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07.12.10

Solving Real Problems by Leveraging Linked Data: Unambiguous & Verifiable Identity for HTTP Networks blog, foaf, howto, identity_20, linked_data, ods, openid, screencast, semanticweb, socialnetworking, sparql | Comments Off
Problem: Unambiguous Verifiable Network Identity. How Does Linked Data Address This Problem? It provides critical infrastructure for the WebID Protocol that enables an innovative tweak of SSL/TLS. What about OpenID? The WebID Protocol embraces and extends OpenID (in an open and positive way) via the WebID + OpenID Hybrid variant of the protocol -- basic effect is that OpenID calls are re-routed to the WebID aspect which simply removes Username and Password Authentication from the authentication challenge interaction pattern. WebID Components X.509 Certificate and Private Key Generator Structured Profile Document (e.g. a FOAF based Profile) published to an HTTP Network (e.g. World Wide Web) ...
02.25.10

A Flock of Twitters: Decentralized Semantic Microblogging Social Media & Semantic Web, blog, data silos, foaf, foaf+ssl, identiy 2.0, microblogging, privacy 2.0, sioc, twitter | Comments Off
In my last article, Flocking To the Stream, I ended with this thought about the growing issue of social-networking fatigue: …as the number of streams continue to increase and as the flow rate of each stream picks up, people will grow tired of having to subscribe to, having to join yet-another-stream phenomenon (YASP). Does the Web truly need additional stream providers each with their own data silos? Is there a user-centric solution to this rapidly growing, overflowing-stream issue that puts YASP to rest once and for all? This article answers these two questions in great detail but the succinct preview version is ...