Re: where to register a public WebID

Hi Eric,

we are currently working on the Linkmaster 3000 (slides 
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IoBBXKIYCYg5sAGIszAb6XGxRSjELThcyFdlicC9DLM/edit>, 
https://dbpedia.link/lm3k ). The online tool is useful to improve 
LinkedData-style linking and discovery, it is quite different from a 
traditional web search, though.

What you can do with it:

- Register, add the "namespace" of your WebID, add you WebID URL as 
entity of that namespace. The tool is mainly intended for large 
datasets, i.e. LOD Cloud bubbles or schema.org-enabled website like 
imdb.com, but also works for singe entities like WebID.

- then you can add a masterlink for the entities, masterlink being the 
one link grounding entities on others with more authority. This link is 
also used for inference. Maybe, your webid could masterlink to 
https://dblp.org/pid/51/7565 ? If that is you...

The result is that others can then find that link then; the LM3K 
platform is open to export these.

Some notes:

1. It is online, but still in development, we will probably wipe the DB 
several times in the coming month, so edits might be lost until we 
launch it.

2. We are aware of the idea, that actually 
https://alexandriaconsulting.com/files/eric_jahn.rdf#me should be 
considered the authority for you and other data should link there. 
However, we did not find a good way to verify this as there is no WebID 
certification or any other mechanism. Hence, we rely on other 
authorities like libraries and government data and use these as 
masterlink targets.

I guess that this email didn't really solve your question, yet 
(hopefully in a couple of months). The problem of registering and 
finding entities in Linked Data are still challenging. Are there 
currently any alternatives for registering WebID or Linked Data spaces 
(e.g. solid pods)?

-- Sebastian


On 12.08.22 17:03, Eric Jahn wrote:
> Thanks Angelo.  I already have a public WebID 
> <https://alexandriaconsulting.com/files/eric_jahn.rdf#me>.  I want to 
> "register" it somehow, so that it shows up in WebID searches or other 
> indices, and isn't just on my small personal server.  I do not want to 
> create yet another WebID.  Thanks!
>
> Eric Jahn
> alexandriaconsulting.com <http://alexandriaconsulting.com>
> WebID <https://alexandriaconsulting.com/files/eric_jahn.rdf#me>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 10:50 AM Angelo Veltens 
> <angelo.veltens@online.de> wrote:
>
>     Am 12.08.22 um 16:40 schrieb Eric Jahn:
>
>>     https://my-profile.eu doesn't seem to be actively doing this any
>>     more. Thanks!
>>
>     Hi, any of the Solid Pod providers listed at
>     https://solidproject.org/users/get-a-pod comes with a public WebID
>
>     Kind regards,
>     Angelo
>