Re: What's the current state of Solid?

Hi,

I can only give some solid answers about projects where we are involved. 
Feel free to ask if you would like more details about these projects.

*Datakluis/jouw.id [funded, running]*
This is a project of five media-companies, covering about 95% (?) of the 
market. They are aiming on two goals in the first phases:
- Enable SSO in the Dutch media, so people only have one username/password
- Give people the ability to give their preferences and share them with 
different entities. Preference are stored in the Solid POD. They are 
managed by the user. This enhances the media-experience as users have 
more control.
Challenges in the project (mostly solved):
- Use (pseudo) id's to make sure that different media companies do not 
get access to data from other companies.
- Have a secure calculation which brings together the algorithm, content 
and the user data and creates the content for the user (thanks to 
Datavillage)
We think this is an awesome project, giving back data and control to the 
user. Goal is to go to production in 2025. Most source will be closed at 
first, but ultimate goal is to release as much as possible as open source.

*Libraries/Balanced choices [funded, running]*
Partially funded project from Royal Library, Public Library Amsterdam, 
Waag, Bookarang, University of Amsterdam and Muze. The goal is to create 
a POD for users where they can store their books. The books should/could 
be synced with their lending history. They can manage the list 
themselves, give additional preferences what genres they like to read 
and then a recommender will give a list of books they might like. 
Interviews are being done by users, we are looking for ISBN data and the 
project has started.
Goal is to create a working POC, which should be integrated in library 
systems, but also able to run on a mobile phone. Release target 2025. 
When successful could be release to other libraries and enhance for more 
culture wide tips, agenda. Oh the plans we have...

*Nextcloud/PHP Solid server phase 3 [funded by NLNET, running]*
We will release additional Nextcloud modules and a PHP Solid server. PHP 
has a longer security lifetime which should simplify our life. Nextcloud 
is influx itself and therefore requires more updates than we would 
prefer. In the project are also included to enhance the test-suite 
again, create benchmarking software and change the default URL mode from 
tld/~name to name.tld as that is more in line with the security model of 
the web.

*Databinding between HTML and RDF*
We are crating tooling for databinding between HTML and RDFstore, making 
it easier and faster to create (web) applications in Solid. This is a 
project we are building under SimplyEdit. Part of the toolset we think 
is needed to build applications faster.

*Projects where we are applying to funding or would like funding:
*- Data commons energy project with multiple parties. Data being read 
with P1 measure instruments. Stored in Solid PODS, shared with community 
and the supply and demand from the community is being shared back to the 
individual (pods). Depending on supply and demand, users/houses can 
decide to charge their car, do the laundry, heat the house, charge the 
batter, uncharge their batteries or stop solar panels in case of 
oversupply. This will impact the (regional) communities. It fits in a 
broader theme of data commons. We are in the final process of applying 
to funding for this project.
- We would like to create a server independent dashboard where you can 
have applications and documents easy to start. The dashboard should be 
customizable with applications. Interested? Delivering funding? Contact us.
- We are in contact with the VODAN project who are interested in Solid 
pods for healthcare in the global south
- PDS migrator needs another push, anybody have some funding available?
- So many ideas, so little time and often real funding is a big issue.

*External projects where we are not involved, but still very interesting*
- There are _a lot of projects_ in Flaanders, Belgium
- Linckr is build on Solid - https://www.linckr.com/

We are building stuff in and with Solid, servers, applications. If you 
want to have something build, drop us a line.

Kind regards,
Sjoerd

Op 12/07/2024 om 08:35 schreef Melvin Carvalho:
> Was wondering what the current state of the project is?
>
> Any interesting project folks are working on, or initiatives on the 
> horizon?
>
> Is Solid in use publicly, are there Daily Active Users (DAUs) -- if 
> so, what order of magnitude -- under 100?  or over 1000?
>
> What is the status of the working group, is there a timeline?
>
> Any interesting useful work items the CG is working on, or on the horizon?
>
> I appreciate there's been a few bits of information, calls, solid 
> world, github commits, press releases, and so on.  But it would be 
> really nice if there was some summary.
>
> Would love to know if the chairs, or group members, have any info on 
> the current state of Solid.

-- 
Sjoerd van Groning
Muze

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