Distributed Social Networking

How decentralised social networks and identities can be modelled using XFN and hCard microformats. From my presentation at WebCamp Social Network Portability, in Cork, Ireland.

1. The Distributed Social Network How we free ourselves, right now. Ben Ward • http://benward.me • Social Network Portability WebCamp, Cork, Ireland • March 2nd 2008
2. Ben Ward •ben@benward.me •Web Developer at Yahoo! Europe •Admin at microformats.org Hello…
3. URL In the beginning…
4. URL In the beginning… URL URL URL URL URL
5. URL You Identity
6. You Last.FM Flickr Facebook Y! Disparate Identity
7. You Last.FM Flickr Facebook Y! XFN XFN XFN XFN Disparate Identity
8. Making Claims You Flickr XFN <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/benward" rel="me">Photos</a> <a href="http://benward.me" rel="me">Homepage</a>
9. Last.FM Flickr Facebook Y! You Consolidated Identity
10. You Contact Friend Friend Sister The Graph
11. You Contact Friend Friend Sister The Graph
12. •Friends, acquaintances •Contacts (‘following’) •Family (kin, siblings, parents, spouse) XFN Relationships
13. You HTML The Information + + hCard
14. You HTML The Information + + hCard Personality Profile Identity
15. Contact Friend Friend Sister Ben The Network
16. Contact Friend Friend Sister John Sarah Jeremy Alice Ben The Network
17. •Use simple, powerful semantics •Crawlable data •Indexable data Consumption
18. Google Social Graph API http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph
19. •When I sign up, ask for my URL •Generate my profile from my hCard •Find my contacts from Google’s Social Graph API •Build my buddy list from those contacts already in your database •Save my time, make me happy. So, you want to build a social application?
20. •Indexed profiles •Granular privacy, authorized access. Next developments