The Open Graph protocol. Technical Guides: Open Graph. Mark Watson's blog: Using Open Graph. The Open Graph Protocol is a reasonable new for adding semantic content to web sites. Open Graph got a large boost when Facebook starting using it to encourage easy linking of preferences, etc. to better model users to increase advertising revenues ( documentation ).
Freebase also has an Open Graph interface. For example, you can look me up on Freebase using (leave off the "? Html=1" to get a JSON response): "id" : "0b6_g82", "username" : "mark_louis_watson", "name" : "Mark Louis Watson", "link" : " "embed" : " "picture" : " "date_of_birth" : "1951", "nationality" : "United States of America", "gender" : "Male", "profession" : "Author", "metadata" : { "connections" : { "spouses" : " Facebook allows ‘flexible sentences’ for Open Graph activity. Facebook allows ‘flexible sentences’ for Open Graph activity Facebook today announced new “flexible sentences” options for apps that publish to Facebook using custom Open Graph verbs.
Developers can now better control the sentence structure for stories that users share from their apps. Not only can they edit the tenses of their custom verbs, they can add additional text to provide more information about the activity. Although it adds another layer of complexity to Open Graph, this change allows developers create more compelling stories for their apps, which could lead users to share more and lead more of their friends to discover the app. To help developers prioritize which story formats to adjust, Facebook’s sentence configuration tool will now note which stories are shared and viewed most frequently. Flexible sentences are available to developers starting today, though they only apply to custom actions. A basic how-to for flexible sentences is available here. Sponsored Post.