Thanks to the FOAF standard, by creating an xml file with some of your personal details you can do lots of fun things:
- get info on people in your geographic area
- find other people with similar interests
- build a network of people you know (I’m just starting 😉
To get up and running in no time you can use the FOAF-a-Matic tool. Or you can use Davey Shafik‘s new contribution to PEAR: XML_FOAF.
Sites like http://www.ecademy.com generate your FOAF details when you register, as does Drupal I believe. I took Sebastian Bergmann’s example and added a few fields I saw in other people’s profiles.
