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Google Social Graph API

Google just released a “social graph” API(I call them social networks, or sociograms, but OK) which returns XFN and FOAF data as a JSON object(sorry for all the acronyms) so that you can produce social graphs of various relationships on the web. I have yet to try it, but will probably poke around with it this weekend.

I would be curious to learn how much XFN data exists on the Web by default. I know that Wordpress uses it by default when you create links to other sites, but I am not sure how well supported it is otherwise. Same deal for FOAF - I have not really heard much news from that end for quite a while.
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