Re: Coherent (modern) definition of RWW

On 5/17/21 8:44 AM, Timothy Holborn wrote:
> The concept of RWW started a long time ago.


Yes, it is as old as the World Wide Web (Web) itself.

The Web is simply a document network constructed from hyperlinks
(specifically HTTP URIs) that denote:

1. Entities of type Document

2. Entity Relationship Types that are transitive in nature i.e.,
"links_to" relation .

An unfortunate characteristic of the Web is that there isn't consensus
regarding:

1. Entity Identifiers
2. Entity Types
3. Entity Relationship Types e.g., what is the canonical "links_to"
relation and what is its identifier?

So confusion reigns leaving opportunity for abuse and detrimental
exploitation as the world has experienced en masse re:

1. Quixotic state of Democracy

2. COVID-19 Pandemic

3. Misinformation and Fake News


>
> Question posed is;
>
> What's the modern (well referenced) definition?  (Incremental growth
> of past "definitions, etc.  Perhaps therein also, better clarity of
> previously assumed characteristics / constituencies, etc.)


A Read-Write Web is a hyperlink-based network that offers both read and
write capabilities to its users. Nothing has changed, bar increased
murkiness surrounding:

1. Identity
2. Identification
3. Authentication
4. Authorization
5. Storage


>
> A few substantial papers have been written on it, historically. 


Yes, and they've achieve little if anything -- IMHO.


>
> So, What are some basic truths about the scope of works, and it's
> place in a broader ecosystem? 
>
> To illustrate the deliberation / question: (as distinct to a "brand
> name" alternative framework; that may have differences),
>
> - RWW Builds upon LDP?


LDP is a poorly named RWW protocol.


> - concerns multi-agent use of web-cloud or web-server infrastructure?


Conceptually yes, but cannot work practically without clarity about
items 1-5 above. Unfortunately, these waters remain murky for political
rather than technical reasons -- IMHO.


> - Relates to the permissive use of software agents? (If so, how?)


See comment above.


> - is built upon HTTP(s/a/'X') agents?
>
> V2 supports 
> - "tamper evident" provenance in (a yet to be determined) defined way?
> - supports informatics sources from decentralised agents (or:
> "blockchains") 
> - temporal uniformity of semantic queries on a temporaral basis (or:
> decentralised temporal queries?) 
>
> I thought I'd pose the points as a question rather than as a
> statement, in seeking to be constructive...


It boils down to solving the murkiness around items 1-5 above, IMHO.


Kingsley

>
> Cheers,
>
> Timothy Holborn.
>
>
>
>

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