- From: Tobias Kuhn <kuhntobias@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:48:26 +0200
- To: Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
Hi all, We'd like to tell you about an ecosystem that we have set up (stable, but still early stage), based on nanopublications. It implements the Semantic Web vision, with decentralization, openness, global scope, and fully based on RDF/SPARQL/etc., but also with reliable publishing, querying, provenance, content-based identifiers, digital signatures, and AI agents as first-class citizens. This nanopublication ecosystem can be used for any kind of open data that can be expressed in RDF. For example for personal profiles, such as my own: https://nanodash.knowledgepixels.com/user?id=https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1267-0234 We are in the process of writing this all up, but you can already try it out with our Nanodash client, following these simple steps: 1. Go to https://nanodash.knowledgepixels.com and login with ORCID (top right) 2. Publish your intro nanopublication as instructed on your profile details page, so your name and signature key are known to the nanopublication world 3. Visit an existing profile and choose "add to my own profile" in the dropdown menu for a view you'd like on yours too 4. Depending on the view you have added, you can use the "add..." button to add entries. (AI agent support to import existing stuff is upcoming.) Or check out this animated GIF showing these steps: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/knowledgepixels/files/refs/heads/main/try-nanodash.gif Importantly, Nanodash doesn't store any data; it gets it all from the decentralized network, and Nanodash is itself decentralized and available as several instances! You can see an overview of the current network here: https://monitor.knowledgepixels.com/ We hope you find this interesting, and would love to hear your feedback. Best regards, Tobias
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