Comments on: (Variant of ) APML for mobile devices ..

By: Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:11:34 +0000

Hi Ajit,
Opentaste is worth a look: it’s based on OAuth, OpenID, APML and microformats; in their own words
“OpenTaste is focused on the semantics of taste information needed to make personalized recommendations.”
And as the name would suggest, it’s open
http://www.opentaste.net/overview.html
http://www.opentaste.net/technical.html
Best,
Kevin

By: Ajit Jaokar

Ajit Jaokar — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:27:47 +0000

thanks Sam. Good to hear from you. I agree also with significance of attention.xml although I am not sure if APML is a fail case(I need to read a bit more into this). I am more intereted in ‘non human’ usecase like last.fm because I think that does have some merit – rather than humans explicitly doing this. A phone has all the elements to act analogous to the last.fm use case(see link above). what do you think? rgds Ajit

By: Ajit Jaokar

Ajit Jaokar — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:50:37 +0000

Dan
Thanks for your comments.
I posted this late into the night. What I meant was variant as a use case i.e. a non traditional use case(see BBC article). I saw the last.fm model and was wondering why not replace the last.fm by a mobile device? Do you know anyone else who is exploring this model? kind rgds Ajit

By: Dan W

Dan W — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:09:00 +0000

I find your talk of a ‘variant’ confusing. It is still APML, even if it’s not for a human. An APML file for a mobile phone would have multiple profiles containing different data types such as phone numbers or locations.

By: Sam Sethi

Sam Sethi — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:41:49 +0000

APML sadly is a fail case as the actual format for storin g attention does not do what it says on the tin. It does not store your attention. Instead look at the work of Tantek Celik and attention.xml
I too have looked closely at APML for sometime and the data capture does not deliver what you would need to extract a users attention based on their prior behaviour.
As for APML on mobile. I would go back to the idea that attention across devices pc, mobile, car, tv ( 4 screens of life) needs to be captured and stored by a user. It then needs to be used/traded with 3rd parties for value. i.e new services can tailor there features or advertisers can be more implicit in their offer.