FOAF File

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A Friend of a Friend (FOAF) file is made to describe links between people in a machine readable format. You can read more about it at foaf-project.org.

Contents

[edit] LiveJournal and FOAF

[edit] Locations and examples

Community and personal accounts have a FOAF file. By default, all friends on a journal's friends list are included in it. 

http://exampleusername.livejournal.com/data/foaf
http://exampleusername.livejournal.com/data/foaf.rdf
http://the_unadvocate.livejournal.com/data/foaf
http://the_unadvocate.livejournal.com/data/foaf.rdf
http://community.livejournal.com/examplecomm/data/foaf
http://community.livejournal.com/examplecomm/data/foaf.rdf

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!--  If you are running a bot please visit this policy page outlining rules you must respect. http://www.livejournal.com/bots/  -->
<rdf:RDF
   xml:lang="en"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
   xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
   xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
   xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#"
   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
  <foaf:Person>
    <foaf:nick>exampleusername</foaf:nick>
    <foaf:mbox_sha1sum>aa878b768897c68e4d4f8386593ab8ae6f8b1a62</foaf:mbox_sha1sum>
    <foaf:page>
      <foaf:Document rdf:about="http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=exampleusername">
        <dc:title>LiveJournal.com Profile</dc:title>
        <dc:description>Full LiveJournal.com profile, including information such as interests and bio.</dc:description>
      </foaf:Document>
    </foaf:page>
    <foaf:weblog rdf:resource="http://exampleusername.livejournal.com/"/>
  </foaf:Person>
</rdf:RDF>
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!--  If you are running a bot please visit this policy page outlining rules you must respect. http://www.livejournal.com/bots/  -->
<rdf:RDF
   xml:lang="en"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
   xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
   xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
   xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#"
   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
  <foaf:Person>
    <foaf:nick>the_unadvocate</foaf:nick>
    <foaf:mbox_sha1sum>af0529b74e12e3ca9046b94df589fd29a30d3af1</foaf:mbox_sha1sum>
    <foaf:img rdf:resource="http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/44042732/9975509" />
    <foaf:page>
      <foaf:Document rdf:about="http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=the_unadvocate">
        <dc:title>LiveJournal.com Profile</dc:title>
        <dc:description>Full LiveJournal.com profile, including information such as interests and bio.</dc:description>
      </foaf:Document>
    </foaf:page>
    <foaf:weblog rdf:resource="http://the-unadvocate.livejournal.com/"/>
    <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="http://www.noljads.com/" dc:title="No LJ Ads" />
    <foaf:knows>
      <foaf:Person>
        <foaf:nick>adzite1</foaf:nick>
        <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource="http://adzite1.livejournal.com/data/foaf" />
        <foaf:weblog rdf:resource="http://adzite1.livejournal.com/"/>
      </foaf:Person>
    </foaf:knows>
  </foaf:Person>
</rdf:RDF>

[edit] Using an external FOAF file

If you want to use your own FOAF file, you can set it to an external URL using this setting: 

http://www.livejournal.com/settings/?tag=foaf

[edit] Limiting which friends are in your FOAF file

FAQ #149 describes how you can limit who shows up in your FOAF file by creating a Custom Friend Group called 

FOAF-knows
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