[Freedombox-discuss] Identity Management wiki entry

[Melvin Carvalho]

On 16 August 2011 10:53, John Walsh <fiftyfour at waldevin.com> wrote:
>  Hi Melvin,
>
>> Behalf Of Melvin Carvalho
>> This might be helpful too
>>
>>
> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/socialweb/XGR-socialweb-20101206/#Terminolo
> gy
>
> I read the document, only to find I was "re-inventing the wheel" with my FBX
> suggestions, sigh :(
>
> I liked the documents "big picture approach" and I think the FBX's wiki is
> missing that vision for users like me. That's why I proposed the above
> glossary because I was afraid the project was missing the bigger picture. I
> realise now that the developers have all this stuff in their heads and they
> just write wiki entries for the hard stuff like identity management. This
> explains why the wiki is based on email subjects rather than proper topics.
> I appreciate the developers are only volunteers too and their time is best
> spent on coding. I would like to document what is in their head which may
> not be of much value now, but I do believe in time that documentation would
> be of immense value to future volunteers.
>
> I noticed you were one of the authors of this document - well done! The
> document reminded me that data portability is very important and I don't
> think that's a stated goal of the FBX project. It's a pity the document's
> content cannot be shared with this project due to the copyright statement.

Thanks :)

All work in the W3C should be royalty free.  Sharing should not be an
issue, it's why the W3C was set up.  I'll double check this.

>
> Before I read this document I shared the social web vision in your document.
> However, the corporate icons in the documents diagram's made me realise that
> my personal information is being shared with corporations (Facebook,
> LinkedLn, Myspace)rather than "friends". Now I am of the opinion that my
> personal data should only be shared with people on an FBX or with Guests to
> my FBX. IMHO now, all user generated content should be stored on an FBX to
> protect a users copyright. If the user wishes to make a commercial profit
> from their content, then they can place their content on commercial websites
> like stockphoto for photos.
>
> Thanks for the link, it was quite enlightening!!
>
> -- fiftyfour
>
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