AfriXML is an XML vocabulary project for the description of the global experience of Africa and the Diaspora. Its purpose is to encourage and facilitate the development and distribution of Africa related software and content.
AfriXML will draw on the core TCP/IP layers and applications, as well as on proprietary database management appliances.
AfriXML embraces the full suite of XML publishing tools and technologies: XSL, XSLT, XPath, XLink, XInclude, Ajax, etc. Conceptually, it integrates or federates otherwise separated communication systems and media: text, sound, video. It seeks to remove information barriers and obstacles that hamper the flow of knowledge pertaining to the African experience, largo sensu.
For instance, AfriXML endeavors to organize the vast collections of colonial publications and to track thoroughly the impact on colonization on African societies, vice versa.
AfriXML aims to build a robust and large-scale information architecture; it seeks to offer distributed network services and products, relevant to the African domain and supported by :
Last but not the least, AfriXML will seek to leverage the dot-africa (.africa) Generic Domain Name (gTLD) project, by populating it dynamically with rich content (accurate data, valued information, and relevant knowledge) in a continued quest for understanding and enlightenment.
Tierno Siradiou Bah
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