Hi Ed, Reto, Thanks for the inputs..WebID protocol seems to be an excellent fit for what I'm looking at. Does Stanbol support WebID protocol? AFAIK it doesn't support WebID yet. Could it be a valid use-case to integrate WebID protocol in Stanbol to create social graphs and related ontologies?
Thanks, Dileepa On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Reto Bachmann-Gmür <[email protected]>wrote: > I also think such a project would be very useful combined with a > (re)activation of WebId and possibly OpenId authentication. > > Cheers, > Reto > > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Ed - 0x1b, Inc. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Dileepa, > > > > You may want to look into the W3C WebID effort - I would recommend > > this as a good tool for social/semantic identity. > > www.w3.org/wiki/WebID > > Ed > > > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Dileepa Jayakody > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Andreas and all, > > > > > > Thanks a lot for your feedback, I'm definitely open to other's > > > ideas/suggestions as well. Please feel free to forward the mail to > other > > > lists and let me know (I would love to suscribe to other related > lists..) > > > My idea about the research project on *'verified digital identity'* is > as > > > below. > > > > > > We need a verified identity of people we interact with on the internet. > > > There maybe so many false profiles, impersonating real > > people/organization > > > and we need to be sure that we are interacting with the real person. > For > > > example I want to be sure that the person who has sent me a friend > > request > > > on FB, or an email is the real physical person I meet f2f. > > > IMO there are several methods we can use to verify the identity of a > > > person. We can use a verified identity provider or we can adapt a > > > trust-model based on social networks/social activity of the person to > > > verify his/her digital identity based on social proof concepts. > > > To build a trust-model based on online social interactions, we can use > > > semantic web techniques and I think FOAF, RDFa can be very useful in > > > building such a framework. By analyzing the social activity streams, > > social > > > graph and network of the person we can verify the identity. > > > As you have mentioned the privacy implications in such a system are > > > important. We might need to implement an access control mechanism over > > the > > > data exchanging via the system to protect privacy. Also as you have > > > suggested the trust-model can comprise of a reputation calculation > module > > > based on the feedback a person gets regarding his identity over the > web. > > > > > > So above is my general idea of the research project I'm looking at. I > > think > > > Stanbol, with it's features like Enhancer, Ontology Manager and > Reasoner > > is > > > one of the best choices to implement such a framework to verify digital > > > identity over the web. Such a system to analyse social data can be > > further > > > improved to implement a perception analysis engine for people. :) > > > > > > On a related note, I'm currently going through the documentation of > > > Stanbol. While groing through I came across a typo mistake and a > invailid > > > link, wanted to point it out :). > > > Created a jira for this at > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STANBOL-1050 > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Dileepa > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Andreas Kuckartz <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Dileepa, > > >> > > >> thanks a lot for your mail. > > >> > > >> At the moment I only want to provide a quick but brief feedback. > > >> > > >> What do others think? > > >> > > >> Your project idea definitely fits the general project idea formulated > in > > >> STANBOL-1009. > > >> > > >> Can you tel us a bit more about the use case? Who would use such a > > feature? > > >> > > >> Which implications would there be regarding privacy? Would it be > > >> possible to use such a feature to improve privacy (for example by > > >> providing feedback to a user regaring his or her identifiability)? > > >> > > >> I would like to forward your mail to two other (public) mailing lists > to > > >> ask for suggestions. Would that be ok with you? > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> Andreas > > >> --- > > >> > > >> Dileepa Jayakody: > > >> > Hi Devs, > > >> > > > >> > I'm Dileepa Jayakody a research student keen on distributed > computing > > >> > domain, particularly interested in social networking, social > identity, > > >> > semantic web concepts. I have started studying for a M.Sc by > Research > > at > > >> > University of Moratuwa and recently joined LK Domain Registry as a > > >> research > > >> > assistant. Currently I'm assigned to the 'Digital Identity' research > > >> group, > > >> > and now doing a literature survey on Digital Identity and identity > > >> > verification techniques. My objective is to develop a methodology > to > > >> > verify the identity of a person/organization by analyzing profiles, > > >> social > > >> > activity over different social networking streams, and other > verified > > >> > data-streams. I'm looking at technologies like RDFa, JSON-LD, FOAF, > > nosql > > >> > databases and other semantic tools which could be helpful to build a > > >> > suitable solution. While researching through the web, I came across > > >> Apache > > >> > Stanbol project and I'm highly interested in learning about Stanbol > > for > > >> my > > >> > research project. I'm also fascinated by the GSOC idea on using > > Stanbol > > >> for > > >> > federated social web [2]. It would be great to get ideas on how to > > >> > integrate Stanbol to implement a system to verify digital identity > of > > a > > >> > person/organization over social networking streams. > > >> > > > >> > To tell a bit more about myself, prior to joining LK Domain Registry > > as a > > >> > research assistant, I was a software engineer for 1.5 years at WSO2 > > (Pvt) > > >> > Ltd [1], the opensource SOA company where I was a member of the > carbon > > >> team > > >> > which is the kernel of the WSO2 Product stack which are OSGi based > > >> > products. I have a good development background on java, web > services, > > >> OSGi > > >> > and maven. I also have a good understanding about the opensource > > >> > development process and culture as WSO2 follows the apache model for > > >> > software development. I have also participated in OSGi Community > Event > > >> 2012 > > >> > co-located with EclipseCon 2012 by giving a tech.talk on "Building A > > >> > Modular Server Platform with OSGi" [3]. > > >> > > > >> > Currently I'm going through Stanbol documentation at [4] and > building > > >> > Stanbol from trunk source. > > >> > Looking forward to your feedback. > > >> > > > >> > Thanks and regards, > > >> > Dileepa > > >> > > > >> > [1] http://www.wso2.com > > >> > [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STANBOL-1009 > > >> > [3] > > >> > > > >> > > > http://www.eclipsecon.org/europe2012/sessions/building-server-platform-osgi > > >> > [4] http://stanbol.apache.org/docs/trunk/ > > >> > > > >> > > >
