EveryJoe » apml http://www.everyjoe.com Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:45:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 APML made easy by NewsGator http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/apml-made-easy-by-newsgator-109/ http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/apml-made-easy-by-newsgator-109/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 10:04:16 +0000 Juned http://www.afeedisborn.com/apml-made-easy-by-newsgator/ Post from: EveryJoe

APML made easy by NewsGator

]]> Attention Profiling Mark-up Language or APML is an XML-based format used for capturing the likes and dislikes of person. It is said to be a more accurate way of sharing one’s attention profile. And NewsGator is now making it easier to share one’s APML to other applications [Source]. This makes things less cumbersome.

The purpose of APML is to have a compressed compilation of all forms of Attention Data and keep into a portable file format, in other words it is a file of all your rated interests, so far. Compare to the Outline Processor Markup Language or OPML ,which is an xml format of outlines and what is used in exporting list of feeds between rss readers and aggregators.

Online RSS Reader Bloglines also support the APML format.

It seems that APML is a very effective way of easily getting information. Although it seems to be prone to abuse – we are dealing with personal information and preference, a set of very useful information. And that is why movements like DataPortability makes sure that personal data is exchanged between trusted applications and vendors. Personal data includes but is not limited to identity, photos, and videos.

NewsGator is also part of the APML Work Group, which is part of Dataportability.

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APML made easy by NewsGator

]]> http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/apml-made-easy-by-newsgator-109/feed/ 0 Scoop: Touchstone does APML http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/scoop-touchstone-does-apml-109/ http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/scoop-touchstone-does-apml-109/#comments Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:42:22 +0000 admin http://afeedisborn.com/scoop-touchstone-does-apml/ Post from: EveryJoe

Scoop: Touchstone does APML

]]> Tomorrow the creators of Touchstone will announce a new initiative to implement a “Attention Profiling Mark-up Language” or APML. This new standard should allow users to export and use their own personal Attention Profile in much the same way that OPML allows them to export their reading lists from Feed Readers. The idea is to boil down all forms of Attention Data – including Browser History, OPML, Attention.XML, Email etc – to a portable file format containing a description of ranked user interests. You might think this is a bit similar to the AttentionTrust service, but APML does not propose to compete or even cover the same area. It is designed to take attention.xml and all other forms of storing one’s attention and create an outline of ranked interests.

APML Diagram
The possible uses for APML are endless, and very cool! Just imagine being able to export your Attention Profile from Amazon and plugging it into Digg to get an instantly customized view of the top Digg stories most relevant to your interests! Oh yeah baby…

Chris Saad (TouchStone/Faraday Media) anticipates that an ecosystem of technologies can begin to write and consume the format and they are taking the lead with Touchstone’s U-AR and I-AM engines.

They are looking forward to working with everyone in the community to ensure the format delivers on this promise and empowers users to take control of their Attention. APML is 100% open and they hope to make it an official standard when the community decides it’s ready. Find out more about APML at apml.org.

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Scoop: Touchstone does APML

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