Data PortabilityData Portability

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adammcgrath/429230598/

open standards for sharing and remixing dataopen standards for sharing and remixing data

28/02/08

OverviewOverview

● why is the BBC interested in data portability

● what is data portability

● many examples of good and bad practice

● portability principles

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adammcgrath/429230598/

““Get web savvy or we die...”Get web savvy or we die...”

The audience/participations are in controlThe audience/participations are in control

The user controlled revolutionThe user controlled revolution

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sinistergiraffee

The era of control has passedThe era of control has passed

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgettakesapicture/2240511988/

The era of control has passedThe era of control has passed

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgettakesapicture/2240511988/

Does it work on a iphone?Does it work on a iphone?

Data Data portabilityportability

“As users, our identity, photos, videos and other forms of personal data should be discoverable by, and shared between our chosen (and trusted) tools or vendors. We need a DHCP for Identity. A distributed File System for data. The technologies already exist, we simply need a complete reference design to put the pieces together.”

Data Data portability principlesportability principles

● We want control over the profiles, relationships, content and media we create and maintain, regardless of what platform they are hosted on

● We want open formats, APIs, protocols and policies for the data we control

● We want to protect user rights and privacy

● We will recommend existing standards wherever possible rather than inventing new ones

Same principles?Same principles?

● Your students should have control over the profiles, relationships, content and media we create and maintain, regardless of what platform they are hosted on

● Your students should use open formats, APIs, protocols and policies for the data they control

● You want to protect their rights and privacy

● You should be recommending existing standards wherever possible rather than inventing new ones

We want control over our accountsWe want control over our accounts

http://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/646403383/

Untrusted servicesUntrusted services

Social networking gone badSocial networking gone bad

This is the definition of phishingThis is the definition of phishing

Permission based systemPermission based system

Permission based systemPermission based system

OpenID and OauthOpenID and Oauth

OpenID loginOpenID login

Import your social graphImport your social graph

Social network portabilitySocial network portability

We want control over our contentWe want control over our content

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericrice/1695411823/

Proprietary toolsProprietary tools

Flash in a SiloFlash in a Silo

Service lock inService lock in

Export my own dataExport my own data

Transformable formatsTransformable formats

Importing similar dataImporting similar data

We want to licence our contentWe want to licence our content

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peweck/423497311/

Who owns what?Who owns what?

Creative Commons licencesCreative Commons licences

Other licencesOther licences

Which license?Which license?

Discoverable licensingDiscoverable licensing

Facebook EulaFacebook Eula

“By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, on or in connection with the Site or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing.”

We want to participate openlyWe want to participate openly

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iconolith/145162224/

Open collaborationOpen collaboration

Sharing geological informationSharing geological information

Collaborative documentsCollaborative documents

Exporting collaborative worksExporting collaborative works

We will move if we want toWe will move if we want to

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mamat/204542767/

Microsoft & Yahoo! dealMicrosoft & Yahoo! deal

“As soon as the news hit the wires that Microsoft is proposing a $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, Flickr users began posting anti-Microsoft images, satirical "Flickr Live" logos and announcing they will abandon Flickr if it falls into Microsoft hands, fearing such a move would mark the beginning of the end.”

Passionate responsePassionate response

http://www.flickr.com/photos/satoboy/2236710520/

Transferring your contentTransferring your content

Transferring your contentTransferring your content

Forced account removalForced account removal

Deleting all traces of yourselfDeleting all traces of yourself

Voluntary account removalVoluntary account removal

Another form of lock in?Another form of lock in?

We expect our media to be perma-linkedWe expect our media to be perma-linked

Encouraging deep linkingEncouraging deep linking

Encouraging archived mEncouraging archived mediaedia

Perma-linked MediaPerma-linked Media

Perma-linking document pagesPerma-linking document pages

Perma-links into media blobsPerma-links into media blobs

Audio perma-linksAudio perma-links

Audio excerptsAudio excerpts

We want to share content and knowledgeWe want to share content and knowledge

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mimax/319342240/

Sharing of StatisticsSharing of Statistics

Sharing of StatisticsSharing of Statistics

Export of StatisticsExport of Statistics

Export of dataExport of data

Export of meta-dataExport of meta-data

Export of your attentionExport of your attention

Sharing of contentSharing of content

We want access to our own dataWe want access to our own data

RSS feeds RSS feeds

http://www.flickr.com/photos/torchondo/493773202/

MicroformatsMicroformats

Open API'sOpen API's

Microsoft open's upMicrosoft open's up

Microsoft open's upMicrosoft open's up

Aggregation possibilitiesAggregation possibilities

Collective intelligenceCollective intelligence

Adding meaning to dataAdding meaning to data

We want social tools to aid portabilityWe want social tools to aid portability

http://www.flickr.com/photos/technopops/117494977

Applescript + AutomatorApplescript + Automator

ConduitConduit

Yahoo! PipesYahoo! Pipes

Saving your blog entriesSaving your blog entries

Recording VoipRecording Voip

Enable a API from any online sourceEnable a API from any online source

Instil these principles in your studentsInstil these principles in your students

http://www.flickr.com/photos/superciliousness/1922398858/

● We want control over our accounts

● We want control over our content

● We want to licence our content

● We will move if we want to

● We want to participate openly

● We expect our media to be perma-linked

● We want to share content and knowledge

● We want access to our own data

● We want social tools to aid portability

Don't screw up, the alternative is scary...Don't screw up, the alternative is scary...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgettakesapicture/2240511988/

Thank you, any questions?Thank you, any questions?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dogseat/436402348/

http://www.cubicgarden.com

Ian Forrester - ian.forrester@bbc.co.ukPresentation : CC BY-NC-SA