XBEL 4368284 201054386 2008-03-26T13:43:15Z 16@r 839108 link [[Internet bookmark]] '''XBEL''', or the '''XML Bookmark Exchange Language''', is an open [[XML]] standard for sharing Internet [[Uniform Resource Identifier|URI]]s, also known as ''[[Internet bookmark|bookmark]]s'' (or ''favorites'' in [[Internet Explorer]]). An example of XBEL use is the [http://xbel.sourceforge.net/2006/XBELicious/ XBELicious] application, which stores [[Del.icio.us]] bookmarks in XBEL format. The [[Galeon]] and [[Konqueror]] web browsers use XBEL as the format for storing user bookmarks. XBEL was created by the [[Python XML Special Interest Group]] [http://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/xml-sig/] "to create an interesting, fun project which was both useful and would demonstrate the Python XML processing software which was being developed at the time," [http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/topics/xbel/]. == See also == * [[Internet bookmark]] == Related or similar work == * [[XOXO|XOXO (eXtensible Open XHTML Outlines)]], an XML microformat for outlines built on top of XHTML. * [[OPML|OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language)]], an XML format for outlines. == External links == * [http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/topics/xbel/ Official XBEL Site] * [http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbel-specs XBEL-Specs mailing list] * [http://xbel.sourceforge.net/ XBEL Resource Page on Sourceforge] * [http://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/xml-sig/ Python XML Special Interest Group] * [http://drupal.org/project/xbview XBView] - [[Drupal]] module to display bookmarks from XBEL * [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2367 Bookmark Sync and Sort] - [[Firefox]] extension to synchronize bookmarks [[Category:XML-based standards]] {{Compu-lang-stub}} [[de:XML Bookmark Exchange Language]] [[it:XBEL]]