- From: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 May 2014 19:11:54 +0200
- To: public-webpayments@w3.org
It seems that the Web Payment CG have found the holy grail, where linked data obviates the need for authentication in its traditional sense. Anders On 2014-05-08 15:23, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > On 5/7/14 1:47 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote: >> Please, this posting is about strong authentication from a technical point of view and >> has nothing to do with linked data etc... >> >> PayPal is a member of the FIDO alliance, the SDO behind U2F. U2F is optimized and >> architected for SOP (Same Origin Policy) operation which makes it a perfect fit for >> super-providers like PayPal, Google and Facebook. >> >> The problem as I see it, is that there are no counterparts to U2F for the "distributed web". >> Well, actually there are, but the issue haven't really been recognized yet :-) >> >> Anders >> >> > > Linked Data, or more precisely Linked Open Data, is all about the > "distributed web" comprised of data where the following hold true: > > 1. HTTP URIs are used to denote entities > 2. HTTP URIs resolve to descriptions of the entities they denote > 3. Entity descriptions take the form of entity relationship statements, > expressed using RDF abstract syntax > 4. Entity descriptions are persisted to a variety of media using RDF > notations (e.g., N-Triples, Turtle, JSON-LD, HTML+RDFa etc..). > > You can't seek a "distributed web" and also indicate Linked Data is > irrelevant. > > Linked Data simply makes structured data representation webby (or > web-like). The very thing you need in any "distributed web". > > Links: > > [1] http://slidesha.re/1epEyZ1 -- Understanding Data . > [2] http://bit.ly/1cchBvV -- General Glossary of Terms in regards to > Data matters. >
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