Following on the heels of yesterday's post on faceted metadata comes a nice description of XFML. XFML is the eXchangable Faceted Metadata Language, a way to represent faceted metadata in XML. In the post, Mark Pilgrim applies XFML to one of his sites:
Think of XFML as a way of expressing all the different cross-sections of a site. For example, each tip in Dive Into Accessibility discusses a specific technique, the general design principles the technique embodies, the type of people (expressed as character sketches) who would benefit from its implementation, the types of disabilities that would benefit, the web browsers involved, and (in some cases) even specific instructions for implementing the tip in various publishing tools.
I think there are some interesting implications for content management systems, or any system where you are trying to present info in more than one way.
Posted by Karl
December 3, 2002 01:50 PM