Whats an FOAF?

Hobbes

when I click it I get an XML file. Is it supposed to mean something?

Hobart

Friend of a Friend? Not really sure what it is tbh.

DMT

Hobart wrote:

Friend of a Friend? Not really sure what it is tbh.

I read a FAQ about FOAF and I still don't see the point of it....

Vexorg

We would like to apologise for any confusion regarding the aforementioned FOAF, this is a spelling mistake and should read FOAD.

Thx


V.

Stark

AFAIK you need some client program that can make use of the XML file.

Visit: http://www.foaf-project.org/

Gordon

So it's not an foaf, it's An Foad? Is that like An Post?

Boston

When you click on it you seem to get the same people for that user as are the user's friends. How do oyu add users to your friends btw.

Moriarty

Gordon wrote:

So it's not an foaf, it's An Foad? Is that like An Post?

Fúck Off And Die, Gordon.

FOAF is a bit of a weird one, google for it to see the idea. Dunno why it's running here though..

CuLT

Boston wrote:

When you click on it you seem to get the same people for that user as are the user's friends. How do oyu add users to your friends btw.

Click on their nick, at the bottom of the list of options which appears is "Add to your Buddy List".

DeVore

Cloud is big into it. We dont ask him for fear of prompting another round of massive changes... its some kind of social network mapping project... *shrug*.

DeV.

Boston

CuLT wrote:

Click on their nick, at the bottom of the list of options which appears is "Add to your Buddy List".

yes but they don't seem to come up under friends header. Or is that just buddies that are online at the moment.

CuLT

Boston wrote:

yes but they don't seem to come up under friends header. Or is that just buddies that are online at the moment.

It works for me, I just presume it's the same as adding a buddy by clicking on the Friends link and then clicking 'add to my buddy list' from there.

Boston

you have 8 people as your buddies, but in your friends thing (the thing with the avatars of other users) there are only four users. I've just got yourself and Typedef as Friends. Maybe it's a case that your on my buddy list and I'm on your's, that makes us all lovely. This is starting to sound fairly camp...

smoke.me.a.kipper

Boston wrote:

you have 8 people as your buddies, but in your friends thing (the thing with the avatars of other users) there are only four users. I've just got yourself and Typedef as Friends. Maybe it's a case that your on my buddy list and I'm on your's, that makes us all lovely. This is starting to sound fairly camp...

your bang on iirc

Gordon

Moriarty wrote:

Fúck Off And Die, Gordon.

FOAF is a bit of a weird one, google for it to see the idea. Dunno why it's running here though..

I see now what it is - F*ck off and die, Moriarty, thanks.

Stark

DeVore wrote:

Cloud is big into it. We dont ask him for fear of prompting another round of massive changes... its some kind of social network mapping project... *shrug*.

DeV.

Ah so that was the big experiment he had in mind for us. *Wipes the sweat from his brow*. Phew.

regi

Its like a MILF, but less attractive

aodh_rua

Here come's the science part....

FOAF is an xml standard that's being used to create a system intelligible format for capturing data on people, their friends and their interests. It's probably part of the semantic web effort which is attempting to come up with standard ways of describing things on the web, such that you can share your models without loosing their meaning and their connections to other topics. In other words the terms I use to describe something can be understood by other users in the way I meant them, and not as something with a similar name (apples as fruit or as computers).

I'm doing my PhD on the area at them moment, so sorry if all of that seems a little dry, it's actually quite interesting honest.

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