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• Data Portability is a way of making your application or company part of a world-wide ecosystem of user data. Reduce friction when signing up and increase your overall understanding of your users, their friends and their interests.
• Engineers, Marketers, Legal Experts, Graphic Designers and Cultural Theorists are all working on various parts of the problem right now
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Re: [DataPortability-Public] DPP blog hacked again Elias, I don't have the server permissions or access to the server/database control panel to follow the procedure.

Re: [DataPortability-Public] Update on what we're doing Great Nate. The current plan is for Brady and I to sort out the core product and iconography this week, and then Steve Repetti will work on the machine readable implementation. Would love a discussion on what people think we can do. I quite like Chris Saad's suggestion of a traffic light indicator when visiting websites.

RE: [DataPortability-Public] Update on what we're doing Nate, I am leading the implementation side of the machine-readable component and would welcome your participation and that of any others. Regards, Steve Repetti DataPortability.org [link] [mailto:dataportability-public @googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nate Benes Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 3:00 PM

Re: [DataPortability-Public] Update on what we're doing I am definitely interested in taking DP in a more machine readable direction. Nate

Update on what we're doing Hi everyone, I've come to realise we've neglected communicating on this mailing list. I'll work with our community manager Rai to change that. Lots of things in the works, and we definitely could leverage the smart people on this list. You might be interested to see some guest posts we got on the major tech

Re: [DataPortability-Public] DPP blog hacked again Working on it. Also upgraded the themes, widgets, and whatnot while I was at it.

Re: [DataPortability-Public] DPP blog hacked again Elias - it's in the post_content field - follow the instructions on the link I provided to have a look at your db. This hack has happened to tons of wordpress blogs that I know of. -- Allen On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Elias Bizannes

Re: [DataPortability-Public] DPP blog hacked again Interesting, thanks Allen. Any idea on where in the wordpress database this would be hiding? Elias Bizannes [link]

Re: [DataPortability-Public] DPP blog hacked again Here is the vulnerability, it was on the DB side I think. [link] <[link]>Nate

Re: [DataPortability-Public] DPP blog hacked again See this is exactly what I mean - it's the lovely script code injection - you need to check ALL your blog posts because on some of my blogs they injected that into all of the posts, other blogs only the latest post. Cleanup instructions here: [link] MAKE SURE TO BACKUP before cleaning and then again after cleaning.

Re: [DataPortability-Public] Data Portability Blog compromised? Nate - thanks for raising awareness to this. It seems like it was stuck on moderation. Anyone else with security issues, please contact me directly or vice-chair Steve Repetti Elias Bizannes [link]

Re: [DataPortability-Public] DPP blog hacked again My sites have been hacked so many times, the hackers send me a monthly check. I believe the latest round of hacks is direct sql attacks - not sql injection but somehow they are able to get into the dbs. I've had this happen on both rackspace and mediatemple - Rackspace made some changes to their phpmyadmin and while they continue to say that it had nothing

Re: [DataPortability-Public] DPP blog hacked again Nate is right - somehow this following was added to the most recent blog post <em><a href="[link]">Elias Bizannes</a> is the chairperson and executive director of the DataPortability Project.</em><script src=" [link]"></script> Phil: can you careful re-add the plugins? We upgraded the theme the other

Re: [DataPortability-Public] Re: DPP blog hacked again Duly noted, Thanks! On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:48 PM, danielabarbosa

Re: DPP blog hacked again Hi everyone. we just discussed this on our steering call this morning and we are making it a priority to fix! Nate- sorry your original post was stuck in moderation, i have set you up to post freely but will keep an eye on it! ~daniela

DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast - 2008/07/18 We talk to Paul Madsen, a member of the Technology Expert Group in Liberty Alliance in this episode of DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast. Through the conversation, he dives into SAML and how the Identity Web Services Framework (ID-WSF) and related specifications fit into a comprehensive identity solution stack. In response to the question about implementation difficulty, he points to the work underway by OpenLiberty.org developing a set of deployable ID-WSF libraries. Another project that helps bridge between specifications is Project Concordia. Leading the episode, we quickly touch on the following bits of news: Microsoft Opens Live Mesh, IBM & Linden Labs Demonstrate Avatar Portability, Project VRM Workshop Recap, IDDY 2008 Awards Announced

DP Steering Group Telecon - 2008/06/30 DataPortabiltiy Steering Action Group teleconference on Monday, June 30, 2008

DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast - 2008/06/27 Episode 12 of the DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast welcomes Steve back to the fold. In this episode we talk to Drummond Reed (a.k.a. =Drummond), a valued participant in across the identity and data portability space. Drummond is most well known as one of the pioneers of the XRI (Extensible Resource Identifier) and XDI (XRI Data Interchange) open standards at OASIS where he co-chairs the XDI and XRI Technical Committees. During the discussion, Drummond identified two key areas needing solutions within the scope of data portability: common definitions and portable authorization. XDI and link contracts solve these problems. "In the context of data portability, ever since I first heard the term when wearing my XDI TC hat, I said, 'That's like the mission statement for the XDI Technical Committee in two words. Why didn't we just say it's data portability.' If there's one headline feature of XDI, it's data portability. XDI is a protocol for sharing data, just like HTTP is a protocol for sharing content." Of note, history was in the making during the discussion. While hunting for an appropriate analogy describing the underlying description model, Steve hit upon using the periodic table of elements. Look for Drummond using it in his next series of talks. Leading the episode: Graphing Social Patterns East, Supernova 2008 Conference, Plaxo Personal Card + Google FriendConnect, MySpace Data Availability Launches, Information Card Foundation Launches

DP Steering Group Telecon - 2008/06/23 DataPortabiltiy Steering Action Group teleconference on Monday, June 23, 2008

DP Steering Group Telecon - 2008/06/16 DataPortabiltiy Steering Action Group teleconference on Monday, June 16, 2008

DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast - 2008/06/13 After a brief hiatus last week as Trent and Steve were otherwise indisposed, the DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast is back at half strength. Steve is still MIA, but joining Trent in the virtual studio is Bob Ngu, Founder of Jiggyme.com, a video aggregation startup that is beginning to focus specifically on technology videos. Bob has been an active contributor to the DataPortability Project since March, and was highlighted in the project's May report. The spotlight was shined on his DataPortability: In the Wild blog series. In this series, Bob outlines his discussions with various people involved with data portability. Among the areas he's covered so far include: Lessons from coding XFN, Exploring floe.tv, DiSo profile plugin

DP Steering Group Telecon - 2008/06/09 DataPortabiltiy Steering Action Group teleconference on Monday, June 9, 2008

DP Steering Group Telecon - 2008/06/02 DataPortabiltiy Steering Action Group teleconference on Monday, June 2, 2008

DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast - 2008/05/30 In this very special episode of the DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast, Trent's brother R. Mark Adams joins the data portability discussion. He is a genetic engineer who earned his Ph.D. in cell biology and was a pioneer in the field of bioinformatics. He is currently a Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton and runs their bioinformatics group. Of specific interest related to data portability is his work for the open CaBIG (Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid) project, a National Cancer Institute initiative to link cancer researchers and their data. Up until now, we have focused primarily on the use cases around existing social networking websites. There is, however, a wealth of knowledge and experience to be tapped within other fields. Mark has worked for over 15 years designing and building large-scale informatics systems. Further, his extensive experience within the standards and open source communities place him in a unique position to provide valuable insight into issues being explored by the DataPortability Project.

DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast - 2008/05/23 We are joined by Robert Scoble in episode 9 of the DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast. Currently the Managing Director of FastCompany.tv, he is a well-known and respected technology pundit who got his start blogging at UserLand. He is well known as an early advocate of the DataPortability Project when he tried to download his social data from Facebook. The show is kicked off with a discussion about his recent speculation that Microsoft could buy Facebook and keep it closed. Scoble talks about the services and tools like FriendFeed that offer alternate news streams to counter the Facebook hegemony. The discussion also flowed around automated behavior tracking, advertizing, and the interplay between control/privacy within various portable data models.

DP Steering Group Telecon - 2008/05/19 DataPortabiltiy Steering Action Group teleconference on Monday, May 19, 2008

DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast - 2008/05/16 In episode 8 of the DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast we diverge from the standard format to dive beyond the headlines to explore recent news. We spent the time talking in depth about the Comcast acquisition of Plaxo and Google's release of Friend Connect. For Plaxo, we have Joseph Smarr, Chief Platform Architect, and John McCrae, VP Marketing, talking about the acquisition and how it furthers data portability. Specifically, Smarr made it clear that the of the game in portablity is not making everything homogenous, but rather opening up the flow of communication across systems. In the discussion Kevin Marks, Developer Advocate for OpenSocial, also corrects some common misconceptions around Google's Friend Connect. Some of the reporting about it mistakenly assumed that Google would be syphoning off the friendship graph when using it's system used to connect sites. He clarifies that Friend Connect enables the portability of user data by mapping the connections, and isn't storing the data itself.

DP Steering Group Telecon - 2008/05/12 DataPortabiltiy Steering Action Group teleconference on Monday, May 12, 2008

DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast - 2008/05/09 We kick off episode 7 of the DataPortability: In-Motion Podcast with the news of the week that MySpace launched "Data Availability" with Yahoo!, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter. Following immediately on their heels was the announcement that Facebook is releasing "Facebook Connect", an extension of their 3rd party API providing deeper access to their user's data. We're also joined by Brady Brim-Deforest, founder of Human Global Media, talking about the DataPortability Legal Entity Taskforce. He provides a good overview and update on the process underway to formalize the the project under a recognized legal banner. The featured interview segment is with Danny Ayers, Semantic Web Developer at Talis. He touches on moving from document linking, through microformats, to feature-rich RDF modeling to identify portable data. Contrary to popular belief, he dispels the myth that it's hard to migrate from a standard SQL data representation into addressable semantic objects.

DP Steering Group Telecon - 2008/05/05 DataPortabiltiy Steering Action Group teleconference on Monday, May 5, 2008

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DataPortability Steering Call When: Tue Aug 10, 2010 5pm to 6pm  GMT+00:00 Replaces event originally scheduled for: Tue Aug 10, 2010 3pm Where: Teleconference: Skype:+9900827043965594 Dial-Up: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

The Fantabulous First DataPortability Project Meetup in San Francisco When: Fri Aug 13, 2010 1am to 3am  GMT+00:00 Where: PariSoMa, 1436 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Event Status: confirmed

DataPortability Steering Call Recurring Event First start: 2010-04-20 11:00:00 EDT Duration: 3600 Where: Teleconference: Skype:+9900827043965594 Dial-Up: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

DataPortability Steering Call Recurring Event First start: 2010-07-27 11:00:00 EDT Duration: 3600 Where: Teleconference: Skype:+9900827043965594 Dial-Up: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

TOS/EULA Working group call Recurring Event First start: 2010-02-03 15:00:00 EST Duration: 3600 Where: Skype: +9900827043965594 Dial-Up: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

TOS/EULA Working group call Recurring Event First start: 2010-05-12 15:00:00 EDT Duration: 3600 Where: Skype: +9900827043965594 Dial-Up: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

Identity Commons Stewards ConfCall Recurring Event First start: 2010-04-07 09:00:00 PDT Duration: 3600 Who: DataPortability Calendar Where: +1-2017939023 #7990866# Event Status: confirmed

DataPortability Steering Call Recurring Event First start: 2010-02-23 11:00:00 EST Duration: 3600 Except on: Tue Mar 9, 2010  Where: Teleconference: Skype:+9900827043965594 Dial-Up: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

9th Symposium on Identity and Trust on the Internet (IDtrust 2010) When: Tue Apr 13, 2010 to Thu Apr 15, 2010  Who: DataPortability Calendar Where: NIST Gaithersburg, MD, USA Event Status: confirmed

Identity Community Dinner RSA 2010 When: Wed Mar 3, 2010 3am to 5am  GMT+00:00 Who: DataPortability Calendar Where: Sultan - 340 OFarrell St - (between Mason St & Taylor St) - San Francisco, CA 94102 - Event Status: confirmed

Health 2.0 annual Fall conference When: Thu Oct 7, 2010 to Fri Oct 8, 2010  Where: San Francisco, California, Hilton San Francisco Union Square Event Status: confirmed

DataPortability Steering Meeting When: Tue Dec 1, 2009 4pm to 5pm  GMT+00:00 Replaces event originally scheduled for: Wed Dec 2, 2009 3pm Where: Teleconference: Skype:+9900827043965594 Dial-Up: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

DataPortability Steering Meeting When: Tue Nov 3, 2009 3pm to 4pm  GMT+00:00 Replaces event originally scheduled for: Wed Nov 4, 2009 3pm Where: Teleconference: Skype:+9900827043965594 Dial-Up: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

DataPortability Steering Meeting When: Tue Oct 6, 2009 3pm to 4pm  GMT+00:00 Replaces event originally scheduled for: Wed Oct 7, 2009 3pm Where: Teleconference: Skype:+9900827043965594 Dial-Up: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

DataPortability Steering Meeting Recurring Event First start: 2009-08-05 15:00:00 GMT+00:00 Duration: 3600 Where: Teleconference: Skype:+9900827043965594 Dial-Up: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

DataPortability Steering Call Recurring Event First start: 2010-02-10 08:00:00 PST Duration: 3600 Event Status: confirmed

Brady Brim-DeForest's birthday When: Fri Mar 5, 2010 Event Status: confirmed

Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit When: Mon Nov 15, 2010 to Tue Nov 16, 2010  Where: San Diego, CA Event Status: confirmed

MySpace devJam When: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9pm to Fri Jan 15, 2010 1am  GMT+00:00 Who: DataPortability Calendar Where: MySpace SF - 625 2nd Street - San Francisco, CA 94107 - Event Status: confirmed

Mozilla Privacy Icon When: Wed Jan 27, 2010 6pm to 11pm  GMT+00:00 Where: 650 Castro street, suite 300, mountain view, ca 94041 Event Status: confirmed

DataPortability Project steering When: Wed Jan 27, 2010 4pm to 5pm  GMT+00:00 Where: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

DPP TOS/EULA Call When: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8pm to 9pm  GMT+00:00 Who: DataPortability Calendar Where: Skype: +9900827043965594 Dial-Up: 1-201-793-9022 Room Code: 3965594 Event Status: confirmed

DataPortability Project Revenue/Spending Call When: Thu Dec 10, 2009 4pm to 4:30pm  GMT+00:00 Where: Skype Event Status: confirmed

DataPortability Project Revenue/Spending Call Recurring Event First start: 2009-11-19 08:00:00 PST Duration: 1800 Where: Skype Event Status: confirmed

Portability Policy Workshop When: Sat Oct 24, 2009 6pm to 11pm  GMT+00:00 Where: TBD, San Francisco, CA Event Status: confirmed

by Steven Greenberg (27 May) DataPortability Project Annouces Portabilty Policy -DRAFT (The DataPortability Project)

by daniela barbosa (27 May) DataPortability Project Annouces Portabilty Policy -DRAFT (The DataPortability Project)

by daniela barbosa (27 May) Press Room (The DataPortability Project)

by Anthony Broad-Crawford (24 Mar) Steering Group Telecon March 23, 2010 (The DataPortability Project)

by Adam Walsh (12 Mar) Initial Healthcare Task Force Teleconference (The DataPortability Project)

by Steven Greenberg (10 Mar) Startup Bus Portability Pledge (The DataPortability Project)

by Steven Greenberg (08 Mar) Portability Policy (The DataPortability Project)

by Elias Bizannes (23 Feb) Steering Group telecon - 23 February 2010 (The DataPortability Project)

by Elias Bizannes (23 Feb) Steering group meeting minutes from February 10th, 2010 (The DataPortability Project)

by Anthony Broad-Crawford (22 Feb) Steering group meeting minutes from February 10th, 2010 (The DataPortability Project)

by Anthony Broad-Crawford (22 Feb) Steering Group (The DataPortability Project)

by Phil Wolff (10 Feb) DataPortability.org Policy Builder - Product Requirements (The DataPortability Project)

by Steven Greenberg (10 Feb) DataPortability.org Policy Builder - Product Requirements (The DataPortability Project)

by Steven Greenberg (10 Feb) DataPortability.org Policy Builder Design Documents (The DataPortability Project)

by Steven Greenberg (10 Feb) DataPortability.org Policy Builder (The DataPortability Project)