DOAP: Description of a Project.

First we had the FOAF (Friend of a Friend) and now we have DOAP!

Edd Dumbill has written a series of articles (part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4) at developerWorks in which we develops an RDF vocabulary for describing open source software projects.

Here's how the DOAP project is described in DOAP -

<Project xmlns="http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#"
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/">

<name>DOAP</name>
<homepage rdf:resource="http://usefulinc.com/doap" />
<created>2004-05-04</created>

<shortdesc xml:lang="en">
Tools and vocabulary for describing community-based
software projects.
</shortdesc>
<description xml:lang="en">
DOAP (Description of a Project) is an RDF vocabulary and
associated set of tools for describing community-based software
projects. It is intended to be an interchange vocabulary for
software directory sites, and to allow the decentralized
expression of involvement in a project.
</description>
<maintainer>

<foaf:Person>
<foaf:name>Edd Dumbill</foaf:name>
<foaf:homepage rdf:resource="http://usefulinc.com/edd" />
</foaf:Person>
</maintainer>

</Project>