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About FOAF

FOAF (Friends Of A Friend) is a Semantic Web application which allows you to describe relationships in a structured way.

My FOAF Details

My FOAF file is available.

FOAF Viewers

• FOAF Explorer - My friends.
  There are no special requirements to use this FOAF viewer.
• Plink - My friends.
  This service has shut down.
• FOAFNaut - My friends.
  This requires an SVG plugin.
  This service has shut down.
• Swordfish - My friends
  There are no special requirements to use this browser.
• Semaview - My friends.
  Requires use of Java.
  This service has shut down.
• People Aggregator - My friends
  This service has shut down.
  

FOAF Authoring Tools

You can create your own FOAF file using FOAF-a-matic -- Describe yourself in RDF tool.

Note that if you wish to add me in your list of friends my name is Brian Kelly, my email address is B.Kelly@ukoln.ac.uk and my FOAF file is available at http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/b.kelly/foaf/bkelly-foaf.xrdf.

FOAF Validation

Validate my FOAF file

Further Information

Further information on FOAF is available:

• FOAF: the 'friend of a friend' vocabulary
• FOAF-a-matic -- Describe yourself in RDF
• Fun with FOAF
• XML Watch: Finding friends with XML and RDF

You can also use a Google search for 'FOAF'