Re: Person "identity"

[Thomas Broyer]

Danny Ayers wrote:
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:55:06 +0000, Bill de h�ra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Extend Atom with
FOAF instead if you really need these capabilities in the near term.
Yep, given the timescales involved, that sounds like a good pragmatic solution.
+1, as said in another mail.
Even if Atom doesn't support it, and feeds don't use the extension,
your own database can implement something like FOAF "smushing" based
on properties of entries. If you find two entries with an author
(foaf:name) "Bill de h&#211;ra" associated (directly or indirectly)
with URI (foaf:homepage) http://www.dehora.net/journal/ then chances
are it's the same person.
Well actually I was thinking about creating a "unified feed API" (in 
.NET, but could be ported to other languages) and trying to reduce 
memory footprint by reusing Person objects, as well as providing 
relations (bidi-arcs) between a Person and the Entries he/she has 
authored or contributed.

End of discussion, until next Atom version ;o)
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Thomas Broyer