We propose to give websites an improved ability to show themselves off. We introduce the "Card XML" Initiative. To join, you need to put a "card.xml" file into the web root of your site. When a user or an automated web client comes to your site, they can look for either:

• A static XML file, named "card.xml"
• A PHP created XML file, named "cardxml.php"
• Or an ASP created XML file, named "cardxml.asp"

That file will contain information on the site, who is connected with that site and the street address and other contract information needed to people in contact with one another. At the very bottom of the XML file is a section called "associates" these are links to other websites who hopefully have adopted the Card XML initiative and in turn will link to other sites.

The Card XML initiative will allow a near-peer-to-peer NP2P system to be put in place. While best centralized, desktop applications can crawl through linked Card XML sites, gather information and deposit that information in their own central database.

Web portals can build applications to read information from Card XML sites. Because the site owner control their own Card XML information, they can maintain their own current details.

Below, we have an online application so that you can create your own Card XML file. We also have the application source code available for download.




Step 1.

Input the information in the fields below.

Step 2.

Go to the new window and save that page as "card.xml" Click on the window and hit Ctrl-S ("S" is for save).


Step 3.

Upload the "card.xml" file to the root of your web site.
When someone wants information about your site, they can use
this calling "card." When a search engine comes calling, they
can use this same information.


Notes:

In that list will be all of your links to "associate" sites.
We have taken the liberty of adding one "associate" site that
someone else has provided. This will make all of these sites
interconnected in some way.


Do you want to do the same?
The source code for this page and the ASP are available for
your download. Here,
Here
and
Here