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Microformats.org & xFolk
I think I will put xFolk on microformats.org. Any thoughts?
Sections: Emerging Practice Tools and Analytics
Topics: microformats wiki xFolk
As many are no doubt aware, a number of folks have started a microformats blog, wiki, and repository at microformats.org. It is very likely that I will move xFolk to that venue.
To be honest, as an outsider to the founding group, it's possible to feel concerns about control. Will I find xFolk arbitrarily changed by founding group members? Will they give it prominent enough position?
My interactions with Tantek Çelik, Ryan King, and Kevin Marks, three of the founding members, and my own edits on the wiki to date suggest to me that these concerns are remote at worst. More importantly, I think xFolk will gain by being out in the public space open for edits and debate by the community at large. I do plan to maintain an editorial role in xFolk using the usual wiki mechanisms, and I also plan to continue promoting it.
So, I think I will move xFolk to microformats.org. Any thoughts?
On a wing and a prayer.
Bud posted this on June 22, 2005
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Bud,
I am really happy to hear that you are thinking of moving xFolk to microformats.org. The individuals, companies, and organizations that founded microformats.org were very much interested in creating a home where innovative efforts like xFolk could find a burgeoning community of support.
I for one hope that you will decide to continue as editor of xFolk, and look forward to continuing to work with you.
Thanks,
Tantek
Posted by: Tantek at June 24, 2005 12:26 AM
