Cool. A blogging system based on an RDF database instead of a conventional relational database or object oriented database. Now that's thinking differently. Can't wait to see this and try it out!
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Essentially making a blogging tool like all the others, but having the data stored in an RDF store rather than flat files/relational DB. There'll be simple methods to create items etc. etc. Initially the aim is to have something that behaves just like the other tools (without a lot of the nice bits to start with). The first advantage is that metadata from other vocabularies can be directly added to the items, so if one item was in response to another item this could be recorded. This should also allow the system to be used in application domains other than blogging - e.g. bugtracking. Within blogging, categories could be used in a much more sophisticated way than they are at present. The other big advantage is that other (non-blog/RSS) RDF data can also be stored/retrieved in the system, so for example if people are referred in blog items, the foaf profile of those people can be stored and retrieved as required (this could be displayed like http://xml.mfd-consult.dk/foaf/explorer/ ). It would also Data from multiple sources such as other blogs could be aggregated. It would also be possible to use inference over the data using the RDF model, so it would be easier to e.g. select all items referring to a particular site.
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Nice summary of social software prior art! [Roland Tanglao: KLogs]

WikiLogs. »WikiLog: an attempt to synthesize the best aspects of WikiWikis and WebLogs.
Yes, weblogs can be done by hand on any wiki. The difference is that automating it makes it more powerful, and conceptually easier for people to work with.«

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(SOURCE:"rossm")-'Email doesn't self organize' - Slogan der Woche. Because Email doesn't do links and doesn't do RSS natively (you can graft these things on afterwards like people have done but the perils of HTML email shows the impedance mismatch). <quote> Cunningham also draws many distinctions between wikis and another popular means of Web communication: blogs, or Weblogs. "Blogs and wikis are polar opposites in many ways, though they're seen as similar" he says. "A blog tends to reflect the biases and opinions of an author, while a wiki is more like an open cocktail party. In a wiki you try to speak without a strong voice, seeking consensus to create something permanent, while on a blog you're developing your own voice and it's very much about your voice." Cunningham also points out that you can go away from a wiki and come back at any time to pick up a conversation without much inconvenience, which isn't the case with e-mail-centric group discussions. "E-mail doesn't self-organize," he emphasizes. In terms of future trends for wikis, Cunningham says "there's a lot of interest in combining the timelessness of wikis—the fact that you can go away from them and come back—with the attention-grabbing aspect of blogs. Integrating blogs and wikis is a hot item right now." </quote> [Roland Tanglao: KLogs]