The XML Bookmark Exchange Language Resource Page - The XML Bookmark Exchange Language, or XBEL, is an Internet “bookmarks” interchange format. It was designed by the Python XML Special Interest Group on the group’s mailing list. The original intent was to create an interesting, fun project which was both useful and would demonstrate the Python XML processing software which was being developed at the time. Mark Hammond contributed the original idea, and other members of the SIG chimed in to add support for their favorite browser features. After debate which ranged far afield from the original idea, compromises were reached which allow XBEL to be a useful language for describing bookmark data for a range of browsers, including the major browsers and a number of less widely used browsers. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.