- From: <henry.story@bblfish.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 18:27:38 +0200
- To: "Kingsley (Uyi) Idehen" <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: public-webid@w3.org
Pretty much agree with all of Kingsley's points here. You need to read carefully the WebID spec http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/webid/spec/identity/#overview It illustrates very clearly the difference between the WebID, the WebID profile URI, the referent of each URI, and what type of relation the relation of sense (meaning) is, and a uniquely identifying description of a person. Henry On 9 Jun 2014, at 18:15, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote: > On 6/9/14 11:30 AM, Timothy Holborn wrote: >> Hi Kingsley, >> >> thanks for the response. Yes. Current format of WebID (specifically) is simply FOAF. > > No it isn't. A WebID is an HTTP URI that denotes an Agent. We have to accept this definition before any pursuit of clarity. > >> Calling it WebID when it means FOAF is well... FOAF. > > See comment above. > > FOAF is a vocabulary describes terms that can be used to construct and Identity Card or Profile Document that describes an entity denoted by a WebID. > > WebID-Profile document is an example of a profile document constructed using FOAF vocabulary terms. > >> >> When it starts to be used for authentication problems emerge - authentication being a form of agreement that you knowingly access a private record or access control value; that is protected by some form of authentication. > > Authenticating the identity claims in a WebID-Profile document is the first step. The fact that I can associate the entity described a FOAF based WebID-Profile with a keypair, by way of WebID de-reference is a step. That might still not be enough to satisfy the Authorization conditions described by an ACL or Data Access Policy. > >> >> Assuming of course; the authentication mechanism isn't triggering off approvals to other peoples stuff, but rather effectively providing access to stuff on a legitimate (or as intended) basis... perhaps also, as understood by all involved parties too... > > Why would it do such a thing? > > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > Founder & CEO > OpenLink Software > Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/kidehen > Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/+KingsleyIdehen/about > LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen > > > > > Social Web Architect http://bblfish.net/
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