- From: Erich Bremer <erich@ebremer.com>
- Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:42:36 -0400
- To: Andrei Sambra <andrei.sambra@gmail.com>
- CC: "public-webid@w3.org" <public-webid@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <522E32BC.3030706@ebremer.com>
On 09/09/13 2:54 PM, Andrei Sambra wrote: > I've updated the TLS spec according to the latest batch of comments. > > Some comments: > > In 3.2.5 Verifying the WebIDs > - I think hyphenating the terminology for man-in-the-middle should be > sufficient for now (I'm not sure which reference works best). Where's the harm in a link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack to educate? Isn't that the point of all of this hypertext? :-) - Erich > > I agree that while WebID really fits the Social Web, it can be used > for much more. I'll try to rephrase the abstracts to make it clear. > > best, > Andrei > > On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Erich Bremer <erich@ebremer.com > <mailto:erich@ebremer.com>> wrote: > > https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/WebID/raw-file/tip/spec/tls-respec.html > > Abstract > "A global distributed Social Web requires that each person be able > to control their identity, that this identity be linkable across > sites - placing each person in a Web of relationships - and that > it be possible to authenticate globally with such identities." > > WebIDs refer to foaf:Agent. This sentence left me thinking that > WebID was *only* about a Social Web and thus people. Whereas, it > is a huge use case, I think it leaves the WebID newcomer to think > it is *only* about people. > > The Social Web theme continues later "...in order to create a > distributed Social Web." > > and also in the URL: > https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/WebID/raw-file/tip/spec/identity-respec.html > > "A global distributed Social Web requires that each person be able > to control their identity, that this identity be linkable across > sites - placing each person in a Web of relationships - and that > it be possible to authenticate globally with such identities." > > Not to diminish the Social Web use case in the least, but I > thought a sentence was in order (in both documents) to emphasize > that programs and machines can have WebIDs too and that the scope > of WebIDs is bigger than for just people. It's mentioned briefly, > but not in the scope of the abstract. James Hendler himself said, > "so the agent stuff I want to push". see > http://videolectures.net/iswc2012_hendler_semantic_web/ (~26:30) > > - Erich > > On 09/05/13 9:52 AM, Henry Story wrote: >> Dear WebID Community Group, >> >> we now have three specs up on github here >> >> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/WebID/raw-file/tip/spec/index.html >> >> All editors think that it is time to publish a new version >> on the W3C WebID Incubator space, to finalise the distinction >> between WebID, WebID-TLS, and the cert ontology. >> >> So we would like to be able to publish the specs above >> at the following location, by Friday 20 September 2013 >> >> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/webid/spec/ >> >> We would be very happy to receive feedback from >> the community before doing so. If you can spot >> any errors or improvements please let us know, >> we'll do our best to get them in before publication. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Henry Story >> >> >> Social Web Architect >> http://bblfish.net/ >> >> > >
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