Monday, July 28, 2003

FOAF and foaf-o-matic I setup a Friend of a Friend RDF file. Here's the URL: http://www.oreno.org/foaf.rdf It's basically a XML document that describes you and your friends. Currently no friends :( Similar in concept to Friendster except FOAF is based on the RDF standard and is decentralized. Friendster is a centralized web app that holds all your data, and not based on any standards. FOAF RDF file is only the data so there needs to be some app that grabs and manipulates this stuff. Now gotta go find some FOAF apps to play with. Notes and links: FOAF-a-Matic - automatically create a FOAF.rdf file Joi's thoughts on Microcontent, MetaData, and Trends w/ good info on how FOAF is important Technorati grabs the foaf.rdf file to create your profile Guardian Unlimited article, Click to the clique, good article on Social Networks (FOAF, Friendster) FOAFnaut search through the FOAF universe by email 6:44:59 PM      Google It!   trackback []   comment []