[rdfweb-dev] FOAFnet and the future of FOAF in commercial systems

[Marc Canter]

So, Marc, would you agree that the fundamental issue is that FOAF is
currently and desparately in need of being refactored into a nicely
locked
down core specification and a range of extension modules?

Other readers: agree or disagree?

Jeremy Gray

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Marc's finally back from a hell of a meeting (trying to lock down a
seriously buggy product - called 1Up.com.)

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Here's the minimum FOAF spec that the FOAFnet is proposing....... (kudos
to Julian Bond and Paul Martino)......

Minimum [must be there to be FOAFnet compliant]

foaf:PersonalProfileDocument //Identify this document as being primarily
about one person 

foaf:maker 
foaf:primaryTopic 


foaf:Person 

foaf:name 
foaf:mbox_sha1sum // encrypted email 
foaf:img // person's face or image associated with them (or depiction?
or logo? I understand the need but I'm not sure which one to use. Most
systems have a thumbnail, icon, picture attached to that person and
displayed in most places that person is referenced. That's the image URL
that should be here.) 
foaf:knows // list of friends.... Optional, if they have no friends 

foaf:person 

foaf:name 
foaf:mbox_sha1sum 
rdfs:seeAlso //Link to FOAF file. Obviously optional if there isn't one 


Desirable [we're debating on whether or not this is required or not -
certainly many systems will not have all this data]

rdf:Description //Information about this document 

dc:title 
dc:description 
admin:generatorAgent 
admin:errorReportsTo 


foaf:Person 

foaf:weblog // or home page 
foaf:title 
foaf:firstName 
foaf:surname 
foaf:Organization 
foaf:phone 
foaf:IM IDs //Any Instant Message IDs and nicks. Beware exposing email
addresses 
foaf:workplaceHomepage 
foaf:based_near 

geo:Point geo:lat="" geo:long="" 


vCard:ADR //Address info. vCard is the best I've found. 

vCard:Street 
vCard:Locality 
vCard:Region 
vCard:Pcode 
vCard:Country 


rdfs:seeAlso //Don't use seeAlso to point at anything but more FOAF. 


bio:keywords //I prefer this to interests. Comma Separated.