Re: An Introduction: SOCML

Hi,

this protocol agnostic approach sounds very interesting. Because you 
said you did not search the web thoroughly: There is a standard called 
activitystreams ( http://http://activitystrea.ms/ ) that is designed to 
describe social interactions (activities) in atom/xml or json. Beyond 
the discovery and requesting stuff socml could be designed as an 
encryption wrapper for activitystreams. Or to make it very short 
socml=activitystreams+PGP ?

Greetings
Julian

Am 11.02.2013 02:03, schrieb Christopher A:
> Hello all,
>
> First, I want to apologize if I have overstepped boundaries with 
> respect to editing the groups Wiki page. I also want to apologize if 
> you receive this message twice. For whatever reason, the Listserv was 
> not showing that it as having been sent.
>
> I recently posted a proposal for a "Federated Social Network Data 
> Standard" on the groups Wiki. I admit, that I have not searched the 
> web thoroughly with respect to other initiatives like this; however, 
> given the superficial research I have done, I have come to the 
> conclusion that there are no open dialogs currently on this topic.
>
> Over the next couple of days I will begin posting proposed 
> technical specifications for the standard. I would like for everyone 
> to contribute feedback and make suggestions/modifications.
>
> The solution I am proposing is simple: we need to standardize social 
> media content such that independent developers can create their own 
> services that can share and aggregate data under a common standard. 
> Much like the RSS format, this data standard should be open and free, 
> not encumbered by patents, and be easy to implement while offering 
> these features:
>
>   * Complete end-to-end privacy control, with the use
>     of asymmetric encryption.
>   * A method for authenticating that people "are who they say they are."
>   * True protocol agnosticism, this data standard should be
>     freely interchangeable with the number of web technologies that exist.
>   * Content portability, meaning the user can choose to use a number
>     of providers to store pictures, comments, events, messages, etc.
>     while still having their information available to those with the
>     proper access.
>
> Anyway, here is the current link to the proposal:
> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/SOCML_Proposal
>
> The SOCML standard overiew:
> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/SOCML_Standard
>
> And the Technical Specifications (in progress!):
> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/SOCML_Technical
>
> Please feel free to critique or reprimand.
>
> I hope everyone is doing well, and I look forward to working with 
> everyone.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Christopher A <chris.socml@gmail.com 
> <mailto:chris.socml@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     First, I want to apologize if I have overstepped boundaries with
>     respect to editing the groups Wiki page.
>
>     I recently posted a proposal for a "Federated Social Network Data
>     Standard" on the groups Wiki. I admit, that I have not searched
>     the web thoroughly with respect to other initiatives like this;
>     however, given the superficial research I have done, I have come
>     to the conclusion that currently there are no open dialogs around
>     this topic.
>
>     Over the next couple of days I will begin posting proposed
>     technical specifications for the standard. I would like for
>     everyone to contribute feedback and make suggestions/modifications.
>
>     The solution I am proposing is simple: we need to standardize
>     social media content such that independent developers can create
>     their own services that can share and aggregate data under a
>     common standard. This standard, should be open and free, not
>     encumbered by patents, and be easy to implement while offering
>     these features:
>
>      *
>
>
>       * Complete end-to-end privacy control, with use
>         of asymmetric encryption.
>       * A method for authenticating that people are who they say they are.
>       * True data agnosticism, meaning the end user can choose to use
>         a number of providers to store pictures, comments, events,
>         messages, etc. while still having their information available
>         to those with the proper access.
>       * The ability to freely host or move their information to
>         different service providers.
>
>     Anyway, here is the current link to the proposal:
>     http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/SOCML_Proposal
>
>     The SOCML standard overiew:
>     http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/SOCML_Standard
>
>     And the Technical Specifications (in progress!):
>     http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/SOCML_Technical
>
>     Please feel free to critique or reprimand.
>
>     I hope everyone is doing well, and I look forward to working with
>     everyone.
>
>     Chris
>
>