Glossary

Terms

OpenID

OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity.

Instead of establishing an identity specific to each site you're a member, you establish one identity that those sites access to verify you're you.

OpenID.net/

A presentation on OpenID: http://simonwillison.net/2007/openid-fowa/

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2007-03-15-openid_N.htm?csp=34

Microformats

Microformats are designed to make the data you already publish for humans available to machines. It allows applications as simple as cut-and-paste or as complex as a seach engine to use your data effectively.

Microformats.org

Edgeio.com, a classifieds microformat aggregator

Pingerati.net, a general microformat aggregator

Technorati's microformat search: http://kitchen.technorati.com/search/

Wikipedia: Microformats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microformats

A presentation about microformats: http://tantek.com/presentations/2006/03/microformats-sxsw/

The Big Picture on Microformats: http://www.digital-web.com/articles/the_big_picture_on_microformats/

The Semantic Web

The semantic web is an evolving extension of the World Wide Web in which web content can be expressed not only in natural language, but also in a form that can be understood, interpreted and used by software agents, thus permitting them to find, share and integrate information more easily.

For example, a computer might be instructed to list the prices of flat screen HDTVs larger than 40 inches with 1080p resolution at shops in the nearest town that are open until 8pm on Tuesday evenings. To do this today requires search engines that are individually tailored to every website being searched. The semantic web provides a common standard (RDF) for websites to publish the relevant information in a more readily machine-processable and integratable form.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web

Businesses and Organizations and Resources

Online Community

Danah Boyd: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/

"Buzzwords in my world include: identity, context, social networks, youth culture, social software, performance, Friendster, MySpace."

Identity

Identity 2.0: http://identity20.com/

"A blog about microformats and data on the edges"

JanRain: http://janrain.com/

NetMesh: http://netmesh.us/

Sxip: http://www.sxip.com/

Cordance: http://www.cordance.net/

Information Formats

Microformatique: http://microformatique.com/

"A blog about microformats and data on the edges"