SML (Structured Email)

SML (Structured Email) is a standard for adding machine-readable data to email messages.

It enables developers to create more intelligent email applications that can understand and act on the content of messages, rather than just treating them as plain text.

What is currently done via email, but manually? How can we automate it?

What is currently not done by email, but whatsapp etc? What could be done, what nobody does right now?

Feel free to add on the list!

Brainstorm Use cases and UI representation

Examples of possible use cases for SML:

Polls
Finding a meeting time that suits most people, or the most important participants. UI: Could show my calendar appointements at the proposed times. Optionally deny all proposals where I have a conflicting appointment.
Location tracking UI: show on map. Possibly with trace (past locations) and direction (where heading). Open in Google maps, allowing me to route there.
Email verification Button does http call, no browser page then deletes message
Invoice, order confirmation sent to accounting application puts products and price in a database of pitched products
Delivery notification when linked to order and/or invoice by ID, can show overall status of each ordered product , including order, delivery status, dates, price, etc currently scattered in at least 4 emails.