View this page "What DataPortability Is / Isn't"

[J. Trent Adams]

At the San Francisco meetup on 2/7/2008, a discussion emerged around
what the DataPortability Project "Is" and "Isn't". The consensus was
to define a set of bullet points that would help clarify the project
mission. The output of the discussion is posted here to ensure the
wider group has a chance to enter the debate.

Click on http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability-public/web/what-dataportability-is-isnt
- or copy & paste it into your browser's address bar if that doesn't
work.

[Julian Bond]

J. Trent Adams <jtren...@gmail.com> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:38:39

>At the San Francisco meetup on 2/7/2008, a discussion emerged around
>what the DataPortability Project "Is" and "Isn't". The consensus was
>to define a set of bullet points that would help clarify the project
>mission. The output of the discussion is posted here to ensure the
>wider group has a chance to enter the debate.

My take

Philosophy
- You own your data even when it's posted on third party sites
- This data is not just the content you posted but also the result of
your activity, such as your list of contacts
- You should be able to export and backup your data from sites where it
was originally created and copy this data from one site to the next
- Currently this is hard or impossible
- Many standards already exist to enable this but they're not as widely
implemented as they should be

Mission
- To promote the Philosophy
- To promote the use of existing standards and develop best practices
for their use
- To encourage the standards to evolve in ways that support Data
Portability
- To identify new standards that are needed to support Data Portability
and to help develop them

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[danielabarbosa]

cross referencing Andrew Morse's What DataPortability Is / Isn't post
so it becomes part of this thread: (thanks Andrew!)

http://groups.google.com/group/dataportability-public/browse_thread/thread/823d2e338a88d9b5

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POSTED BY: A_W_Morse
DataPortability Is:

- Defining Data Portability related terminology
- Advocating best practice in Data Portability
- Leading the dialogue on users' proprietory rights in their generated
content and contact data
- Encouraging contribution from all online space stakeholders
- Disseminating findings / reports to the online community
- Encouraging data repositories to enable Users to simply download
and/
or migrate content

DataPortability Is Not:

- Advocating a proprietary technology solution
- Aimed at removing revenue streams from repository sites

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