Attention Profiling Mark-up Language (APML) is an
XML
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-based
markup language
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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 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''
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Bloglines
Bloglines was a web-based news aggregator for reading Web syndication, syndicated feeds using the RSS and Atom (standard), Atom formats. Users could subscribe to the syndicated feeds for free using a web browser. Bloglines offered an application ...
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.
Specifications
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See also
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Digital traces
Digital footprint or digital shadow refers to one's unique set of traceable digital activities, actions, contributions, and communications manifested on the Internet or digital devices. Digital footprints can be classified as either passive o ...
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XML-based standards
XML markup languages