The Default

Hi W3C Solid Community Group, 

In preparation for our call next Thursday I wanted to share some thoughts on the following agenda item: 
Discuss possibility of Solid Design Requirements Specification in particular the potential for defining the default data sharing settings in such a way that the user is protected while able to engage at a minimum level. 

I have begun to write the Solid spec chronologically i.e. detailing the technical requirements when they are relevant to the user journey. It is a very rough draft. The purpose of this thought experiment is not to restrict the path, rather to identify where the default design is critical and if there are any technical requirements that if done by a single party would result in a conflict of interest to the core values of Solid. I would like to talk about the minimum. 

As homo sapiens, the default tends to be our choice, we are lazy. Rather than fight our natural wiring (which anyone who went on a diet can tell you is tough) I think we should reflect on the default to make sure it represents our more considered choices and defined values. 

Pat’s work on G consent could be a very useful reference to build on http://openscience.adaptcentre.ie/ontologies/GConsent/docs/ontology

Depending on our conversations next week perhaps this could be a new repository on the Solid GitHub.

Please excuse me for using Microsoft Word, however, it illustrates the point I am trying to make rather neatly. 

Mitzi