RE: Introduction and question

Thank you for your reply and explanation. I looked up some items, but
also here I notice it is not very easy to get an overview and how things relate to each other.

 



















If I understand it right, there are different
standards, working with XML for instance (e.g., xmpp, OStatus). Some could be tight
together because making use of ActivityStreams. An overview figure of how all
these relate together should be nice. Is there something like this?




Maybe it should be nice to add these items with short additional information in
the community wiki also with links to more sources, so there is a central place where information can be found and made clear how all of these interrelate.

















I wonder what the effect would be if these starting sites of W3 communities would be more
approachable, in the sense of some sort of standard and obvious navigation, so potential participants could have easier access, catch up with the work in progress and done so far
and participate. I think the communities could also gain more influence maybe, because it would be easier to refer to as a source and starting point for the ideals. 
Maybe we can improve the navigation in co-creation a bit; Below a proposal for the lay out of the start page, all
descriptions should be a few sentences and of course be full of links to
the wiki for further information and links to sources:

  

 


 
  
  What
  
  
  - Introduction (context)
  
 
 
  
  Value
  
  
  - Improvement to make (ideals)
  
 
 
  
  How
  
  
  - Approach, plan, timeline (nice example:    http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection, but then with clickable items maybe);    also how to navigate on the site
  
 
 
  
  Now
  
  
  - Participate > Action, requests for   expertise, participants 
  
 
 
  
  Done
  
  
  - Products so far and status (also   minutes)
  
 
 
  
  More
  
  
  - Wiki (research, (links to) reports,   sources)
  
 


Thanks in advance,
Kind regards, Wyb



 

 

 

> Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 11:48:43 +0200
> Subject: Re: Introduction and question
> From: michiel@unhosted.org
> To: wybmail@hotmail.com
> CC: public-fedsocweb@w3.org
> 
> Welcome! It's not an all-or-nothing technology. It's a loose
> collection of techniques that, together, make the Indie web, as well
> as the APIs of the web's big platforms, more 'social'.
> 
> IMHO (others probably have more info to add):
> 
> ActivityStreams is a very central part of federated social web, you
> may want to start there.
> 
> To understand federated social web you need to at least understand the
> ideas behind xmpp federation and the ideas behind OStatus federation.
> Since both work with ActivityStreams, they're not necessarily mutually
> exclusive. Read-write web is also relevant, i guess.
> 
> Webfinger is also quite central, but it's currently being merged with
> swd, which means that the spec-development activity is taking place at
> the IETF's appsawg list (and this is quite technical stuff so maybe a
> bit boring). that's something you wouldn't know as a newcomer
> obviously. so if you want to know something, don't be afraid to ask!
> 
> Even though there's no central organization (apart from maybe
> workshops where people come together), together we can answer each
> other's questions and between all of us we asymptotically have sort of
> an overview :) at least we can try to point you to where to look, and
> the more you read and follow the discussions, the more you yourself
> become a part of the knowledge base (that's how we all started, i
> guess).
> 
> Anyway, welcome, and don't be afraid to ask questions! There are
> probably other people who have the same questions as you, so it's
> useful to ask them on this list.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Michiel
> 
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 11:50 PM, wyb mail <wybmail@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have just joined the group and some other groups of W3C
> >
> > As a supporter of open standards and because of my study Informatics,
> > combining among others social sciences and ICT,
> >
> > I am very curious about what you are doing and how you are working.
> >
> > I hope I can contribute something to the group though I am not really an
> > engineer
> >
> >
> > Are you still active as a group? Since January there does not seem to be
> > much activity concerning topics send to this address.
> >
> >
> >
> > I was looking through your pages but it not exactly what is worked on at
> > this moment
> >
> > What was interesting to see is how many platforms are working on a federated
> > social web
> >
> > What kind protocols are they working with, do they have all their own
> > standards?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Kind regards, Wyb