- From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 18:47:32 +0200
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: jeff@sayremedia.com, WebID XG <public-xg-webid@w3.org>, unhosted@googlegroups.com
On 9 April 2011 18:41, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote: > On 4/9/11 12:31 PM, Jeff Sayre wrote: >> >> I just discovered this very interesting new FLOSS project (about three >> months old) self-described as an "open web standard for decentralizing >> user data. On the unhosted web, data is stored per-user, under the user's >> control." They are in essence offering a solution that will decouple the >> application layer from the data storage layer with a goal of helping to >> usher in a truly federated Social Web. >> >> Their approach uses WebFinger, OAuth, WebDAV, and a few more protocols to >> bring this vision to fruition. As WebID fits squarely within their vision, >> we should liaise with this project, possibly inviting one of their team >> members to join our IG. >> >> You can learn more about Unhosted.org's vision >> here:http://www.unhosted.org/manifesto.html >> >> They also just published their Unhosted WebDAV Standard: >> http://unhosted.org/spec/dav/0.1/ >> >> Perhaps this has been shared before, but I did not want to go through all >> the old messages to find out! >> >> Jeff >> >> >> > Jeff, > > Yes, really relevant. I've made initial contact via Twitter and cc'd in > their mailing list. > > Methinks great opportunity for fusion via WebID+Finger approach which I > already have working re. ODS, ditto WebID+FingerPoint . Looks like a cool project. I've subscribed to the list. I think the following design issue from timbl on cloud storage is relevant: http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/CloudStorage.html > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > President& CEO > OpenLink Software > Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen > > > > > > >
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