philosophy

Proposal: A way to express your political / spritual / philosophical beliefs and affiliations via semantic markup (aka microformats).

Why do this:

People might be more inclined to think about and share what they actually believe.
Establish relationships with others based on shared belief.
Helps people who are seeking spiritual and political practices and affiliations find out what’s out there.

Three modes:

And three axes:

Make for nine possible association-types. Some make more sense than others, and some may overlap. I’ve included some examples.

spiritual-belief (rel-tag)
- Therivadan Buddhist
- Seventh day adventist
- Hindu
- Lightworker (shameless plug)
- Agnostic
spiritual-practice (rel-tag)
- Meditation
- Yoga
- Prayer
spiritual-affiliation (hCard)
- Vancouver Chinese Pentecostal Church, 215 18th Avenue East Vancouver, BC
- Birken Forest Monastery, P.O. Box #5 Knutsford, BC V0E 2A0 Canada
political-belief (rel-tag)
- Anarchist
- Libertarian
- Conservative
- Socialist
- Capitalist
political-practice (rel-tag - not so sure about this one)
- Soup kitchen volunteer
- Microloans
- Direct action
- Voting
- Attend townhall meetings
political-affiliation (hCard)
- Republican National Committee
- Green Party of Canada
- Communist Party of China
philosophical-belief (rel-tag)
- Materialist
- Existentialist
- Capitalist
- Rationalist
- Empiricist
- Stoic
philosophical-practice (rel-tag - not so sure about this one)
- Examples?
philosophical-affiliation (rel-tag - not so sure about this one, hard to differentiate from political)
- Skeptics Society

Also hBelief could perhaps add some affiliation (person-to-person) types to XFN:

Thoughts?

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