Thursday, June 05, 2003

A little reflection never hurts Click to hear my thoughts on: A little reflection never hurts This morning audio comments are about the recent posts in blog space such as Common Identity Infrastructure mentioned on Marc's Voice and the recent blog entries on Elwyn Jenkins: MicrodocBlogger:  the most recent: Blog Until You Wiki.   Moblogging: no Is audio context location-specific: no Location information : home Access : wifi network Device type : notebook   Note: This audio post was created and the supporting audio file uploaded to my server using a new notebook moblogging interface I'm developing. Thought I give you a peek at what I been thinking and working on lately from the outside in.  As you can see, it still needs lots of work!!!   7:45:32 AM  comment []       SO 505i SO 505i. Just got my SO505i yesterday. ... It doesn't have GPS and location info so I'm sure I'll have GPS envy. [Joi Ito's Web] 7:01:38 AM  comment []       Common Identity Infrastructure Common Identity Infrastructure. So we're getting ready for the PlanetWork Conference and a collabotory on the ASN (Augmented Soical Network) idea.  In preparation for that Drummond Reed posted this bit..... What we are trying to do is create a "common identity infrastructure" - the third major layer in the evolution of the net. The first layer - the Internet itself - is a "common networking infrastructure", a way of linking any two devices on any two networks so that they could exchange packets with each other. The second layer - the Web - is a "common document infrastructure", a way of linking any two documents on any two websites so they can exchange pointers with each other.  The third layer is not about machines and packets or documents and websites but people and organizations. That's why it fits so neatly under the rubric of "social protocols". A common identity infrastructure is a way of linking any two people or organizations in any two communities so they can share data with each other.  So if what was needed for the first layer was common protocols for packet exchange and a network of gateways and routers that implemented them, and what was needed for the second layer was common protocols for network hypertext and a network of web servers and web browsers that implemented them, then what is needed for the third layer is common protocols for data sharing and a network of data sharing servers and clients that implement them.  That's what XRI and XDI are all about. Thus, from my perspective, what is needed to deliver the ASN is a network of XDI servers and clients and that start linking up with XDI data sharing contracts. The result will be a web of identities and relationships similar to today's Web of documents and hyperlinks.  I should add one other thing, which is governance. At each layer, as Owen Davis points out in his thread, there is a need for at least some minimal form of governance for the "commons". Since the first layer was almost purely technical, the IETF supplied the governance of the "network commons". For the second layer, the W3C and ICANN (two more self-organized entities) have provided the governance of the "document commons".  Now we are facing the question of who will supply the governance for the third layer. In terms of the technical protocols, that's why XNSORG was created . But as Owen Davis points out, once you move to the level of social protocols, you need some minimal form of governance of the "identity commons" - the social and business agreements that govern data sharing using the technical protocols. That's why Identity Commons was created.  (BTW, it's fascinating to me that the creators of XNSORG and the creators of Identity Commons started completely independently and did not meet each other until well after their respective efforts were launched. To me its proof of the real social and market needs that both organizations were created to help fill.)   =Drummond Reed [Marc's Voice] 6:16:23 AM  comment []       Blog Until You Wiki Blog Until You Wiki. Blogging, as it is currently practiced is a useful and potent way of building ideas, concepts and knowledge in a social setting. Similar to the way ideas are developed in the academic world, blogging uses methods of citation and argument development in order to work towards the next stage of understanding. This has been the way the story has developed over the last two weeks as more than 250 bloggers have participated in the building of a story in the blogosphere. Primarily the conclusion that we have arrived at thus far, is that blogging can be rather untidy and it is difficult to gather together the total view of what a blogstory looks like. While, as Tom Coates points out, we have achieved building great stories to date, this method of knowledge building is not perfect and can do with greater organization. Primarily, there needs to be some type of combination between blogs and wikis, such that people have their say in blogs and the story is gathered and developed in a wiki. As some of you have indicated, lets stop talking about blogging and lets get some other knowledge built as we put into practice what we are working on rather than just talking about it. Most people are keen to see this practice of blogging developed into a more highly developed forum which may take its place in amongst the widening media mix we have today. Highlights of the Story about Blogosphere Story Building  Since the Dynamics of a Blogosphere Story (May 20, 2003) the many discussions on blogs aroud the Internet have focussed on various aspects of how blogging as a social activity works. ... [Elwyn Jenkins: MicrodocBlogger] 6:14:45 AM  comment []

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