Re: Inrupt WebIDs

I do not have insight into Inrupt's motivation, but I like the new form
better (which does not mean I like the fact that URIs changed...)

Why?

The /profile/card#me version is very bulky

The new form comes closer to what casual users know from e.g. twitter
and other services, compare:

https://id.inrupt.com/aveltens
https://twitter.com/aveltens

It might be less confusing for new users and is imho easier to grasp
when it shows up somewhere.

Kind regards,
Angelo


Am 12.08.22 um 16:15 schrieb Melvin Carvalho:
> I found this blog post from Inrupt interesting.  They are basically
> changing all their WebIDs.
>
> https://inrupt.com/blog/pod-spaces-upgrade
>
> Before the change:
>
> WebIDs had the form:
>
> *https://pod.inrupt.com/<user>/profile/card#me *
>
> (We refer to this as the “old form” of WebID below)
>
> After the change:
>
> WebIDs will be updated to:
> *
> *
> *https://id.inrupt.com/<user>*
>
> (We refer to this as the “new form” of WebID below)
>
> It was unclear to me, the motivation behind such a change.  If anyone
> has any insights into this new format, I think it would be quite
> interesting.

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