The Friend of a Friend (FOAF) project

The Friend of a Friend (FOAF) project is creating a Web of machine-readable pages describing people, the links between them and the things they create and do; it is a contribution to the linked information system known as the Web. FOAF defines an open, decentralized technology for connecting social Web sites, and the people they describe. [more...]

FOAF is part of a shift towards a Web where we can choose the sites and tools we like, without being cut off from friends who made different choices. FOAF lets you share and inter-connect information from diverse sources, move it around, and use it in unexpected new ways. [more...]

You can read about how it all works or create a FOAF file to upload. Less technical readers can learn about projects using FOAF. Or simply use some Web sites that publish FOAF for their users. [more...]