Re: WebID and Signed Emails

On 4 November 2010 23:24, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote:
> On 11/4/10 5:09 PM, Mischa Tuffield wrote:
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> Drawing an analogy, this email is signed, I am not signed, the email has a
> uri identifying the person which sent, and they are quite different.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mischa *2 [cents|pence] worth
>
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>> Best,
>>
>> Nathan
>>
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>
> Misca,
>
> Nice of you to bring this up, I've changed topic heading accordingly.
>
> Now imagine if your signature also included your WebID. Then my email client
> would verify your mails using the WebID protocol :-)
>
> Another example of the power of Linked Data!

Do you even need your WebID in your signature?

What if your WebID pointed to your PGP credentials?

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> Regards,
>
> Kingsley Idehen	
> President & CEO
> OpenLink Software
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Received on Thursday, 4 November 2010 22:49:20 UTC