The open, social web | FactoryCity

May 18 2009, 9:56am

the fundamental components of the Diso Project have largely remained consistent: 1. identity and profile 2. discovery and access control 3. contacts and friends 4. activity streams 5. messaging 6. groupings and shared spaces Of course, the project will only be considered successful if the formats and protocols developed are widely adopted: a standard in practice is worth more than a standard in theory.

If I told you that the iPhone was the best example of the success of standards and open source, you’d probably laugh at me, but check it out :

I count at least a dozen standards behind most of the default applications that populate the Home screen. These very same protocols have been available for everyone else to build on top of — and ... people have — but no one else did so with the same degree of execution or emphasis on user experience.

...this is why standards are so critical for establishing how identity is “achieved” on the web.

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