SMBmeta Initative David Weinberger scoops the SMBmeta Initiative by Dan Bricklin. This metadata scheme allows small and medium size businesses to express their identity in XML. David rightly points out why this approach is so smart:
- Dan doesn't want to own the data
- It's free for anyone to aggregate
- Its extensible
What I also like (from the whitepaper, which also provides a great account on why RSS is a success):
- It is low cost, but has a cost to prevent spam (an economic problem)
- It doesn't attempt to serve large enterprises
- Simple and open
- Its decentralized, but has leadership behind it
If you want more information, go to the new TrellixTech web site. There you'll find a blog, the spec, and a highly readable paper on the topic. [Joho]
It also needs a new name. How about: SMOB - Small and Medium Online Business. nah.
Can't wait for Dan to create a form that allows the creation of my SMBmeta file for my consulting business.
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