Description

FOAF is an acronym for Friend of a Friend.

"FOAF is simply an RDF vocabulary. Its typical use is akin to that of RSS: You create one or more FOAF files on your Web server and share the URLs so software can use the information inside the file. Like creating your own Web pages, the creation of your FOAF data is decentralized and within your control. An example application that uses these files might be a community directory where members maintain their own records. However, as with RSS, the really interesting parts of FOAF come into play when the data is aggregated and can then be explored and cross-linked."
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The Drupal FOAF module enables the following:

1. automatically import/synchronize profile information between any Drupal-powered sites
2. import profile information from external FOAF files
3. export a FOAF file based on a user's profile

For profile synchronization, when you login to site A using your account information from site B, your site A profile automatically gets filled with values from site B - presuming that both A and B have foaf.module and drupal.module enabled. This is a helper module intended for developers who want to use FOAF technology it the development of cross site communities.Foaf.module will also export your buddylist if buddylist.module is enabled. The fields selected for this module are intended to conform to the FOAFNet specification.

Sponsers

This module was developed by James Walker of Bryght.com, with support from the following:

• CivicSpaceLabs
• Marc Canter (FOAFnet)

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