Re: Inrupt WebIDs

On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 4:27 PM Angelo Veltens <angelo.veltens@online.de>
wrote:

> 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
>

Thanks for this link.  I was looking more at this WebID provider.

Side note:

There's some T&C before you can sign up:

https://inrupt.com/terms-conditions/

Which says:

"YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL NOT UPLOAD, STORE, USE, ACCESS, OR PROVIDE TO THE
SERVICES ... ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION."

This feels somewhat strange.

When I coined the phrase "Solid Linked Data", back in 2012, the idea was
almost the exact opposite of this.  We had linked data, but we didnt have
features of the emerging social web.

The concept could perhaps be worth revisiting and defining a bit more
clearly, in order to guide implementers

>
> 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/ <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/ <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.
>
> --
> Angelo Veltens
> he/him/his - er/ihn/sein
>
>