Jim Moore’s blog: Innovation, Strategy, Public Policy

If one starts with a simple OPML file,
and puts in in the right hosting environment, a whole network of resulting
sub-sites and alternative sorting and display formats are automatically
generated and can be quickly traversed.  In addition, any of the sub-sites
can be referred to directly by their sub-site URL, which becomes a permalink to
a particular display.  This auto-generation of multiple related sites is a
new approach to the web that  I believe
has powerful implications..

Marshall put an OPML file into a hosting environment associated with http://OPMLWorkstation.com . His OPML file in turn pointed to three RSS files, one of which is a file based on interviews with activists.  OPMLWorkstation displays OPML files with a one-click “read the RSS” button.

Clicking this button automatically establishes a permalink that can be used to display Marshall’s RSS-based
directory of his interviews, as well as a public permalink for this diplay:

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