Ever wondered who's buddy buddy with who or who your buddies are and who they are buddy buddy with?

Answer all these questions with Buddy Browser, a simple web application based on FOAF. FOAF is an emerging standard that represents an individual's basic personal information and who they know in XML format.

Where to start? After launching Buddy Browser, choose 'Sample FOAF Urls' from the menu and choose one of the urls on the list. You may get a warning message as the page loads the FOAF file depending on your browser settings - just click OK and a person and his list of buddies will appear. You can then click on one of his buddies to display their buddies and so on.

Buddy Browser is written in pure JavaScript and HTML and will run equally well on your own computer (without the security warning). Please feel free to download Buddy Browser - just unzip the files and double click on Buddy Browser.htm. Please feel free also to extend the functionality or the look and feel of the page as you wish.

Buddy Browser requires Internet Explorer 6.