introduction summary

• Friend of a Friend• Translating FOAF into

foafnaut• Future developments

introduction summary

• FOAF and the Semantic Web• FOAF data represents

distributed communities• SVG <-> RDF

– foafcorp– FOAF world map

• Real time data mapping

introduction what is foafnaut?

• RDF documents have XML syntax

• Categories and properties• Individuals, relationships and

communities• Extensible language can be

customized

friend of a friend

<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>

friend of a friend FOAF 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>

friend of a friend FOAF 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>

friend of a friend FOAF data

• Machine friendly– SeeAlso property

• Scutter data• Browse interconnected FOAF

data

friend of a friend

DEMO

• Modular format to allow customization

• Development of blubs and sproings

• Customization leads to "landscaping"

in the future data mapping

• Integration of FOAF authoring tools– foaf-a-matic

• Conferencing and communication

in the future interaction

• Privacy and data protection• Securing groups• Encourage honorable

behavior

in the future security

• 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

in the future usage scenarios

Dan Brickley and Libby MillerDean Jackson

All contributors on #foaf

foafnautwas designed and built by

Jim Ley and Liz Turner

thanks