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The Data Portability Working Group is announcing today that key people from LinkedIn, Flickr, SixApart and Twitter are joining the group. These new names are just the most visible part of a groundswell of new interest in the group coming since this week's news that key players at Google and Facebook have joined.

LinkedIn, the social networking code-word for "business," is a great addition to the discussion, lest anyone think these aren't serious matters.