[uf-discuss] xfn relationships of influence

[Tantek Celik]

Hi James,

I think you have some interesting ideas here and it would be useful to capture them in the xfn-brainstorming page.

Perhaps create a new (sub)section "influences and influencers" and add some of your thoughts starting with:

"The relationships I'm considering fall into two predicate groups, 
influence out(applied) and influence in(received)."

Thanks,

Tantek

-----Original Message-----
From: James Tindall <james at atomless.com>

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:58:51 
To: Microformats Discuss<microformats-discuss at microformats.org>
Subject: [uf-discuss] xfn relationships of influence 


I've been refering to the xfn-brainstorming wiki for guidance on 
additional xfn ralationships. I can see from the wiki page that there's 
a desire to find a word to define the inverse of 'follower' but what I 
need is to offer users more options to choose from on both sides of the 
relationship - specifically in relation to the flow of influence.

Are there any examples or points of reference out there that I may have 
missed that already extend the xfn relationship options in this 
direction? Or should I not even be thinking about doing such a thing 
because xfn is not about influence?

The relationships I'm considering fall into two predicate groups, 
influence out(applied) and influence in(received).

Influence out: 'follower', 'student', 'subscriber', 'listener', 
'reader', 'viewer', 'supporter' and 'collaborator'.

Influence in: 'inspiration', 'favourite', 'teacher', 'mentor', 
'adviser', 'influence', 'source' and  'collaborator'.

I'm interested to hear any thoughts on this - whether I'm reinventing 
some wheel - if I'm adding complexity where none is needed or any other 
suggestions?

cheers,

=James.Tindall
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