What can I do with OPML
Experiment with OPML. Download the free OPML Editor for Windows or Mac and use it as an outline based weblogging tool.
The editor comes with a built in weblog tool we used to create a basic weblog that is hosted on opml.org.
Tom Morris put together Tom’s Unofficial OPML Documentation (OPML Editor Documentation, What is OPML and the OPML Editor?), which provides helpful information to get you started.
Visit Tom’s OPML Blog, and Amyloo’s OPML Blog for a sense of the community and Blog styles. There is also additional information at support.opml.org
Caveat from opml.org:
Use this tool as a way to experiment with the blogging feature, but don’t count on this being the permanent home for a weblog.
You can use the OPML Editor’s built-in NewsRiver.root tool to subscribe to RSS feeds and read them ‘River of News’ style on your desktop.
If you have a Wordpress weblog you can use the Wordpress tool to post from the OPML Editor to your WordPress blog.
Phil of Platform Wars says about Dave of Scripting News:
He has people talking about OPML for reading lists, OPML for attention data (in the year of attention), an OPML network of world outlines, OPML as a replacement for traditional CMS, live outlining for intra-corporate communications etc.
Update: 05/13/06 You can share your OPML outlines and feeds at Share your OPML. From their FAQs page:
The purpose of this site is to gather a community of subscription lists, in OPML format, and aggregate them in interesting ways.
OPML Camp is scheduled in May:
Harvard University’s Berkman Center is joining with the Boston area OPML community to present OPML Camp on May 20-21 at Harvard Law School. OPML is a Web based format that makes it easy to create structured outlines of RSS feeds and links to websites.
OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) is all a-buzz right now and sparking conversations across the web!
Additional OPML Links