- From: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 09:16:28 -0400
- To: Public TAG List <www-tag@w3.org>
- Cc: Sarven Capadisli <info@csarven.ca>, Ruben Verborgh <ruben.verborgh@ugent.be>, Osmar Olivo <oz@inrupt.com>, Amy Guy <rhiaro@w3.org>, Timea Turdean <timea.turdean@inrupt.com>, Daniel Appelquist <dan@torgo.com>, Chief of Staff TBL <cos@timbl.com>
Solid is a growing protocol/movement, and the tech parts of it — the Solid Project — are basically a W3C Community group. Solid adds things which the web needed but hadn’t yet standardized, including global single sign-in, standard access control, and a fast API for data read-write between an app and a store (a Solid Pod). By making the API to the store universal, it means you don’t have to change the store when you make a new app, which completely changes the architecture and markets and business models which are possible. It also leaves individuals empowered rather than exploited. Would it be reasonable for the TAG to review the architecture at a high level, or review the protocol? It would be useful to get a knowledge of the Solid stack in neighboring parts of the technology. (A separate future question are the client-client interop specs which are needed for interop between apps, such as contacts, chat, etc.) See https://solidproject.org/. https://solidproject.org/TR is where the specs end up after their github-based proces. Best wishes Tim BL
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