Who is involved with this format and the specification?

A list of participants is on the front page. To join the Workgroup please contact us with your qualifications. Members of the general public are invited to join the mailing list (right column of this page) or blog to provide feedback.

What does the specification look like.

We have provided a draft specification based on the work we (Faraday Media) have been doing for our own projects. We are happy for this draft to act as a foundation for the final APML specification, or we can always start from scratch. The community will decide.

If you think you or someone you know should be involved, be sure to contact us!

Why don't you do this in OPML?

We love OPML. In fact, we sometimes call APML the 'OPML of Attention'. However, OPML is, by its very nature, extremely generic. This means that when you want to do algorithmic processing on the data (as you do with many Attention-based applications) OPML can be quite costly. Also, we plan on broadening APML beyond an outline of interests.

That being said - we'd love to be proven wrong. Join the forums and argue your case.

Why do we need another format - what about Attention.XML?

While Attention.XML stores your Attention Data (a complete history of where you've been and what you've done), APML proposes to boil that information down to a list of implied interests. This means that Attention.XML and APML complement each other much like RSS and OPML complement each other.

Where can I get some source code?

You can get the open source libraries to open and manipulate APML at the Google Code repository.

How can I join the conversation?

Members of the general public are invited to join the mailing list (right column of this page), check out the APML group on Facebook or provide feedback on the blog.

To join the formal specification process, apply to join the APML Workgroup - To apply please contact us with your qualifications.