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Posted: December 18th, 2008 | Author: Chris Saad | Filed under: Analysis | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 27 Comments »

Order cheap capecitabine online, Given the recent intense activity around data portability (Announcements from Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo etc) and the impending end of the year, I thought it opportune to summarize the data portability landscape from my personal perspective and the perspective of the DataPortability Project.

[caption id="attachment_22" align="aligncenter" width="499" caption="The data portability Landscape Diagram"]The data portability Landscape Diagram[/caption]

2008 was called "The year of Data Portability". In many ways, that prediction was very true.

Above is a diagram of the data portability ecosystem in so far as it relates to Google Friend Connect, Idaho ID, Facebook Connect, the DataPortability Project and the Open Stack.

1. data portability (the general idea)

The idea of data portability, in general, has emerged to mean the ability to reuse data between services in some shape or form, order cheap capecitabine online. Evista online store, It may be a one off implementation between two services, a proprietary universal login play or an open standards attempt at interoperability.

2. Participating Sites

Sites that participate in providing and/or receiving data. They do this with the authority and permission of their end users, discount casodex.

Order cheap capecitabine online, 3. DataPortability (Specific Idea)

The specific notion of DataPortability as defined by the DataPortability project is as follows:

VisionData portability enables a borderless experience, where people can move easily between network services, reusing data they provide while controlling their privacy and respecting the privacy of others. Billig arimidex apotek, For the userWith data portability, you can bring your identity, friends, conversations, files and histories with you, köpa capecitabine, without having to manually add them to each new service. Each of the services you use can draw on this information relevant to the context. As your experiences accumulate and you add or change data, Price of evista, this information will update on other sites and services if you permit it, without having to revisit others to re-enter it.

For the Service ProviderWith cross-system data access, interoperability, and portability, people can bring their identities, friends, conversations, files, and histories with them to your service, cutting down on the need for form-filling which can drive people away, order cheap capecitabine online. With minimal effort on the part of new customers, you can tailor services to suit them. When your customers browse networked services and accumulate experiences, buy generic capecitabine, this information can update on your service, if people permit it. Your relationship remains up-to-date and you can adapt your services in response, Köpa rabatterade iressa, even when they don't visit. With mutual control and mutual benefit, your relationships remain relevant, encouraging continued usage. Order cheap capecitabine online, Data portability is a new approach, where it is easier to use and deliver services. This frictionless movement through the network of services fosters stronger relationships between people and services providers and helps build a healthy networked ecosystem, Acheter en ligne epogen.

MissionTo help people to use and protect the data they create on networked services, and to advocate for compliance with the values of DataPortability.

The most important notion in that entire section is 'Interoperability'. I've highlighted it in red and made it bold. Generic epogen, Interoperability means that irrespective of who is providing or receiving the data, it should be provided in such a way that is agreed upon by the community so that the implementation is consistent irrespective of parties participating in the transaction.

Sound unrealistic, order cheap capecitabine online. The Web is already such a system. Any web browser can request a HTML document using HTTP. It does this over TCP/IP, buy cheap iressa online. It sometimes uses SSL. Order cheap capecitabine online, FTP, IRC, Email, Newsgroups, WiFi - all follow a similar pattern. These protocols are owned are not owned by companies. If they were we would have a very different Internet today. Billige gleevec apotek, Vendors, however, innovate on top of these technologies to create Browsers, FTP clients, IRC Clients, Florida FL Fla., Email Clients, Laptops and so much more.

4. DataPortability Project

The DataPortability project is the project that turned the nascent standards conversation into a full fledged riot in January of 2008, order cheap capecitabine online. North Carolina NC N.C., The project is responsible for defining 'DataPortability', advocating its adoption by developers, explaining its value to business executives, promoting its usage to end-users and providing context and commentary on  industry news as it unfolds.

The project does not create technology or software products, Washington WA Wash.. It evaluates the technology and products of others provides advice to the community about its compliance (or non compliance) to the core goal of interoperable data interchange.

In essence, The DataPortability Project is the 'Spread FIrefox' of the standards community.

Order cheap capecitabine online, 5. αγοράζουν online gleevec, Tools (Google Friend Connect, JanRain RPX, Others)

Perhaps where the most innovation potential exists is in the tools layer.

Current tools have made good faith efforts to provide DataPortability complaint services to site owners. Because the specific implementation guidelines are still emerging, Kaufen iressa, there is still some way to go to ensure that all the tools provide a consistent programming interface.

Current tools also act to bridge the gap by turning non-compliant systems (e.g. Systems that don't use Open Stack) into more standards compliant end-points, order cheap capecitabine online.

It is hoped that all services begin to implement their own standards compliance to limit the need for tools to act as gatekeepers. Cheap iressa online without prescription, Tools will still be necessary, however, to provide a plethora of value-added services. These services, however, cheapest capecitabine in the world, should never break the interoperability promise of 'DataPortability'.

6. The Open Stack Order cheap capecitabine online, These are the core open standards based technologies that make Interoperable DataPortability possible. Some have been created by formal and official standards bodies, Osta zometa, others by ad-hoc community efforts. Some are protected by the W3C, others by the Open Web Foundation. All, represent a piece of work that is freely available, Wisconsin WI Wis., generally agreed upon and open for use by all.

7. Facebook Connect

Facebook connect is a version of 'data portability' (Point 1), order cheap capecitabine online. It allows an elegant and simple re-use of data between Facebook and other services. District of Columbia DC D.C., Rather than being based on the Open Stack (Point 6), it is based on Facebooks Proprietary Platform (Item 8 on the diagram).

The key point here, however, is that Facebook Connect is owned by Facebook, Tennessee TN Tenn.. Rather than interoperable point to point 'DataPortability' as defined by the DataPortability project, it provides a hub and spoke model where the technology and the experience is owned by a private company. Order cheap capecitabine online, So far Facebook Connect is the best implementation of data portability available in the wild. It offers a compelling business value (millions of ready and active users) and simple APIs. Gleevec cheap, The community, via the many pieces loosely joined detailed in point 1-6, must come together to create a cohesive value proposition of its own in order to compete with this proprietary model.

Compete we must, however, Maryland MD Md.. Facebook, like AOL and Microsoft Passport before it, must eventually participate in the Open Web. Because the web is, and always will be, bigger than any single company, order cheap capecitabine online.

The Future

Closed platforms are like ice cubes in a glass of water. They will float for a while. They will change the temperature of the liquid beneath. Ultimately, however, the ice cube must eventually melt into the wider web. Order cheap capecitabine online, Facebook's success with Facebook Connect can and will further drive innovation in the community to develop an open alternative.

Facebook's success will also drive large media companies, competitors (like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, AOL, Myspace, countless major media properties and countless small startups) to create alternatives. At least some of those participants will recognize (if they have not already) that the most open among them will earn both the respect and the market share of the next phase. Moving from Facebook Connect's 'data portability' to Interoperable DataPortability.

A web of Data.

That's a landscape where we can continue to innovate on a level playing field..

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27 Comments on “Order Cheap Capecitabine Online”

  1. 1 Steve Repetti said at 8:57 am on December 18th, 2008:

    Awesome job Chris!

  2. 2 Elias Bizannes said at 9:36 am on December 18th, 2008:

    Agreed. The ice cube metaphor is the best I’ve heard all year!

  3. 3 Gregory Narain said at 10:14 am on December 18th, 2008:

    Chris, this is great. I would also love to know about market share for the “vendors” and also why you think one may be more successful than the other.nnI think FB connect does indeed change the game for a lot of different reasons, least of which being usability for both the integrator, developer, and end user.

  4. 4 Steve said at 10:41 am on December 18th, 2008:

    Has the Data Portability Project actually done anything yet? I mean seriously, you guys are still trying to find your logo. The world is moving way too fast for your project and you’re basically irrelevant now. Sorry Chris. It’s the truth.

  5. 5 an update on the data portability landscape « Paying Attention said at 10:44 am on December 18th, 2008:

    [...] 18, 2008 I just posted a summary of the current data portability landscape to the Official DataPortability [...]

  6. 6 Chris Saad said at 11:57 am on December 18th, 2008:

    I’m not sure you’ve read the post Steve – give it another go.

  7. 7 Chris Saad said at 12:00 pm on December 18th, 2008:

    Thanks Steve :)

  8. 8 Chris Saad said at 12:01 pm on December 18th, 2008:

    I think that FB connect will hover around 80% for some time, unless and until the other side of the landscape picks up its act and matches it in usability, message and scale.nnI think the community is more than capable of doing it.

  9. 9 Geschlossene Systeme sind wie Eiswürfel at notizBlog - a private weblog written by Matthias Pfefferle said at 12:13 pm on December 18th, 2008:

    [...] Zitat von Chris Saad aus The data portability Landscape – An update: Closed platforms are like ice cubes in a glass of water. They will float for a while. They will [...]

  10. 10 Links 12/19/2008 « standards said at 9:18 pm on December 18th, 2008:

    [...] DataPortability Blog » Blog Archive » The data portability Landscape – An update [...]

  11. 11 2008 In Review: Data Portability | kanner.com said at 10:13 am on December 19th, 2008:

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  12. 12 Steve said at 12:35 pm on December 19th, 2008:

    Has nothing to do with the post. Just a general statement about you and your failed Data Portablity Project.

  13. 13 Leander Wattig » Closed platforms are like ice cubes … said at 6:43 pm on December 19th, 2008:

    [...] Ein schöner Vergleich von Chris Saad: [...]

  14. 14 SexySEO said at 8:12 pm on December 20th, 2008:

    Brilliant, dear! *ice cubes in a glass of water… Hahaha*nNow will annoy you in public! LOL *sorry, dear, sorry!* Did you look at http://xdbe.com ?

  15. 15 Garret Alfert » Closed Platforms are like Ice Cubes in a Glass of Water said at 11:37 am on December 21st, 2008:

    [...] sehr schönes Zitat von Chris Saad im DataPortability Blog: Closed platforms are like ice cubes in a glass of water. They will float for a while. They will [...]

  16. 16 Nik said at 12:59 pm on December 21st, 2008:

    Thanks Chris. nnWhere does Open Social and Myspace’s project fit into your diagram?nnThanks.

  17. 17 CAN'T TAKE NEGATIVE COMMENTS said at 3:09 pm on December 22nd, 2008:

    Why’d you remove my comment? Dude, you can’t hide the fact that your Data Portability Project has been left in the dust of people who actually get shit done. Data Portability? This says it all: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/dataportability.org/?metric=uv

  18. 18 Chris Saad said at 3:30 pm on December 22nd, 2008:

    Actually it was stuck in the auto-moderation queue. I approved both your comments even though they barely pass the smell test.

  19. 19 Chris Saad said at 3:31 pm on December 22nd, 2008:

    Good question Nik – I’m thinking of doing another, broader diagram to show more pieces.

  20. 20 Chris Saad said at 3:53 pm on December 22nd, 2008:

    Nik I made the diagram and posted it here: http://blog.dataportability.org/index.php/2008/12/extended-landscape-diagram/

  21. 21 DataPortability Blog » Blog Archive » Extended Landscape Diagram said at 4:53 pm on December 22nd, 2008:

    [...] on from the previous post, here is an extended diagram that shows a number of new elements. data portability landscape – [...]

  22. 22 Normal said at 4:09 pm on December 23rd, 2008:

    Glad you’re keeping the data portability flame fanned, Chris. This is something that will definitely move us forward to the future of social networking. :)

  23. 23 Josh McHugh said at 2:10 pm on December 27th, 2008:

    Coming at you from the still-solid FB ice cube – good metaphor. The flamey comments constitute an interesting question as to whether allowing anonymous commenting is desirable. Part of the reason OpenID was created was to improve on the flame-scorched comment threads that plagued LiveJournal and every blog since. p.s. I’d love to see Google Friend Connect as a sign-in option.

  24. 24 How Open Data Will Spread | Scrump said at 8:01 am on January 12th, 2009:

    [...] couple of days later I read Chris Saad’s The Data Portability Landscape — An Update which has the following brilliant (if optimistic) [...]

  25. 25 Paul Trevithick said at 11:32 am on January 12th, 2009:

    Chris, another area of progress in data portability that arrived in 2008 was the ability for one site to publish information (as a set of attributes) about you as an “information card”, for you to import these cards into a downloadable “selector” app, and for you to present these cards to “relying” websites. The protocols behind all this are open, there multiple selectors available, and the developer community coalesced at http://informationcard.net. Websites implementing information cards also started popping up in 2008. It’s particularly fun to see the emergence of an attribute schema: https://informationcard.net/wiki/index.php/Claim_Catalog–one of the prerequisites to achieving data portability.

  26. 26 (veille)> Liens du 14/01/2009 + les identités numériques said at 9:04 am on January 14th, 2009:

    [...] DataPortability Blog » Blog Archive » The data portability Landscape – An update [...]

  27. 27 Chris Saad said at 12:13 am on January 16th, 2009:

    Paul thanks for the update on InfoCards as well. I need to take some time to dig into them more.


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