APML

APML (Attention Profile Markup Language) was a proposed XML-based standard for sharing attention metadata between services.

APML allows users 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 is to compress all forms of Attention Data into a portable file format containing a description of ranked user interests. –APML website (archived copy)

As of 2014-07, the APML website has been offline for some time, and the PBwiki has been closed.

Links

• 2007-10-22 APML: The Next Big Thing or the Next FOAF?
• 2007-10-15 Attention - NewsGator and Bloglines Join APML Workgroup
• 2007-10-02 Bloglines Supports OpenID, Will Support oAuth and APML

See also

• List of XML-based formats