- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2023 10:26:06 -0500
- To: public-webid@w3.org
- Message-ID: <7181f2a8-f99d-4799-a77a-fe114ce67cc3@openlinksw.com>
On 11/8/23 9:33 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > > > st 8. 11. 2023 v 15:24 odesÃlatel Kingsley Idehen > <kidehen@openlinksw.com> napsal: > > > On 11/8/23 3:34 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > > WebID defines a standard means by which user agents and servers > > interact to establish a user's identity, ensuring a structured, > > decentralized approach for identity discovery on the web. > > > That definition is confusing, due to the same old issues with > terminology conflation. "WebID" is not a catchall branding term. > > You have a WebID which names Agents. > > You have a WebID-Profile Document that describes Agents i.e., > comprises > their credentials. > > You have WebID-TLS as an example of a protocol used to > authenticate Agents. > > Catchall branding doesn't work, it simply leads to confusion that > ultimately slows everything down. > > > Come up with a better spec. Try to be constructive. My comments express the same perspectives I've espoused since the inception of the term WebID. WebID was never a catchall term, and I would hope that pointing that out is a constructive act :) -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder & CEO OpenLink Software Home Page:http://www.openlinksw.com Community Support:https://community.openlinksw.com Weblogs (Blogs): Company Blog:https://medium.com/openlink-software-blog Virtuoso Blog:https://medium.com/virtuoso-blog Data Access Drivers Blog:https://medium.com/openlink-odbc-jdbc-ado-net-data-access-drivers Personal Weblogs (Blogs): Medium Blog:https://medium.com/@kidehen Legacy Blogs:http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen/ http://kidehen.blogspot.com Profile Pages: Pinterest:https://www.pinterest.com/kidehen/ Quora:https://www.quora.com/profile/Kingsley-Uyi-Idehen Twitter:https://twitter.com/kidehen Google+:https://plus.google.com/+KingsleyIdehen/about LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen Web Identities (WebID): Personal:http://kingsley.idehen.net/public_home/kidehen/profile.ttl#i :http://id.myopenlink.net/DAV/home/KingsleyUyiIdehen/Public/kingsley.ttl#this
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