XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable ...
-based markup language for documenting a person's interests and dislikes.
Overview
APML allows people to share their own personal attention profile in much the same way that
OPML
OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) is an XML format for outlines (defined as "a tree, where each node contains a set of named attributes with string values"). Originally developed by UserLand as a native file format for the outliner appl ...
allows the exchange of reading lists between news readers. The idea behind APML is to compress all forms of attention data into a portable file format containing a description of the user's rated interests.
The APML Workgroup
The APML Workgroup is tasked with maintaining and refining the APML specification. The APML Workgroup is made up of industry experts and leaders and was founded by Chris Saad and Ashley Angell. The workgroup allows public recommendations and input, and actively evangelises the public’s "Attention Rights". The workgroup also adheres to the principles of Media 2.0 Best Practices.
Services
''Services that have adopted APML''
* Bloglines was an RSS reader. It was one of the major RSS readers on the web, with its main competitor being Google Reader. Bloglines announced it would support APML.
* OpenLink Data Spaces is a Distributed Collaborative Web Application Platform, Social Network and Content Management System.
''Example taken from th APML wikisite ''
Example APML file for apml.orgWritten by Hand[email protected]2007-03-11T01:55:00Z
See also
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Digital traces
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