- From: Lee Feigenbaum <lee@thefigtrees.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:59:57 -0500
- To: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- CC: Ora.Lassila@nokia.com, michael.hausenblas@deri.org, public-ldp@w3.org
Anzo uses a relatively simple RDF-based vocabulary for role-based access control. I don't expect that that sort of approach is appropriate for the linked data platform work, however. Lee On 1/17/2012 9:54 AM, Ivan Herman wrote: > Ora, > > I hear you. However (and that may show my complete ignorance...) is > there any access control mechanism out there that has already proven > itself in the area of Linked Data deployment that is in the maturity > level of standardization? I am a bit concerned about chartering this > group with an essentially R&D work while the other goals are much > less so... > > Ivan > > On Jan 17, 2012, at 15:47 ,<Ora.Lassila@nokia.com> wrote: > >> As much as I would like to have a "tight scope" for this WG, I have >> to observe that access control (or more like lack thereof) has >> often been a problem in Semantic Web/Linked Data projects I have >> been involved in. Particularly fine-grained access control of >> Semantic Web data. >> >> I fear that deeming access control strictly "out of scope" and >> hoping that some (so far unspecified) liaison with other groups to >> solve this problem will only result in the issue not being seen as >> important enough. >> >> My $0.02. >> >> - Ora >> >> -- Dr. Ora Lassila ora.lassila@nokia.com http://www.lassila.org >> Principal Technologist, Nokia >> >> >> >> On 2012-01-17 6:25 AM, "ext Michael Hausenblas" >> <michael.hausenblas@deri.org> wrote: >> >>> >>> All, >>> >>> I'd suggest to improve the following section and be more >>> explicit regarding the bigger picture [1]: >>> >>> [[ 2.3 Out of Scope Several possible standards that are out of >>> scope for this group, such as those listed below: >>> >>> € Access control mechanisms, WebACL, Web Identity ]] >>> >>> Mention that both authentication and authorisation are >>> orthogonal issues and hence, in order to stay focused and to be >>> successful, the WG will not focus on these issues (but liaison >>> with the respective groups to ensure compatibility and >>> openness). >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Cheers, Michael >>> >>> [1] http://www.w3.org/wiki/WriteWebOfData -- Dr. Michael >>> Hausenblas, Research Fellow LiDRC - Linked Data Research Centre >>> DERI - Digital Enterprise Research Institute NUIG - National >>> University of Ireland, Galway Ireland, Europe Tel. +353 91 >>> 495730 http://linkeddata.deri.ie/ http://sw-app.org/about.html >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > ---- Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead Home: > http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ mobile: +31-641044153 FOAF: > http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf > > > > >
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