SOCML: A standardized social media data standard

I recently posted a proposal for a “Federated Social Network Data Standard” on the groups Wiki. I admit, that I have not searched the web thoroughly with respect to other initiatives like this; however, given the superficial research I have done, I have come to the conclusion that there are no open dialogs currently on this topic.

Over the next couple of days I will begin posting proposed technical specifications for the standard. I would like for everyone to contribute feedback and make suggestions/modifications.

The solution I am proposing is simple: we need to standardize social media content such that independent developers can create their own services that can share and aggregate data under a common standard. Much like the RSS format, this data standard should be open and free, not encumbered by patents, and be easy to implement.

I have posted more here:

http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/SOCML_Proposal
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/SOCML_Standard
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/SOCML_Technical