Re: WebID Integration Usecases with Semantic Web

On 29 April 2013 13:14, Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think some blog-posts/tutorials on WebID usecases will come in handy
> for beginners to try out stuff.
> Building an eco-system around this technology will really help early
> adopters :)
> Thanks all, for your valuable ideas!
>

+1

Henry used to maintain an excellent blog series when he was at Sun.

https://blogs.oracle.com/bblfish/

We could certainly do with some more blogs and a jumping in point for
beginners, but im unsure anyone has had time to gather things together
recently


>
> Dileepa
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:37 AM, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 28 April 2013 22:53, Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Mo for the explanation.
>>> As you have mentioned, WebID's architecture is very similar to the
>>> inherent architecture of the web itself.
>>> WebID has been evolving since 2004/2005, but compared to OpenID, the
>>> adoption of WebID is not very high, if I may say. Please correct me if I'm
>>> wrong. Is this due to constant changes in the WebID spec, or due to lack of
>>> fully-fledged implementations of WebID?
>>> Thoughts are welcome..
>>>
>>
>> I think until recently WebID has been perceived to be closely coupled to
>> X.509 client certificates.  And some that have evaluated X.509 client
>> certificates perceive the user experience to be a challenge to present to a
>> mass audience.
>>
>> In truth the advantages of WebID are in the loose coupling of concepts,
>> universality, and adherence to web standards.
>>
>> The community have has started to present the ideas as more modular now,
>> including splitting out the specifications.
>>
>> I think the main thing is that there are not too many people building
>> apps right now for WebID but a relatively large number of people focusing
>> on completing the infrastructure.  So 1-2 developers can probably make a
>> noticeable difference! :)
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dileepa
>>>
>>>  On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Mo McRoberts <Mo.McRoberts@bbc.co.uk>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 28 Apr 2013, at 19:01, Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Thanks a lot Melvin for your reply.
>>>> > I will further read about WebID docs to gather more knowledge.
>>>> > I took a look at myprofile project, created my own WebID :
>>>> https://my-profile.eu/people/dileepa/card#me  :)
>>>> >
>>>> > Another aspect I'm looking at is, how WebID differs from existing
>>>> identity technologies like OpenID. Is the fundamental difference, the
>>>> support for linked-data and the stateless nature of WebID?
>>>>
>>>> With WebID, the only thing you need a *server* to be able to do is
>>>> serve static resources (it can do more, but that's all it HAS to do). The
>>>> smarts are essentially a facet of the crypto itself (and the fact that a
>>>> thing you can prove you control connects to another thing you prove you
>>>> control). WebID is, in effect, as distributed and decentralised as the Web
>>>> itself and has a very low barrier to entry.
>>>>
>>>> With OpenID, you're creating an account on a service and pointing
>>>> people at that (possibly in a round-about way).
>>>>
>>>> M.
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> > Dileepa
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Melvin Carvalho <
>>>> melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On 28 April 2013 13:21, Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hi All,
>>>> >
>>>> > My Name is Dileepa Jayakody, a Sri Lankan research student interested
>>>> in semantic web, linked-data and digital identity concepts. I have been
>>>> learning about WebID for past few days and I'm most interested about
>>>> possibilities of WebID integration to provide a verified digital identity
>>>> solution across multiple domains (SNS, email, blogs etc).
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm interested in applying for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) this year
>>>> and there are 2 projects which were most interesting for me. Both are from
>>>> Apache Stanbol project which suits my research interests on semantic web.
>>>> > 1. Using Semantic Concepts in Federated Social Web : STANBOL-1009
>>>> > 2. Entity Disambiguation for Stanbol : STANBOL-1037
>>>> >
>>>> > Welcome, sounds great!
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > For both use-cases I find WebID an excellent option.
>>>> > For use-case-1, WebID can be used for federated social-web as it
>>>> supports a user-profile with links to friend lists, photos etc, with
>>>> ability to control access to such resources over social-graph.
>>>> > For use-case-2 'Person' disambiguation can be tacked by developing a
>>>> disambiguation algorithm by using WebID as a verified digital identity.
>>>> >
>>>> > Stanbol uses Apache Clerezza as a RDF engine, and AFAIK Clerezza
>>>> supports WebID. However when I discussed with Stanbol guys on their
>>>> dev-list I got to know the WebID support is currently disabled due to
>>>> recent changes in WebID spec and changes in jaxrs architecture.
>>>> >
>>>> > I am sure Henry Story can help with this, he's done quite a bit of
>>>> work with Clerzza.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I would very much like to know your suggestions and ideas on
>>>> integrating WebID for above use-cases. Further I would like your help in
>>>> understanding the architecture of WebID and how I can integrate it in
>>>> existing systems to provide a verified digital identity.
>>>> >
>>>> > WebID is split into two architectural concepts.  One is Identity,
>>>> which means using an HTTP URI to denote a Person.  The other is
>>>> authentication, so that a server can verify that identity.  Currently
>>>> there's one authentication spec which documents WebID over TLS, but more
>>>> are possible.
>>>> >
>>>> > A project you may also want to look at is :
>>>> >
>>>> > http://myprofile-project.org/
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Looking forward to your ideas.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> > Dileepa
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Zone 1.08, BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA,
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>>>> From: Mo McRoberts <Mo.McRoberts@bbc.co.uk>
>>>> To: Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>, public-webid <
>>>> public-webid@w3.org>
>>>> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:25:46 +0000
>>>> Subject: Re: WebID Integration Usecases with Semantic Web
>>>>
>>>> On 28 Apr 2013, at 19:01, Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Thanks a lot Melvin for your reply.
>>>> > I will further read about WebID docs to gather more knowledge.
>>>> > I took a look at myprofile project, created my own WebID :
>>>> https://my-profile.eu/people/dileepa/card#me  :)
>>>> >
>>>> > Another aspect I'm looking at is, how WebID differs from existing
>>>> identity technologies like OpenID. Is the fundamental difference, the
>>>> support for linked-data and the stateless nature of WebID?
>>>>
>>>> With WebID, the only thing you need a *server* to be able to do is
>>>> serve static resources (it can do more, but that's all it HAS to do). The
>>>> smarts are essentially a facet of the crypto itself (and the fact that a
>>>> thing you can prove you control connects to another thing you prove you
>>>> control). WebID is, in effect, as distributed and decentralised as the Web
>>>> itself and has a very low barrier to entry.
>>>>
>>>> With OpenID, you're creating an account on a service and pointing
>>>> people at that (possibly in a round-about way).
>>>>
>>>> M.
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> > Dileepa
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Melvin Carvalho <
>>>> melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On 28 April 2013 13:21, Dileepa Jayakody <dileepajayakody@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hi All,
>>>> >
>>>> > My Name is Dileepa Jayakody, a Sri Lankan research student interested
>>>> in semantic web, linked-data and digital identity concepts. I have been
>>>> learning about WebID for past few days and I'm most interested about
>>>> possibilities of WebID integration to provide a verified digital identity
>>>> solution across multiple domains (SNS, email, blogs etc).
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm interested in applying for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) this year
>>>> and there are 2 projects which were most interesting for me. Both are from
>>>> Apache Stanbol project which suits my research interests on semantic web.
>>>> > 1. Using Semantic Concepts in Federated Social Web : STANBOL-1009
>>>> > 2. Entity Disambiguation for Stanbol : STANBOL-1037
>>>> >
>>>> > Welcome, sounds great!
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > For both use-cases I find WebID an excellent option.
>>>> > For use-case-1, WebID can be used for federated social-web as it
>>>> supports a user-profile with links to friend lists, photos etc, with
>>>> ability to control access to such resources over social-graph.
>>>> > For use-case-2 'Person' disambiguation can be tacked by developing a
>>>> disambiguation algorithm by using WebID as a verified digital identity.
>>>> >
>>>> > Stanbol uses Apache Clerezza as a RDF engine, and AFAIK Clerezza
>>>> supports WebID. However when I discussed with Stanbol guys on their
>>>> dev-list I got to know the WebID support is currently disabled due to
>>>> recent changes in WebID spec and changes in jaxrs architecture.
>>>> >
>>>> > I am sure Henry Story can help with this, he's done quite a bit of
>>>> work with Clerzza.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I would very much like to know your suggestions and ideas on
>>>> integrating WebID for above use-cases. Further I would like your help in
>>>> understanding the architecture of WebID and how I can integrate it in
>>>> existing systems to provide a verified digital identity.
>>>> >
>>>> > WebID is split into two architectural concepts.  One is Identity,
>>>> which means using an HTTP URI to denote a Person.  The other is
>>>> authentication, so that a server can verify that identity.  Currently
>>>> there's one authentication spec which documents WebID over TLS, but more
>>>> are possible.
>>>> >
>>>> > A project you may also want to look at is :
>>>> >
>>>> > http://myprofile-project.org/
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Looking forward to your ideas.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> > Dileepa
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mo McRoberts - Analyst - BBC Archive Development,
>>>> Zone 1.08, BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA,
>>>> MC3 D4, Media Centre, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TQ,
>>>> 0141 422 6036 (Internal: 01-26036) - PGP key CEBCF03E
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>