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2008

May

5/30/2008 - DataPortability Governance Task Force moves to daily calls to accelerate process in support of the Legal Framework Task Force.
5/05/2008 - Legal Framework Task Force presents initial review of possible options to the DataPortability Project Steering Action Group.
5/02/2008 - Digg supports XFN, hCard and RDFa
5/01/2008 - draft of technical recommendation DP-REC-006 about profile data was created
5/01/2008 - draft of technical recommendation DP-REC-007 about Contact List Definitions was created
5/01/2008 - First DIY project started: rel="me"

April

4/25/2008 - OAuth support for Google Accounts and Contacts API
4/23/2008 - DataPortability Project reveals new logo at Web2.0 Expo
4/21/2008 - DataPortability Project launches a Task Force to explore a legal framework to formalize the organization
4/21/2008 - pydataportability 0.1 was released
4/16/2008 - Kevin Marks from Google talks about OpenSocial, OAuth and OpenID on the In-Motion Podcast and announces OAuth support for all their Data APIs
4/15/2008 - 4/18/2008 The DataPortability Logo Contest runs, winner to be announced at Web2.0 Expo
4/03/2008 - DataPortability Project launches a Task Force to define governance policies and procedures for the organization

March

3/04/2008 - DataPortability Speakers Bureau Created

February

2/21/2008 - Eclipse Releases Higgins User-Centric Identity Framework
2/19/2008 - First Bi-Monthly DataPortability Steering Group Teleconference
2/07/2008 - Data Portability Video Interviews Project Announced
2/07/2008 - DataPortability Project Meetup - San Francisco
2/07/2008 - Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign, and Yahoo Join OpenID Foundation Board.
2/06/2008 - Gruppo Pubblico Italiano
2/06/2008 - Article: Data Property Rights, Not Portability
2/06/2008 - Article: Standardized Data Portability is the Next Great Frontier for the Web
2/05/2008 - MySpace Launches Open Developer Platform
2/05/2008 - Data Portability Events Directory Published
2/02/2008 - Identity Commons Working Group 2007 Q4 Report and January News
2/01/2008 - Technical Blueprint: Discovery: Draft 1

January

1/31/2008 - DataPortability Questions to be Answered
1/30/2008 - The first DataPortability Report is published
1/30/2008 - Announcement: Six Apart Opens Up
1/29/2008 - Digg Joins the DataPortability Project
1/29/2008 - Implementation Projects Directory
1/28/2008 - Localization Action Group Founded
1/25/2008 - Facebook Releases JavaScript Client Library API
1/24/2008 - Microsoft Joins Data Portability Project
1/23/2008 - Draft Charter Written based on previous fragments of information
1/22/2008 - Article: Social networks may find it does not pay to be too possessive
1/22/2008 - Workgroup FAQ document published
1/22/2008 - Work responsibilities for Evangelism Action Group proposed
1/22/2008 - Evangelism Action Group publishes Project Directory
1/21/2008 - Roadmap for Technical Action Group proposed
1/18/2008 - Plaxo and Yahoo! Integrate joint OpenID 2 Strategy
1/17/2008 - Publicly accessible Action Groups established, advocated and being populated
1/16/2008 - Video: DataPortability - Connect, Control, Share, Remix
1/15/2008 - Article: Mozilla CEO indicates interest in joining DataPortability
1/11/2008 - Article: What we expect from the Data Portability Working Group
1/10/2008 - Article: LinkedIn, Twitter, Flickr and Six Apart join the DataPortability Workgroup
1/08/2008 - Google, Plaxo and Facebook announce membership DataPortability Workgroup
1/03/2008 - Robert Scoble tries to scrape his contacts off of his Facebook account.
1/02/2008 - Netscape Deeds RSS Specifications to the RSS Advisory Board

2007

December

12/22/2007 - DataPortability Action Packs drafts are defined
12/05/2007 - OpenID Authentication 2.0 - Final Draft
12/05/2007 - OpenID Attribute Exchange 1.0 - Final
12/04/2007 - OAuth Core 1.0 Final Specification Released

November

11/22/2007 - OPML 2.0 Specification Authored by Dave Winer
11/12/2007 - Google Groups are set up to support the DataPortability Project:
11/10/2007 - DataPortability Project is founded

October

10/15/2007 - RSS 2.0.10 by the RSS Advisory Board

July

7/01/2007 - OAuth Project Releases Initial Specification Draft

April

4/01/2007 - OAuth Project Launches Development Forum

February

2/14/2007 - AOL Developers Announce Testing OpenID 1.1

2006

November

11/01/2006 - OAuth Initial Discussion

June

6/30/2006 - OpenID Simple Registration Extension 1.0

May

5/01/2006 - OpenID Authentication 1.1

March

3/18/2006 - Yadis Discovery Protocol 1.0

January

1/30/2006 - RSS Advisory Board Founded

2004

October

10/04/2004 - IETF Publishes XMPP RFCs

2003

October

10/15/2003 - XMPP Proven as a Standard for Instant Messaging Interoperability

July

7/15/2003 - RSS 2.0 Copyright Deeded to Harvard
7/09/2003 - XMPP Recognized as Instant Messaging Standard by Open Source Community

2002

August

8/19/2002 - RSS 2.0 Authored by Dave Winer of UserLand

June

6/11/2002 - IETF Announces XMPP Working Group

2001

September

9/16/2001 - Scripting News is available in OPML 1.0

2000

December

12/28/2000 - Josh Allen Releases an XSLT Processor for OPML 1.0
12/25/2000 - RSS 0.92 Authored by Dave Winer of UserLand
12/01/2000 - RSS 1.0 Authored by the RSS-DEV Working Group

November

11/25/2000 - UserLand Uses OPML 1.0 to Support their Manila CMS

September

9/15/2000 - UserLand Releases OPML 1.0 Authored by Dave Winer

1999

July

7/10/1999 - RSS 0.91 Authored by Dan Libby of Netscape

March

3/15/1999 - RSS 0.9 Authored by Ramanathan Guha of Netscape
3/01/1999 - XMPP Development Open to Jabber Community

1998

July

7/01/1998 - XMPP Core Technology Invented by Jeremie Miller