RE: Introduction and question

Hello Nick,

 

Thanks for your reply. I understand this is another standard? It looks very
interesting too. I read something of a relation with Jabber, xmpp; Can it interact
with other standards like xmpp easily?

 

Kind regards, Wyb


> Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 11:34:43 -0300
> From: nick@iss.im
> To: public-fedsocweb@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Introduction and question
> 
> Hi Wyb and Michiel,
> 
> >> I have just joined the group and some other groups of W3C
> 
> I'm also new to this group and I share Wyb's enthusiasm regarding open
> standards and federated social web!
> 
> > To understand federated social web you need to at least understand the
> > ideas behind xmpp federation and the ideas behind OStatus federation.
> 
> I'm the author of ISS/IM (Instant Syndicating Standards), which was
> greatly inspired by XMPP. Nowadays we are more focused on bringing
> this technology to the Web. I'll be launching a free e-book in about 2
> months from now which details this technology specifically for the
> Web, but for now you can access information about it at our website:
> 
> http://iss.im/
> 
> I have also created a group here at W3C with the following description:
> 
> http://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/#iss-im
> 
> "ISS/IM is an open set of standards that empowers individuals to
> discover and syndicate information through the help of their own
> personal social network. As of today, there is no existing technology
> that allows individuals to share information in a bottom-up manner on
> a global scale. ISS/IM is a proposal to create just that: a
> distributed worldwide recommender system perfectly tuned to output a
> very personalized stream of information for each individual, where
> information flows from the personal social network towards the whole
> wide world."
> 
> I look forward to working together with the community, specially with
> this group, which is very much a relevant alternative to today's
> centralized social networks.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Nick
> 
> 
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 6:48 AM, Michiel de Jong <michiel@unhosted.org> wrote:
> > Welcome! It's not an all-or-nothing technology. It's a loose
> > collection of techniques that, together, make the Indie web, as well
> > as the APIs of the web's big platforms, more 'social'.
> >
> > IMHO (others probably have more info to add):
> >
> > ActivityStreams is a very central part of federated social web, you
> > may want to start there.
> >
> > To understand federated social web you need to at least understand the
> > ideas behind xmpp federation and the ideas behind OStatus federation.
> > Since both work with ActivityStreams, they're not necessarily mutually
> > exclusive. Read-write web is also relevant, i guess.
> >
> > Webfinger is also quite central, but it's currently being merged with
> > swd, which means that the spec-development activity is taking place at
> > the IETF's appsawg list (and this is quite technical stuff so maybe a
> > bit boring). that's something you wouldn't know as a newcomer
> > obviously. so if you want to know something, don't be afraid to ask!
> >
> > Even though there's no central organization (apart from maybe
> > workshops where people come together), together we can answer each
> > other's questions and between all of us we asymptotically have sort of
> > an overview :) at least we can try to point you to where to look, and
> > the more you read and follow the discussions, the more you yourself
> > become a part of the knowledge base (that's how we all started, i
> > guess).
> >
> > Anyway, welcome, and don't be afraid to ask questions! There are
> > probably other people who have the same questions as you, so it's
> > useful to ask them on this list.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Michiel
> >
> > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 11:50 PM, wyb mail <wybmail@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have just joined the group and some other groups of W3C
> >>
> >> As a supporter of open standards and because of my study Informatics,
> >> combining among others social sciences and ICT,
> >>
> >> I am very curious about what you are doing and how you are working.
> >>
> >> I hope I can contribute something to the group though I am not really an
> >> engineer
> >>
> >>
> >> Are you still active as a group? Since January there does not seem to be
> >> much activity concerning topics send to this address.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I was looking through your pages but it not exactly what is worked on at
> >> this moment
> >>
> >> What was interesting to see is how many platforms are working on a federated
> >> social web
> >>
> >> What kind protocols are they working with, do they have all their own
> >> standards?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Kind regards, Wyb
> >
> 
>