On 9/30/12 2:34 PM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: >> >So we have a situation where a WebID in an e-mail cert goes a lot further >> >than I thought! But it is not quite optimal yet. >> > > +1 > > It's not quite sameAs, more a foaf : mbox verification, but can be both DNS > based or PKI based in either or both directions ... the more checks you > pefform the higher your confidence interval. The beautiful thing about > signing with PKI is that it makes things portable. > > One thing to be wary about is that we are already heavily reliant on the > centralization of DNS. We need to be cautious as to putting too many eggs > in one basket. > > Again it is optimal. For WebID and Linked Data to really scale, the following simply cannot be impediments: 1. domain name ownership 2. dns server access and admin privileges 3. web server access and admin privileges 4. de-referencable URI patterns . A WebID is a verifiable de-referencable URI, that's it. Said URI resolves to a profile graph from which a variety of trust related inferences can be drawn or entailed. Being able to learn more about an email sender via a WebID is what this bootstrap pattern is fundamentally about. The code requirement is zero. The implications for basic end-users is profound. -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder & CEO OpenLink Software Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen
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