Bloggers: 10 Things You Can do Now For Data Portability

Posted February 6, 2008

Here are 10 things you can implement now into your blog to make it more friendly, open, and data portable.

  1. Get an OpenID account
    Get an OpenID account and put an auto-discovery link into your blog’s <head> section for that OpenID.
    <link rel="openid.server" href="http://openid.yourblog.domain/" />
    <link rel="openid.delegate" href="http://openid.yourblog.domain/" />
  2. Fill in your OpenID provider’s profile page
    Add values such as your name, email address etc.
  3. Encourage your OpenID provider to support Attribute Exchange 2.0
    Attribute Exchange is a service extension that provides a mechanism for moving identity information between web sites.
  4. Create a YADIS file
    Create a YADIS file, store it on your server and allow it to be auto-discovered by including a <link> in your blog’s <head> section.
    <meta http-equiv="X-XRDS-Location" content="http://mydomain.com/yadis.xml" />
  5. Add an verifiable identity layer and Microformats to your blog
    To enable you to claim ownership over your blog, add MicroID in the <head> section and in the visible HTML for other content such as hCard.
    <meta name="microid" content="mailto+http:sha1:ca94387152e8ea62fee73c45c4bae79e54543485"/>Create an “About Me” page on your blog and add hCard information with MicroID and then style it.
    <div class="vcard microid-mailto+http:sha1:ca94387152e8ea62fee73c45c4bae79e54543485">
    <a class="url fn" href="http://example.com/">Jon</a>
    <div class="tel">+1-303-308-3282</div>
    <div class="title">Web Developer</div>
    </div>
  6. Create a YASN-Roll
    To create a YASN-Roll, add a block with links to your social network profiles and for each put rel=”me” in the link.
    <a href="http://me.example.com/" rel="me">My social profile</a>
  7. Encourage your online services to support data portability
    Email your favorite online services and ask them to support microformats, OpenID as a consumer, and produce FOAF about your contacts.
  8. Add a FOAF link
    If any of your online services support FOAF, add a link to it in your blog’s <head> section.
    <link rel="meta" type="application/rdf+xml" title="FOAF" href="foaf.rdf" />
  9. Blog about Data Portability
    Help evangelize Data Portability and let the blogosphere know what you think. Embed the Data Portability video to help illustrate the project to your readers.
  10. Contribute to the data portability discussion
    Join in the discussion and help the movement.


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