Friend Of A Friend (FOAF) – Describe Yourself in RDF
Posted by Sree Pillai on August 11th, 2005 under category Web 2.0
Topics: FOAF, RDF
Friend-of-a-Friend (FOAF) is an XML and RDF application. FOAF allows the expression of personal information and relationships, and is a useful building block for creating information systems that support online communities in computer readable format.
By describing yourself using FOAF, you are providing information, in a machine-processable format, about yourself, your interests, your location, and your friends. That is, FOAF is syndicating yourself, just like RSS syndication of your blog or website.
I have created a FOAF for myself for my personal homepage and included in the XHTML header using the <link> tag. The foaf.rdf file is created using FOAF-a-Matic.
You might find these links useful.
- XML Watch: Finding friends with XML and RDF
- The FOAF Project Home Page
- FOAF-a-Matic – Create Your FOAF
- FOAF 0.1 schema
- The FOAF FAQ
Author Email: sree@teck.in
