Comments on Never Read Passively: Attention Profiling and APML

In Dataportability, Traceability and Data Ownership I said:

"[T]he Semantic Web will need access to people’s information in order make profits, no matter what the business model is. The opportunities for the Semantic Web to enrich our economies and our personal lives will be diminished without ‘buy in’ by the people whom it is envisioned to serve. The value proposition of data ownership is that it provides the most acceptable technological and socio-political pathway for adoption by ordinary people of the emerging Semantic Web."

XML examples are provided in the blog.

An overview post on the problems with data portabi...

2008-04-20T10:55:00.000+10:00

An overview post on the problems with data portability on RWW titled Where's Our Real World Data Portability?

Quote that mirrors parts of my rant (my bold):

"The answer, in my opinion, is yes: we should be asking for it. But companies should be under no obligation to part with it -- offline or online. It is certainly a great bonus when a company gives you comprehensive access to your attention data in an easily exportable format. That has a lot of advantages for the consumer, and is probably a good idea long term for many companies as well. But our dealings with the services that collect this information are generally opt in. That is, if we don't want them collecting our data, we should simply walk away."

Great post Jason :)

2008-04-20T07:01:00.000+10:00

Great post Jason :)