So I had this random thought: In a world where people can get pre-built background images, sound bites, and video clips to use in their projects, why wouldn't they also want a source of characters to use in novels, movie and tv scripts, etc. So I decided to set aside an area in this wiki to hold some. Of course, being the computer scientist that I am, my first thought was "What's the best way to represent this data so it can easily be used?". I'm currently investigating RDF as a likely candidate, but if you have any other ideas, let me know.
November 3, 2005:
Note: I'm working my way through "Practical RDF" by Shelley Powers.