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* Use this XMPP server not for general IM, but for passing around data chunks about the stuff that's being shared. | * Use this XMPP server not for general IM, but for passing around data chunks about the stuff that's being shared. | ||
* Depending on delicious/RSS/etc. seems extremely kludgey and fragile, not to mention intermittent. (IMO this thing would only work if the notification was instant.) So I don't see any value that delicious provides here, other than an extremely awkward way of passing links around between people. | * Depending on delicious/RSS/etc. seems extremely kludgey and fragile, not to mention intermittent. (IMO this thing would only work if the notification was instant.) So I don't see any value that delicious provides here, other than an extremely awkward way of passing links around between people. | ||
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* I'd strongly recommend using [http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/ FOAF] as it can provide rich, extensible modelling of the interpersonal domain and is based on established web standards | |||
* it already has: foaf:Person, foaf:knows, foaf:OnlineAccount etc. | |||
* it has been mapped to many other person/social representations - microformats, vCard etc | |||
* there is an XML serialization (RDF/XML) which can be used with XMPP, APP etc. | |||
* many existing systems already have support, e.g. millions of users on LiveJournal | |||
* it would give Mozilla a solid position on the [http://www.technologyreview.com/video/semantic Semantic Web of Data] | |||
- danja | |||
== Great Ideas for The Coop == | == Great Ideas for The Coop == | ||
These are some great ideas...but possibly out of scope for the first release. Want to make sure we capture them someplace. | These are some great ideas...but possibly out of scope for the first release. Want to make sure we capture them someplace. | ||
* Setup of custom server, the official Coop | * Setup of custom server, the official Coop | ||