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attention-brainstorming

2005-12-14T22:25:14Z

EricHayes:

= Attention Brainstorming =

This page is for brainstorming about ideas, proposals, constraints, requirements for an Attention microformat.

This is part of an open standards community effort to update the Attention.XML format on a strong foundation of research of existing examples and formats, as well as leveraging the Attention.XML implementation experience from [http://attensa.com Attensa], [http://commerce.net CommerceNet], [http://technorati.com Technorati], and any other interested Attention developers.

== Authors ==

* Tim Brown
* Tantek Çelik
* Eric Hayes
* Rohit Khare
* Kevin Marks

== Experience ==

Both Technorati and Attensa have implementation experience with [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionxml Attention.XML] and other attention formats.

=== Other Attention-like Things ===

* [http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/19/personal-status-page/ Personal Status Pages]

=== Lessons Learned ===
* Hierarchy in the format gets in the way more than it helps
* Need to define a minimally useful subset for ease of implementation and interoperability
* Need to "chunk" any sets of additional data

== Goals / Requirements ==

=== Definite ===
* Needs to be represent sparse (over time and source) data
* "Blendable" - get an attention "chunk" every day from a source and be able to aggregate the chunks into one attention file.
* Flat by default. Permit hierarchy but don't require it, and don't require parsing of a hierarchy (i.e. allow treating the attention as set of attention items).

=== Non-goals ===
These are things we want to avoid in an Attention format, mostly due to privacy reasons.

* cookies
* login information
* personally identifiable information in URLs (e.g. PHP session info)

== Strawman Schema Thoughts ==

=== Each Attention Item contains ===

==== item info ====
* item url (rss article url, etc)
* parent context (feed or source site, )
* attention date (article last read time)

==== implicit info ====
* duration (attention duration, how long did i look at this page or article)
* followed links (click through. could result in a next attention item)
* read state

==== explicit info ====
* [[vote-links|voting]]
* [[hreview|hReview]]
** rating
** [[rel-tag|tags]]
* explicit read or unread state

* date removed

=== Item Containers ===

* .

== See Also ==
* [[attention-examples]]
* [[attention-formats]]

attention-examples

2005-12-14T22:24:58Z

EricHayes: /* Attention Examples */

= Attention Examples =

This page documents examples on the Web of published attention information.

This is part of an open standards community effort to update the Attention.XML format on a strong foundation of research of existing examples and formats, as well as leveraging the Attention.XML implementation experience from [http://attensa.com Attensa], [http://commerce.net CommerceNet], [http://technorati.com Technorati], and any other interested Attention developers.

== Authors ==

* Tim Brown
* Tantek Çelik
* Eric Hayes
* Rohit Khare
* Kevin Marks

== Attention Examples ==

=== Implicit Attention ===
* what I've listened to - Last.FM, and other scripts that do that
** KevinMarks will contribute more here
** eg http://www.seabury.edu/faculty/akma/2002_09_22_blogarch.html#e82241126
* ?? email rules files

=== Explicit Attention ===

* blogrolls, friendrolls (e.g. LiveJournal, XFN) - what/who I'm reading
* linkblogs / delicious feeds - how I have tagged sites I've read
* playlists of what songs I like - e.g. on MSN Spaces
* favorites.html files - yes, people actually publish these on the web
** http://style.cleverchimp.com/misc/favorites.html

== Inattention Examples ==

* killfiles
* email blacklists

== See Also ==
* [[attention-formats]]
* [[attention-brainstorming]]

attention-formats

2005-12-14T22:24:35Z

EricHayes: /* Attention Formats */

= Attention Formats =

This page documents existing attention information formats.

This is part of an open standards community effort to update the Attention.XML format on a strong foundation of research of existing examples and formats, as well as leveraging the Attention.XML implementation experience from [http://attensa.com Attensa], [http://commerce.net CommerceNet], [http://technorati.com Technorati], and any other interested Attention developer.

== Authors ==

* Tim Brown
* Tantek Çelik
* Eric Hayes
* Rohit Khare
* Kevin Marks

== Formats ==

=== Implicit Attention Formats ===

* history.html file from Netscape/IEMac browsers
* [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionxml Attention.XML]
* Attention Recorder internal format ("[http://wiki.attentiontrust.org/index.php/AttentionDataXMLFormat|Attention Data XML Format]")

=== Explicit Attention Formats ===

* favorites.html file from Netscape/IEMac browsers
* [[xoxo|XOXO]] blogroll
* OPML subscription file
* [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionxml Attention.XML]
* [[hreview|hReview]]

== See Also ==
* [[attention-examples]]
* [[attention-brainstorming]]

attention-formats

2005-12-14T22:19:18Z

EricHayes: /* Explicit Attention Formats */

= Attention Formats =

This page documents existing attention information formats.

== Authors ==

* Tim Brown
* Tantek Çelik
* Eric Hayes
* Rohit Khare
* Kevin Marks

== Formats ==

=== Implicit Attention Formats ===

* history.html file from Netscape/IEMac browsers
* [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionxml Attention.XML]
* Attention Recorder internal format ("[http://wiki.attentiontrust.org/index.php/AttentionDataXMLFormat|Attention Data XML Format]")

=== Explicit Attention Formats ===

* favorites.html file from Netscape/IEMac browsers
* [[xoxo|XOXO]] blogroll
* OPML subscription file
* [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionxml Attention.XML]
* [[hreview|hReview]]

== See Also ==
* [[attention-examples]]
* [[attention-brainstorming]]

attention-formats

2005-12-14T22:11:28Z

EricHayes: /* Implicit Attention Formats */

= Attention Formats =

This page documents existing attention information formats.

== Authors ==

* Tim Brown
* Tantek Çelik
* Eric Hayes
* Rohit Khare
* Kevin Marks

== Formats ==

=== Implicit Attention Formats ===

* history.html file from Netscape/IEMac browsers
* [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionxml Attention.XML]
* Attention Recorder internal format ("[http://wiki.attentiontrust.org/index.php/AttentionDataXMLFormat|Attention Data XML Format]")

=== Explicit Attention Formats ===

* favorites.html file from Netscape/IEMac browsers
* OPML subscription file
* [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionxml Attention.XML]
* [[hreview|hReview]]

== See Also ==
* [[attention-examples]]
* [[attention-brainstorming]]

attention-brainstorming

2005-12-14T21:58:42Z

EricHayes: /* Each Attention Item contains */

= Attention Brainstorming =

This page is for brainstorming about ideas, proposals, constraints, requirements for an Attention microformat.

== Authors ==

* Tim Brown
* Tantek Çelik
* Eric Hayes
* Rohit Khare
* Kevin Marks

== Experience ==

Both Technorati and Attensa have implementation experience with [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionxml Attention.XML] and other attention formats.

=== Other Attention-like Things ===

* [http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/19/personal-status-page/ Personal Status Pages]

=== Lessons Learned ===
* Hierarchy in the format gets in the way more than it helps
* Need to define a minimally useful subset for ease of implementation and interoperability
* Need to "chunk" any sets of additional data

== Goals / Requirements ==

=== Definite ===
* Needs to be represent sparse (over time and source) data
* "Blendable" - get an attention "chunk" every day from a source and be able to aggregate the chunks into one attention file.
* Flat by default. Permit hierarchy but don't require it, and don't require parsing of a hierarchy (i.e. allow treating the attention as set of attention items).

== Strawman Schema Thoughts ==

=== Each Attention Item contains ===

==== item info ====
* item url (rss article url, etc)
* parent context (feed or source site, )
* attention date (article last read time)

==== implicit info ====
* duration (attention duration, how long did i look at this page or article)
* followed links (click through. could result in a next attention item)
* read state

==== explicit info ====
* voting
* hReview
** rating
** tag
* explicit read or unread state

* date removed

=== Item Containers ===

* .

== See Also ==
* [[attention-examples]]
* [[attention-formats]]

attention-brainstorming

2005-12-14T21:51:04Z

EricHayes: /* Each Attention Item contains */

= Attention Brainstorming =

This page is for brainstorming about ideas, proposals, constraints, requirements for an Attention microformat.

== Authors ==

* Tim Brown
* Tantek Çelik
* Eric Hayes
* Rohit Khare
* Kevin Marks

== Experience ==

Both Technorati and Attensa have implementation experience with [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionxml Attention.XML] and other attention formats.

=== Other Attention-like Things ===

* [http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/19/personal-status-page/ Personal Status Pages]

=== Lessons Learned ===
* Hierarchy in the format gets in the way more than it helps
* Need to define a minimally useful subset for ease of implementation and interoperability
* Need to "chunk" any sets of additional data

== Goals / Requirements ==

=== Definite ===
* Needs to be represent sparse (over time and source) data
* "Blendable" - get an attention "chunk" every day from a source and be able to aggregate the chunks into one attention file.
* Flat by default. Permit hierarchy but don't require it, and don't require parsing of a hierarchy (i.e. allow treating the attention as set of attention items).

== Strawman Schema Thoughts ==

=== Each Attention Item contains ===

* item url (rss article url, etc)
* parent context (feed or source site, )
* attention date (article last read time)
* duration (attention duration, how long did i look at this page or article)
* followed links (click through. could result in a next attention item)
* rel/votelink
* tags
* dateremoved
* read state
* rating

=== Item Containers ===

* .

== See Also ==
* [[attention-examples]]
* [[attention-formats]]

attention-brainstorming

2005-12-14T21:46:58Z

EricHayes: first take

= Attention Brainstorming =

This page is for brainstorming about ideas, proposals, constraints, requirements for an Attention microformat.

== Authors ==

* Tim Brown
* Tantek Çelik
* Eric Hayes
* Rohit Khare
* Kevin Marks

== Experience ==

Both Technorati and Attensa have implementation experience with [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionxml Attention.XML] and other attention formats.

=== Other Attention-like Things ===

* [http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/19/personal-status-page/ Personal Status Pages]

=== Lessons Learned ===
* Hierarchy in the format gets in the way more than it helps
* Need to define a minimally useful subset for ease of implementation and interoperability
* Need to "chunk" any sets of additional data

== Goals / Requirements ==

=== Definite ===
* Needs to be represent sparse (over time and source) data
* "Blendable" - get an attention "chunk" every day from a source and be able to aggregate the chunks into one attention file.
* Flat by default. Permit hierarchy but don't require it, and don't require parsing of a hierarchy (i.e. allow treating the attention as set of attention items).

== Strawman Schema Thoughts ==

=== Each Attention Item contains ===

* item url (rss article url, etc)
* parent context (feed or source site, )
* last read
* duration
* followed links
* rel/votelink
* tags
* dateremoved
* read state
* rating

=== Item Containers ===

* .

== See Also ==
* [[attention-examples]]
* [[attention-formats]]

attention-brainstorming

2005-12-14T21:45:02Z

EricHayes: /* Strawman Schema Thoughts */

= Attention Brainstorming =

This page is for brainstorming about ideas, proposals, constraints, requirements for an Attention microformat.

== Authors ==

* Tim Brown
* Tantek Çelik
* Eric Hayes
* Rohit Khare
* Kevin Marks

== Experience ==

Both Technorati and Attensa have implementation experience with [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionxml Attention.XML] and other attention formats.

=== Other Attention-like Things ===

* [http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/19/personal-status-page/ Personal Status Pages]

=== Lessons Learned ===
* Hierarchy in the format gets in the way more than it helps
* Need to define a minimally useful subset for ease of implementation and interoperability
* Need to "chunk" any sets of additional data

== Goals / Requirements ==

=== Definite ===
* Needs to be represent sparse (over time and source) data
* "Blendable" - get an attention "chunk" every day from a source and be able to aggregate the chunks into one attention file.
* Flat by default. Permit hierarchy but don't require it, and don't require parsing of a hierarchy (i.e. allow treating the attention as set of attention items).

== Strawman Schema Thoughts ==

=== Each Attention Item contains ===

* last read
* duration
* followed links
* rel/voatlink
* tags
* dateremoved
* read state
* rating

=== Item Containers ===

* .

== See Also ==
* [[attention-examples]]
* [[attention-formats]]

attention.xml

2005-06-28T19:23:48Z

EricHayes: attention.xml moved to attention-formats

#REDIRECT [[attention-formats]]

attention-formats

2005-06-28T05:32:14Z

EricHayes: /* Proposed Base Microformats */

= Attention.xml 0.1 =

== Initial Disclaimer ==
Although this spec-in-progress is well covered on [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionsml Technorati's open standards wiki], after discussion with Tantek at Gnomedex, I agree that it may well qualify as a Microformat, or rather a collection of Microformats.

It is not at all my intention to take any creadit where credit is othewise due! I will move over as much as needed to get discussion started, then if/when this the collective determines it ''should'' be a Microformat, all of the other attributes and history should be moved over (probably by Tantek)

== History ==
[http://www.attensa.com Attensa, Inc.] is currently using an attention stream to accomplish communication of attention data for both analysis and synchronization between client side components in realtime, and serverside systems in near-realtime.

We are currently in the process of creating and accepting Attention.XML as a shared generic context both client and server side. My goal in the use of Attention.XML is to communicate all of the data required for a full featured sharing of the users current state, and action history. It is important that I say this, so that my suggestions do not seem as an exercize in theory, rather real world needs.

== Editor ==
* [http://ehayes.typepad.com/ Eric Hayes], [http://www.attensa.com Attensa, Inc.]

== Introduction ==
I believe it possible to make up an Attention.XML Microformat, based on a number of new and existing Microformats (some of which are pointed out in the main [http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats Microformats wiki page]

== Existing Microformats ==
* [[XOXO]]
* [http://gmpg.org/xfn XFN]
* [[votelinks]]
* [[hcard|hCard]]

== Proposed Base Microformats ==
I hope it is not outside the standards desired for this workspace, but I am going to propose a collection of Microformats which could be used to build up Attention.XML as it exists to day, and add in a few pieces required to flush out the format.
=== Attention Microformat ===
I would like to have this single Attention Microformat available to both feeds and articles, and as I move forward with this initial strawman, I will see how they fit for both uses.

* Existing Elements
** '''lastread'''
** '''duration'''
** '''followedlinks'''
** '''rel/votelink'''
** '''tags'''
* Proposed Additional Elements
** '''dateremoved''' ISO8601 datetime indicating when this article was marked as removed. Note: a duration of zero is valid, and should indicate the article was removed without reading.
** '''readstate''' read | unread. I indicating if this article is currently marked as read. Note: a non-zero duration and a readstate of unread indicates the user has either read the article and specifically marked it as unread. (It is possible that duration accumulation could come from the article being visible to the user, but not specifically marked as read. Discussion is needed here, as metrics on faulty duration values is a undesired.)
** '''rating''' 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or something like that. I believe that a good attention picture is gained by both implied and explisit interaction by the user. It is quite valuable to inspire users to interact, and ratings are a great way to accomplish this. I wonder if rating could tie in with [[votelinks]].

I have quite a bit more to add. I should finish up Tuesday 6/28/05. Please let me finish before we start the discussion.
-eric

attention-formats

2005-06-28T05:30:46Z

EricHayes: /* History */

= Attention.xml 0.1 =

== Initial Disclaimer ==
Although this spec-in-progress is well covered on [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionsml Technorati's open standards wiki], after discussion with Tantek at Gnomedex, I agree that it may well qualify as a Microformat, or rather a collection of Microformats.

It is not at all my intention to take any creadit where credit is othewise due! I will move over as much as needed to get discussion started, then if/when this the collective determines it ''should'' be a Microformat, all of the other attributes and history should be moved over (probably by Tantek)

== History ==
[http://www.attensa.com Attensa, Inc.] is currently using an attention stream to accomplish communication of attention data for both analysis and synchronization between client side components in realtime, and serverside systems in near-realtime.

We are currently in the process of creating and accepting Attention.XML as a shared generic context both client and server side. My goal in the use of Attention.XML is to communicate all of the data required for a full featured sharing of the users current state, and action history. It is important that I say this, so that my suggestions do not seem as an exercize in theory, rather real world needs.

== Editor ==
* [http://ehayes.typepad.com/ Eric Hayes], [http://www.attensa.com Attensa, Inc.]

== Introduction ==
I believe it possible to make up an Attention.XML Microformat, based on a number of new and existing Microformats (some of which are pointed out in the main [http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats Microformats wiki page]

== Existing Microformats ==
* [[XOXO]]
* [http://gmpg.org/xfn XFN]
* [[votelinks]]
* [[hcard|hCard]]

== Proposed Base Microformats ==
I hope it is not outside the standards desired for this workspace, but I am going to propose a collection of Microformats which could be used to build up Attention.XML as it exists to day, and add in a few pieces required to flush out the format.
=== Attention Microformat ===
I would like to have this single Attention Microformat available to both feeds and articles, and as I move forward with this initial strawman, I will see how they fit for both uses.

* Existing Elements
** '''lastread''' ISO8601 datetime indicating the last time the user has explicitly read (perhaps by selecting) a post/item.
** '''duration''' non-negative int represents seconds the user spent reading this post/item.
** '''followedlinks''' list of URLs from the post that the user has clicked or accessed.
** '''rel/votelink''' vote-for | vote-against | vote-abstain | "" / blank. See [[votelinks]] for details.
** '''tags''' A general mechanism for user tagging/annotating.
* Proposed Additional Elements
** '''dateremoved''' ISO8601 datetime indicating when this article was marked as removed. Note: a duration of zero is valid, and should indicate the article was removed without reading.
** '''readstate''' read | unread. I indicating if this article is currently marked as read. Note: a non-zero duration and a readstate of unread indicates the user has either read the article and specifically marked it as unread. (It is possible that duration accumulation could come from the article being visible to the user, but not specifically marked as read. Discussion is needed here, as metrics on faulty duration values is a undesired.)
** '''rating''' 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or something like that. I believe that a good attention picture is gained by both implied and explisit interaction by the user. It is quite valuable to inspire users to interact, and ratings are a great way to accomplish this. I wonder if rating could tie in with [[votelinks]].

I have quite a bit more to add. I should finish up Tuesday 6/28/05. Please let me finish before we start the discussion.
-eric

attention-formats

2005-06-28T05:30:02Z

EricHayes: /* Introduction */

= Attention.xml 0.1 =

== Initial Disclaimer ==
Although this spec-in-progress is well covered on [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionsml Technorati's open standards wiki], after discussion with Tantek at Gnomedex, I agree that it may well qualify as a Microformat, or rather a collection of Microformats.

It is not at all my intention to take any creadit where credit is othewise due! I will move over as much as needed to get discussion started, then if/when this the collective determines it ''should'' be a Microformat, all of the other attributes and history should be moved over (probably by Tantek)

== History ==
[http://www.attensa.com Attensa, Inc.] is currently using an attention stream to accomplish communication of attention data for boty analysis and synchronization between client side components in realtime, and serverside systems in near-realtime.

We are currently in the process of creating and accepting Attention.XML as a shared generic context both client and server side. My goal in the use of Attention.XML is to communicate all of the data required for a full featured sharing of the users current state, and action history. It is important that I say this, so that my suggestions do not seem as an exercize in theory, rather real world needs.

== Editor ==
* [http://ehayes.typepad.com/ Eric Hayes], [http://www.attensa.com Attensa, Inc.]

== Introduction ==
I believe it possible to make up an Attention.XML Microformat, based on a number of new and existing Microformats (some of which are pointed out in the main [http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats Microformats wiki page]

== Existing Microformats ==
* [[XOXO]]
* [http://gmpg.org/xfn XFN]
* [[votelinks]]
* [[hcard|hCard]]

== Proposed Base Microformats ==
I hope it is not outside the standards desired for this workspace, but I am going to propose a collection of Microformats which could be used to build up Attention.XML as it exists to day, and add in a few pieces required to flush out the format.
=== Attention Microformat ===
I would like to have this single Attention Microformat available to both feeds and articles, and as I move forward with this initial strawman, I will see how they fit for both uses.

* Existing Elements
** '''lastread''' ISO8601 datetime indicating the last time the user has explicitly read (perhaps by selecting) a post/item.
** '''duration''' non-negative int represents seconds the user spent reading this post/item.
** '''followedlinks''' list of URLs from the post that the user has clicked or accessed.
** '''rel/votelink''' vote-for | vote-against | vote-abstain | "" / blank. See [[votelinks]] for details.
** '''tags''' A general mechanism for user tagging/annotating.
* Proposed Additional Elements
** '''dateremoved''' ISO8601 datetime indicating when this article was marked as removed. Note: a duration of zero is valid, and should indicate the article was removed without reading.
** '''readstate''' read | unread. I indicating if this article is currently marked as read. Note: a non-zero duration and a readstate of unread indicates the user has either read the article and specifically marked it as unread. (It is possible that duration accumulation could come from the article being visible to the user, but not specifically marked as read. Discussion is needed here, as metrics on faulty duration values is a undesired.)
** '''rating''' 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or something like that. I believe that a good attention picture is gained by both implied and explisit interaction by the user. It is quite valuable to inspire users to interact, and ratings are a great way to accomplish this. I wonder if rating could tie in with [[votelinks]].

I have quite a bit more to add. I should finish up Tuesday 6/28/05. Please let me finish before we start the discussion.
-eric

attention-formats

2005-06-28T05:28:55Z

EricHayes: /* Attention Microformat */

= Attention.xml 0.1 =

== Initial Disclaimer ==
Although this spec-in-progress is well covered on [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionsml Technorati's open standards wiki], after discussion with Tantek at Gnomedex, I agree that it may well qualify as a Microformat, or rather a collection of Microformats.

It is not at all my intention to take any creadit where credit is othewise due! I will move over as much as needed to get discussion started, then if/when this the collective determines it ''should'' be a Microformat, all of the other attributes and history should be moved over (probably by Tantek)

== History ==
[http://www.attensa.com Attensa, Inc.] is currently using an attention stream to accomplish communication of attention data for boty analysis and synchronization between client side components in realtime, and serverside systems in near-realtime.

We are currently in the process of creating and accepting Attention.XML as a shared generic context both client and server side. My goal in the use of Attention.XML is to communicate all of the data required for a full featured sharing of the users current state, and action history. It is important that I say this, so that my suggestions do not seem as an exercize in theory, rather real world needs.

== Editor ==
* [http://ehayes.typepad.com/ Eric Hayes], [http://www.attensa.com Attensa, Inc.]

== Introduction ==
I believe it possible to make up an Attention.XML Microformat, based on a number of new and existing Microformats (some of which are pointed out int the main [http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats Microformats wiki page]

== Existing Microformats ==
* [[XOXO]]
* [http://gmpg.org/xfn XFN]
* [[votelinks]]
* [[hcard|hCard]]

== Proposed Base Microformats ==
I hope it is not outside the standards desired for this workspace, but I am going to propose a collection of Microformats which could be used to build up Attention.XML as it exists to day, and add in a few pieces required to flush out the format.
=== Attention Microformat ===
I would like to have this single Attention Microformat available to both feeds and articles, and as I move forward with this initial strawman, I will see how they fit for both uses.

* Existing Elements
** '''lastread''' ISO8601 datetime indicating the last time the user has explicitly read (perhaps by selecting) a post/item.
** '''duration''' non-negative int represents seconds the user spent reading this post/item.
** '''followedlinks''' list of URLs from the post that the user has clicked or accessed.
** '''rel/votelink''' vote-for | vote-against | vote-abstain | "" / blank. See [[votelinks]] for details.
** '''tags''' A general mechanism for user tagging/annotating.
* Proposed Additional Elements
** '''dateremoved''' ISO8601 datetime indicating when this article was marked as removed. Note: a duration of zero is valid, and should indicate the article was removed without reading.
** '''readstate''' read | unread. I indicating if this article is currently marked as read. Note: a non-zero duration and a readstate of unread indicates the user has either read the article and specifically marked it as unread. (It is possible that duration accumulation could come from the article being visible to the user, but not specifically marked as read. Discussion is needed here, as metrics on faulty duration values is a undesired.)
** '''rating''' 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or something like that. I believe that a good attention picture is gained by both implied and explisit interaction by the user. It is quite valuable to inspire users to interact, and ratings are a great way to accomplish this. I wonder if rating could tie in with [[votelinks]].

I have quite a bit more to add. I should finish up Tuesday 6/28/05. Please let me finish before we start the discussion.
-eric

attention-formats

2005-06-28T05:27:10Z

EricHayes:

= Attention.xml 0.1 =

== Initial Disclaimer ==
Although this spec-in-progress is well covered on [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionsml Technorati's open standards wiki], after discussion with Tantek at Gnomedex, I agree that it may well qualify as a Microformat, or rather a collection of Microformats.

It is not at all my intention to take any creadit where credit is othewise due! I will move over as much as needed to get discussion started, then if/when this the collective determines it ''should'' be a Microformat, all of the other attributes and history should be moved over (probably by Tantek)

== History ==
[http://www.attensa.com Attensa, Inc.] is currently using an attention stream to accomplish communication of attention data for boty analysis and synchronization between client side components in realtime, and serverside systems in near-realtime.

We are currently in the process of creating and accepting Attention.XML as a shared generic context both client and server side. My goal in the use of Attention.XML is to communicate all of the data required for a full featured sharing of the users current state, and action history. It is important that I say this, so that my suggestions do not seem as an exercize in theory, rather real world needs.

== Editor ==
* [http://ehayes.typepad.com/ Eric Hayes], [http://www.attensa.com Attensa, Inc.]

== Introduction ==
I believe it possible to make up an Attention.XML Microformat, based on a number of new and existing Microformats (some of which are pointed out int the main [http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats Microformats wiki page]

== Existing Microformats ==
* [[XOXO]]
* [http://gmpg.org/xfn XFN]
* [[votelinks]]
* [[hcard|hCard]]

== Proposed Base Microformats ==
I hope it is not outside the standards desired for this workspace, but I am going to propose a collection of Microformats which could be used to build up Attention.XML as it exists to day, and add in a few pieces required to flush out the format.
=== Attention Microformat ===
* Existing Elements
** '''lastread''' ISO8601 datetime indicating the last time the user has explicitly read (perhaps by selecting) a post/item.
** '''duration''' non-negative int represents seconds the user spent reading this post/item.
** '''followedlinks''' list of URLs from the post that the user has clicked or accessed.
** '''rel/votelink''' vote-for | vote-against | vote-abstain | "" / blank. See [[votelinks]] for details.
** '''tags''' A general mechanism for user tagging/annotating.
* Proposed Additional Elements
** '''dateremoved''' ISO8601 datetime indicating when this article was marked as removed. Note: a duration of zero is valid, and should indicate the article was removed without reading.
** '''readstate''' read | unread. I indicating if this article is currently marked as read. Note: a non-zero duration and a readstate of unread indicates the user has either read the article and specifically marked it as unread. (It is possible that duration accumulation could come from the article being visible to the user, but not specifically marked as read. Discussion is needed here, as metrics on faulty duration values is a undesired.)
** '''rating''' 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or something like that. I believe that a good attention picture is gained by both implied and explisit interaction by the user. It is quite valuable to inspire users to interact, and ratings are a great way to accomplish this. I wonder if rating could tie in with [[votelinks]].

I have quite a bit more to add. I should finish up Tuesday 6/28/05. Please let me finish before we start the discussion.
-eric

attention-formats

2005-06-28T04:28:39Z

EricHayes:

= Attention.xml 0.1 =

=== Initial Disclaimer ===
Although this spec-in-progress is well covered on [http://developers.technorati.com/wiki/attentionsml Technorati's open standards wiki], after discussion with Tantek at Gnomedex, I agree that it may well qualify as a Microformat, or rather a collection of Microformats.

It is not at all my intention to take any creadit where credit is othewise due! I will move over as much as needed to get discussion started, then if/when this the collective determines it ''should'' be a Microformat, all of the other attributes and history should be moved over (probably by Tantek)

=== Editor ===
* [http://ehayes.typepad.com/ Eric Hayes], [http://www.attensa.com Attensa, Inc.]

=== Introduction ===
I believe it possible to make up an Attention.XML Microformat, based on a number of new and existing Microformats (some of whicha re covered in the format)

Main Page

2005-06-28T04:05:30Z

EricHayes: /* Exploratory discussions */

= Microformats Wiki =

__TOC__

Welcome to the new microformats wiki. There's a lot going on around here, but feel free to jump in and offer your assistance.

'''Please read [[how-to-play]] before making any edits.'''

'''Please read [[process]] before proposing any new microformats.'''

== Standards ==
[[microformats|Microformats]] open standards specifications:
* [[hcalendar|hCalendar]]
* [[hcard|hCard]]
* [[rel-license|RelLicense]]
* [[rel-nofollow|RelNoFollow]]
* [[rel-tag|RelTag]]
* [[vote-links|VoteLinks]]
* [http://gmpg.org/xfn/ XFN]
* [http://gmpg.org/xmdp/ XMDP]
* [[xoxo|XOXO]]

== Drafts ==
* [[hreview|hReview]]
* [[robots-exclusion|Robots Exclusion]]
* [[rel-enclosure]]

== Proposals ==
*[[hcomment|hComment]]
* [[mfcomment|mfComment]]

== Exploratory discussions ==

*[[comments-formats]]
*[[media-metadata-examples]]
*[[location-formats]]
*[[attention.xml]]

== Wanted Formats ==
Possible formats to explore

*[[recipes-formats]]