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Exploring FOAF: Connecting Communities Through Semantic Web Technology

This document serves as an introduction to FOAF (Friend of a Friend), a powerful vocabulary for describing people, their activities, and their relations to other people and objects. We examine how FOAF data translates into various formats and its role in the Semantic Web, emphasizing distributed communities and real-time data mapping. The text discusses future developments, customization options, integration with authoring tools, and the importance of privacy and data protection in fostering innovation networks. Learn how FOAF can strengthen peer-to-peer connections and enhance information exchange.

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Exploring FOAF: Connecting Communities Through Semantic Web Technology

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  1. introductionsummary • Friend of a Friend • Translating FOAF into foafnaut • Future developments

  2. introductionwhat is foafnaut? • FOAF and the Semantic Web • FOAF data represents distributed communities • SVG <-> RDF • foafcorp • FOAF world map • Real time data mapping

  3. friend of a friend • RDF documents have XML syntax • Categories and properties • Individuals, relationships and communities • Extensible language can be customized

  4. friend of a friendFOAF data <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax ns#" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"> <foaf:Person> <foaf:name>Edd Dumbill</foaf:name> <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:edd@xml.com"/> </foaf:Person> </rdf:RDF>

  5. friend of a friendFOAF data <foaf:Person> <foaf:name >Edd Dumbill</foaf:name> <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:edd@xml.com" /> <foaf:nick >edd</foaf:nick> <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="http://heddley.com/" /> <foaf:img rdf:resource="http://heddley.com/edd.jpg" /> </foaf:Person>

  6. friend of a friendFOAF data <foaf:Person> <foaf:name>Edd Dumbill</foaf:name> <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:edd@xml.com" /> <foaf:knows> <foaf:Person> <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:si@xml.com" /> <foaf:name>Simon Smith</foaf:name> </foaf:Person> </foaf:knows> </foaf:Person>

  7. friend of a friend • Machine friendly • SeeAlso property • Scutter data • Browse interconnected FOAF data

  8. DEMO

  9. in the future data mapping • Modular format to allow customization • Development of blubs and sproings • Customization leads to "landscaping"

  10. in the future interaction • Integration of FOAF authoring tools • foaf-a-matic • Conferencing and communication

  11. in the future security • Privacy and data protection • Securing groups • Encourage honorable behavior

  12. in the future usage scenarios • Innovation networks • Information exchange - peer to peer networks • Applying FOAF/RDF data to interconnected documents • Translating FOAF experience to existing communities • FOAF in Community services

  13. thanks Dan Brickley and Libby Miller Dean Jackson All contributors on #foaf foafnaut was designed and built by Jim Ley and Liz Turner

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