[uf-discuss] like that in xFolk?

[Bud Gibson]

Well, seeing the term xFolk, my ears pricked up.

I think Tantek's example is good.  The nice thing about xFolk is that  
it is value-free in some sense.  It provides a means of expressing  
the tags you want.

Groups could agree to use a certain set of tags, perhaps just by  
seeing each other do it.  We have an example of that here:

http://thecommunityengine.com/bit320/remix

But they don't have to and there can be factions, etc., all quite  
natural in social interaction.

Bud
On Oct 26, 2005, at 20:53, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote:

> Hi Tantek,
>
> On Oct 26, 2005, at 5:35 PM, Tantek Çelik wrote:
>
>>> My suspicion is that the RSS/Atom community will probably  
>>> standardize
>>> on something first
>>>
>>
>> Really?  Based on what experience?
>>
>
> Because I strongly suspect that existing video content owners  
> (people who own movies and TVs) will start using RSS and/or Atom to  
> publish their data, and will naturally look for ways to encode that  
> rating information (which is a valuable marketing tool).
>
>
>>> (since they'll mirror the issues that led movies, TV, and records  
>>> to get ratings),
>>>
>>
>> Huh?
>>
>> Why would you choose those heavily regulated parallels as opposed  
>> to say
>> *internet* parallels like email, netnews, instant messaging, mp3s,  
>> etc.,
>> none of which have any kind of critical mass of official ratings.
>>
>
> I'm not saying we *have* to use them.   I'm saying that people who  
> care will *want* to use something, and these will at least provide  
> a specific well-defined standard that gives people some baseline.
>
> Look, I'm not trying to force anybody to do anything.  However, I  
> do believe there are content creators -- and aggregators -- who  
> *would* like some simple way to tag content to enable and ease  
> *consumer* level filtering.  Because of that, I think the first  
> large, credible group to come up with a reasonably useful rating  
> scheme will be widely imitated.
>
> Given that US TV shows are the first to be sold on the Internet,  
> I'd be willing to bet a meal -- well, lunch :-) -- that those  
> ratings will become the de facto standard for rating  online  
> content -- for those who care:
>
> http://www.mpaa.org/tv/
>
> Perhaps most content creators won't, but I suspect many popular  
> aggregators will require some such ratings, and it will be simpler  
> to just standardize on something like this.
>
> -- Ernie P.
>
>
>
>
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