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unAPI? What the heck is that?

This is a glib answer, and a none-too-useful one at that. But you might hazard a peek at the following Ariadne article for more information: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue48/chudnov-et-al/

Hey, nothing's different. What gives?

I said machine-readable, right? Be glad; we've verified you're not a machine. :)

In order to see unAPI in action, you may install an unAPI client such as these Greasemonkey scripts:

• By Xiaoming Liu: http://lxming.blogspot.com/20060521lxmingarchive.html
• By Alf Eaton: http://cipolo.med.yale.edu/pipermail/gcs-pcs-list/2006-June/000951.html

Yeah, but is it -really- working?

If you'd like, you may validate your unAPI service by entering a post URL -- any regular WP post URL will do -- over at http://validator.unapi.info/

What should I use for my identifier prefix?

An unAPI identifier is typically composed of a prefix and an integer, but may be any string. Since WordPress already identifies individual posts with a locally unique integer, we only need to tack on a prefix. The default should work for you, but you can feel free to change it. Some folks prefer OAI-interoperable identifiers such as "oai:domain.tld:blogname:". Others opt for simplicity, such as the default prefix, "unleash.it:". Still others use valid URLs, such as "http://domain.tld/blog/archive/". It really is up to you; democracy, ho!

Something is broked!

Oh, okay, why don't you send me an e-mail? Try leftwing at alumni rutgers edu. Patches welcome.