Re: Status of WebID proposal

Maybe we should have an implementation list because this question has
come up before.

We have developed a Knowledge Graph system that uses WebID:
https://atomgraph.github.io/LinkedDataHub/

On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 7:25 PM Jeremy Lewi <jeremy@lewi.us> wrote:
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> Hi
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> That's very helpful. Are there any metrics or other indicators of how widely adopted WebID is? Other than Solid, are there examples of applications or services utilizing WebID?
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> J
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> On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 2:05 AM Jacopo Scazzosi <jacopo@scazzosi.com> wrote:
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>> Hello Jeremy,
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>> I’ve started working on a revision of the spec that *might*, hopefully, gather enough support to make some headway towards the goal of becoming a W3C spec. No guarantees.
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>> Some discussion about this can be found in the archives at https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webid/2022Feb . I’ve been significantly delayed by work and life stuff but I’m finally getting back to it next week.
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>> Best regards,
>> Jacopo.
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>> ---
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>> Jacopo Scazzosi
>> https://jacoscaz.com
>> https://treesandrobots.com
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>> > On 21 Jul 2022, at 22:51, Jeremy Lewi <jeremy@lewi.us> wrote:
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>> > Hi Folks,
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>> > What's the current status of the WebID proposal? It seems like the proposal has been around for 10+ years but hasn't become a W3C recommendation.
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>> > This thread suggests that progress has stalled in part because the spec has gained very little adoption. Can anyone provide more context/opinions on why progress/adoption has stalled? Were their technical objections to the spec or was the spec solving a problem most folks didn't have?
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>> > How does the future of WebID relate to DID's which I believe recently became a W3C recommendation (blog)? Would WebID be compatible or superseded by DID web?
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>> > Thanks
>> > J
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Received on Friday, 22 July 2022 17:59:50 UTC