Re: WebID Integration Usecases with Semantic Web

I think some blog-posts/tutorials on WebID usecases will come in handy
for beginners to try out stuff.
Building an eco-system around this technology will really help early
adopters :)
Thanks all, for your valuable ideas!

Dileepa


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:37 AM, Melvin Carvalho
<melvincarvalho@gmail.com>wrote:

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>
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> On 28 April 2013 22:53, Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks Mo for the explanation.
>> As you have mentioned, WebID's architecture is very similar to the
>> inherent architecture of the web itself.
>> WebID has been evolving since 2004/2005, but compared to OpenID, the
>> adoption of WebID is not very high, if I may say. Please correct me if I'm
>> wrong. Is this due to constant changes in the WebID spec, or due to lack of
>> fully-fledged implementations of WebID?
>> Thoughts are welcome..
>>
>
> I think until recently WebID has been perceived to be closely coupled to
> X.509 client certificates.  And some that have evaluated X.509 client
> certificates perceive the user experience to be a challenge to present to a
> mass audience.
>
> In truth the advantages of WebID are in the loose coupling of concepts,
> universality, and adherence to web standards.
>
> The community have has started to present the ideas as more modular now,
> including splitting out the specifications.
>
> I think the main thing is that there are not too many people building apps
> right now for WebID but a relatively large number of people focusing on
> completing the infrastructure.  So 1-2 developers can probably make a
> noticeable difference! :)
>
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dileepa
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Mo McRoberts <Mo.McRoberts@bbc.co.uk>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 28 Apr 2013, at 19:01, Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Thanks a lot Melvin for your reply.
>>> > I will further read about WebID docs to gather more knowledge.
>>> > I took a look at myprofile project, created my own WebID :
>>> https://my-profile.eu/people/dileepa/card#me  :)
>>> >
>>> > Another aspect I'm looking at is, how WebID differs from existing
>>> identity technologies like OpenID. Is the fundamental difference, the
>>> support for linked-data and the stateless nature of WebID?
>>>
>>> With WebID, the only thing you need a *server* to be able to do is serve
>>> static resources (it can do more, but that's all it HAS to do). The smarts
>>> are essentially a facet of the crypto itself (and the fact that a thing you
>>> can prove you control connects to another thing you prove you control).
>>> WebID is, in effect, as distributed and decentralised as the Web itself and
>>> has a very low barrier to entry.
>>>
>>> With OpenID, you're creating an account on a service and pointing people
>>> at that (possibly in a round-about way).
>>>
>>> M.
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Dileepa
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Melvin Carvalho <
>>> melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 28 April 2013 13:21, Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi All,
>>> >
>>> > My Name is Dileepa Jayakody, a Sri Lankan research student interested
>>> in semantic web, linked-data and digital identity concepts. I have been
>>> learning about WebID for past few days and I'm most interested about
>>> possibilities of WebID integration to provide a verified digital identity
>>> solution across multiple domains (SNS, email, blogs etc).
>>> >
>>> > I'm interested in applying for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) this year
>>> and there are 2 projects which were most interesting for me. Both are from
>>> Apache Stanbol project which suits my research interests on semantic web.
>>> > 1. Using Semantic Concepts in Federated Social Web : STANBOL-1009
>>> > 2. Entity Disambiguation for Stanbol : STANBOL-1037
>>> >
>>> > Welcome, sounds great!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > For both use-cases I find WebID an excellent option.
>>> > For use-case-1, WebID can be used for federated social-web as it
>>> supports a user-profile with links to friend lists, photos etc, with
>>> ability to control access to such resources over social-graph.
>>> > For use-case-2 'Person' disambiguation can be tacked by developing a
>>> disambiguation algorithm by using WebID as a verified digital identity.
>>> >
>>> > Stanbol uses Apache Clerezza as a RDF engine, and AFAIK Clerezza
>>> supports WebID. However when I discussed with Stanbol guys on their
>>> dev-list I got to know the WebID support is currently disabled due to
>>> recent changes in WebID spec and changes in jaxrs architecture.
>>> >
>>> > I am sure Henry Story can help with this, he's done quite a bit of
>>> work with Clerzza.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I would very much like to know your suggestions and ideas on
>>> integrating WebID for above use-cases. Further I would like your help in
>>> understanding the architecture of WebID and how I can integrate it in
>>> existing systems to provide a verified digital identity.
>>> >
>>> > WebID is split into two architectural concepts.  One is Identity,
>>> which means using an HTTP URI to denote a Person.  The other is
>>> authentication, so that a server can verify that identity.  Currently
>>> there's one authentication spec which documents WebID over TLS, but more
>>> are possible.
>>> >
>>> > A project you may also want to look at is :
>>> >
>>> > http://myprofile-project.org/
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Looking forward to your ideas.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Dileepa
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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>>> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:25:46 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: WebID Integration Usecases with Semantic Web
>>>
>>> On 28 Apr 2013, at 19:01, Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Thanks a lot Melvin for your reply.
>>> > I will further read about WebID docs to gather more knowledge.
>>> > I took a look at myprofile project, created my own WebID :
>>> https://my-profile.eu/people/dileepa/card#me  :)
>>> >
>>> > Another aspect I'm looking at is, how WebID differs from existing
>>> identity technologies like OpenID. Is the fundamental difference, the
>>> support for linked-data and the stateless nature of WebID?
>>>
>>> With WebID, the only thing you need a *server* to be able to do is serve
>>> static resources (it can do more, but that's all it HAS to do). The smarts
>>> are essentially a facet of the crypto itself (and the fact that a thing you
>>> can prove you control connects to another thing you prove you control).
>>> WebID is, in effect, as distributed and decentralised as the Web itself and
>>> has a very low barrier to entry.
>>>
>>> With OpenID, you're creating an account on a service and pointing people
>>> at that (possibly in a round-about way).
>>>
>>> M.
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Dileepa
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Melvin Carvalho <
>>> melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 28 April 2013 13:21, Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi All,
>>> >
>>> > My Name is Dileepa Jayakody, a Sri Lankan research student interested
>>> in semantic web, linked-data and digital identity concepts. I have been
>>> learning about WebID for past few days and I'm most interested about
>>> possibilities of WebID integration to provide a verified digital identity
>>> solution across multiple domains (SNS, email, blogs etc).
>>> >
>>> > I'm interested in applying for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) this year
>>> and there are 2 projects which were most interesting for me. Both are from
>>> Apache Stanbol project which suits my research interests on semantic web.
>>> > 1. Using Semantic Concepts in Federated Social Web : STANBOL-1009
>>> > 2. Entity Disambiguation for Stanbol : STANBOL-1037
>>> >
>>> > Welcome, sounds great!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > For both use-cases I find WebID an excellent option.
>>> > For use-case-1, WebID can be used for federated social-web as it
>>> supports a user-profile with links to friend lists, photos etc, with
>>> ability to control access to such resources over social-graph.
>>> > For use-case-2 'Person' disambiguation can be tacked by developing a
>>> disambiguation algorithm by using WebID as a verified digital identity.
>>> >
>>> > Stanbol uses Apache Clerezza as a RDF engine, and AFAIK Clerezza
>>> supports WebID. However when I discussed with Stanbol guys on their
>>> dev-list I got to know the WebID support is currently disabled due to
>>> recent changes in WebID spec and changes in jaxrs architecture.
>>> >
>>> > I am sure Henry Story can help with this, he's done quite a bit of
>>> work with Clerzza.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I would very much like to know your suggestions and ideas on
>>> integrating WebID for above use-cases. Further I would like your help in
>>> understanding the architecture of WebID and how I can integrate it in
>>> existing systems to provide a verified digital identity.
>>> >
>>> > WebID is split into two architectural concepts.  One is Identity,
>>> which means using an HTTP URI to denote a Person.  The other is
>>> authentication, so that a server can verify that identity.  Currently
>>> there's one authentication spec which documents WebID over TLS, but more
>>> are possible.
>>> >
>>> > A project you may also want to look at is :
>>> >
>>> > http://myprofile-project.org/
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Looking forward to your ideas.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Dileepa
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mo McRoberts - Analyst - BBC Archive Development,
>>> Zone 1.08, BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA,
>>> MC3 D4, Media Centre, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TQ,
>>> 0141 422 6036 (Internal: 01-26036) - PGP key CEBCF03E
>>>
>>>
>>>
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