Benjamin Melançon of the Agaric Design Collective talks with Mike Anello about RDF in Drupal. Benjamin participated in the RDF in Drupal 7 code sprint in Ireland in May.
The discussion is focused on explaining what exactly RDF is, what benefits can be derived from it from both a consumer and a publisher perspective. Regarding RDF in Drupal, they talk about implementing RDF functionality using various contributed modules in Drupal 6. The interview then turns towards the future including a wrap-up of the code sprint and the goals for RDF in Drupal 7.
Some of the links mentioned in the podcast include:
- SchemaWeb.info
- Arto's RDFizing your RSS Feeds
- Mark Birbeck of webBackplane.com
- Benjamin's tracker page
- Manu Sporny's blog at Digital Bizarre
- Wikipedia's page on microformats
- Boris Mann's blog
- Science Collaboration Framework
- RDF CCK module
If you enjoyed this interview, be sure to check out DrupalEasy's 5-part RDF series. Also be sure to check out the Semantic Web group on Drupal.org.
Sorry about the poor audio quality in some portions of the podcast - not sure what happened there...
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Drupalcon Colorado
Speaking for myself and as a sense of the local community, we are probably not going to try to host a Drupalcon ourselves. It's just too much work. There are some folks who want to make a Drupalcon happen in Colorado...but I'm not sure there is enough momentum behind it.
However, we are going to keep hosting *amazing* Drupalcamps which we hope will help fill a specific niche for a low cost, grassroots level, business-friendly, multi-day event in a beautiful setting.