dimensions    = 
| floor_count         = 
| floor_area          = 
| main_contractor     = 
| architect           = 
| structural_engineer = 
| services_engineer   = 
| civil_engineer      = 
| other_designers     = 
| quantity_surveyor   = 
| awards              = 
| references          = 
}}

[edit] Parameters

Note: * denotes required fields.
Note 2: Do not link to an article more than once in the infobox. For coordinates, use {{coord}} with "display=inline,title"

To be completed

[edit] Microformat

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

  • "adr"
  • "county-name"
  • "fn"
  • "label"
  • "locality"
  • "nickname"
  • "note"
  • "org"
  • "region"
  • "street-address"
  • "vcard"

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

  • "geo"
  • "latitude"
  • "longitude"

Please do not rename or remove these classes.

When giving coordinates, please don't be overly precise.