Mark's clear explanation of XFML
Mark's clear explanation of XFML got people thinking. I realize now I never did a great job of explaining it.
asterisk*: Yet another interesting technology...XFML: "But I'll need to explore it more. That or have Brian, the Web producer of our team, who is great at researching this kind of thing, do the rest of the leg work for me."
Webgraphics: "Mark explains XFML in the clear, cohesive manner that makes his site one of the best."
Gimle: '[...] RDF for example is a very effective and powerful tool. The problem is that it's too effective and powerful for what I want.
The cool bit only struck me today as I was browsing Dive Into Mark.
XFML.
Classic lightbulb scenario.
The XFML format provides you with an easy way of creating conceptual categories and topics for your website and then associate your webpages with the various topics it touches upon." Clifton really gets it when discussing the topic linking capabilities of XFML: "That's what I'd call proper intertextual contextualisation. This is classic Yin kind of power. Introverted, the primary focus is to know yourself (marking your data up properly, thoroughly and with care, this part can't really be automated). Once that is done, the rest is easier and can be automated much more effectively than the content part."
Jonathan Delacour: "Wouldn't it be neat to have a central registry of Myers-Briggs Type Indicators for the inhabitants of our little corner of Blogaria? If you know your Myers-Briggs type, why not reveal it in a comment or send me an email? If you don't yet know your type, you can take the Typology Test. I could create a MySQL database that stored each blogger's name, URL, email address, and an entirely subjective description of their blogging style then create a PHP page to list the results. Perhaps Mark Pilgrim could summarize the hierarchical faceted metadata using XFML."
Marek: "Mark Pilgrim shares an xfmllib library for Python, and explains XFML in a way that a human can understand."