Re: The european project "digital.me" opens its code

On 1 October 2013 10:46, Michael Brunnbauer <brunni@netestate.de> wrote:

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> re
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> I hope they are as good in coding as they are bad in branding. digital.meis
> taken, di.me is probably not affordable.
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Yeah that's weird but they point to the following links:Further information

   - http://www.dime-project.eu/
   - http://dime-project.github.io/




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> Regards,
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> Michael Brunnbauer
>
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 09:11:33PM +0200, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> > A new paradigm for social media
> >
> > The EU?s ?digital.me? project brings Fraunhofer IAO together with seven
> > research and industry partners to develop a system for user-controlled
> > social networks and services that can serve as a central hub for
> managing a
> > user?s various digital identities. The project has now released the
> source
> > code from its software development work as an open-source project.
> >
> > The use of personal information for private and business life is a trend
> in
> > our increasingly information-driven society. With the rise of social
> media,
> > individuals are revealing more personal data online than ever before.
> This
> > data disclosure provides value to users, such as enhancing social
> contacts
> > or obtaining personalized services and products. However, the existing
> > social internet makes it difficult for using personal information in a
> > controlled way while retaining privacy where required.
> >
> >
> > In 2010, a group of European research organizations and industrial
> > companies started to investigate technology that would enable users to
> > share their personal data in a controlled, trustworthy and intelligent
> way.
> > Their collaborative project, digital.me (funded by the European Union
> > Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007- 2013), grant agreement n° 257787),
> > is aimed at researching social technology that incorporates user control
> > deep within its design. The project?s approach is to develop a technical
> > platform with ?di.me userware? as its central component. di.me userware
> is
> > a personal tool that can run under the user?s control and offers social
> > networking functionality, e.g. messaging.
> >
> > Central to the research is that the system should be thoroughly based on
> > semantic technology to realize intelligent system recommendations and
> > advice. The semantic model is also used to integrate external services.
> > di.me allows connections with external information, e.g. from social
> > networking platforms. This means profiles from other systems can be
> > synchronized and integrated into the di.me semantic store. As a result,
> > information can be compared across different sources and overviews of
> > different data sources can be shown. The project consortium has developed
> > the di.me platform incorporating new paradigms of social networking and
> > service development:
> >
> > Decentralization: di.me realizes a decentralized social network that
> offers
> > each person their own system holding their own personal data. A user can
> > communicate via peer-to-peer technology with other users, without needing
> > to trust an external server. di.me can operate in two different modes:
> as a
> > group server hosting multiple user accounts, or as a single-user server
> > that may run on a user?s computer.
> >
> > Multiple Identity Management: The di.me platform is designed to support
> > many user identities within one system. By switching between unique
> > profiles, a single user can assume names or aliases, and show different
> > information to people. This means roles for several life spheres can be
> > managed in a single system. The semantic core of di.me allows analysis
> of
> > information revealed and generates warnings for the user, e.g. if
> > disclosure might allow the identities to be linked.
> >
> > Trust Management and Recommendations: In di.me, users can tag data
> privacy
> > or decide which of their contacts are trustworthy. This information
> enables
> > the di.me system to become smart: A trust engine component analyzes user
> > actions and presents warnings, e.g. when users are about to send critical
> > data to untrusted contacts or share data in the wrong social context.
> >  To involve users in the development, the di.me consortium has set up a
> > prototype aimed at proving that this new paradigm is feasible. This trial
> > allows participating users to give feedback for scientific evaluation.
> >
> > The di.me consortium is now honored to announce the open-source
> publication
> > of the di.me code. di.me is extensible and the publication of its code
> > enables developers to use it as a basis for further initiatives. As
> trends
> > change, further data sources can be connected, and this will permit the
> > integration of more information from additional personal devices,
> gadgets,
> > services, and social networks. The functionality currently covered in the
> > demonstrator can be extended e.g. to specialized social services.
> >
> > The basis for all work undertaken at the Fraunhofer IAO is a deep
> > conviction that business success in a globalised arena is contingent on
> an
> > ability to profitably leverage new high-tech potentials. In order to
> > optimally exploit these opportunities, companies must be capable of
> > developing and implementing customer and employee-oriented technologies
> > faster than their competitors. Work organisation concepts must be
> > simultaneously innovative and anthropocentric. A systematic design, in
> > other words, is the outcome of pooled management and technical expertise.
> > This holistic perspective when it comes to project processing ensures
> that
> > equal consideration is given to commercial success, employees' interests
> > and social consequences.
> >
> > Through its close cooperation with the Institute for Human Factors and
> > Technology Management (IAT) of the University of Stuttgart, Fraunhofer
> IAO
> > unites basic university research with applied science and business
> practice.
> >
> >
> http://www.openpr.com/news/271236/The-european-project-digital-me-opens-its-code.html?SID=5993a1549dd5296b1713dc5118da72ac
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