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Many have tried - very recently - and seemingly stalled or failed at creating something like this with wide adoption, most notably Tim Berners-Lee with the SOLI
by usbfingers 5y ago
Many have tried - very recently - and seemingly stalled or failed at creating something like this with wide adoption, most notably Tim Berners-Lee with the SOLID protocol
https://solidproject.org/ https://solidproject.org/
https://solidproject.org/TR/protocol https://solidproject.org/TR/protocol
The roadblock is always getting major tech companies to accept it as a valid means of accessing user data.
The amount of times I've heard about SOLID on NPR or other popular mainstream newscasts only to garner little to no support is astounding. Definitely take note where others have seemingly failed here because it's an uphill battle.
- Ostrogodsky 5y ago
- tmikaeld 5y agoNot the same thing, this "Block protocol" is for HTML widgets basically, re-usable HTML/CSS/JS components for sites/apps.
- usbfingers 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30105910 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30105910 At its heart, it is very similar. Comment above does a good job at describing the distinction. It's more than just re-usable HTML/CSS/JS, that's just how they're making it accessible to others. There are entities associated with the HTML/CSS/JS mapped alongside the component, which is the core benefit here. https://blockprotocol.org/spec https://blockprotocol.org/spec for more info on how they're mapping data as entities
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- anderspitman 5y agoPersonally my hesitancy in embracing Solid is the complexity. What I really want is essentially an HTTP filesystem API for my programs. Like a modern WebDAV to replace Google Drive. All the linked data stuff might be useful down the road but I currently don't need it.
- sam_goody 5y agoThe real difference is the mindshare. joelonsoftware has bajillion readers, but he is much better known for founding stackoverflow. When SO endorses something, it will got a lot of mindshare, and becomes something that developers feel connected to. And with enough mindshare, the same project that would have been dead in the water becomes a given.
- usbfingers 5y agothis is an excellent point Sort of tangent, but the fact that Block Protocol is also managing the distribution of the resulting UI components, unlike Solid which encouraged people to consume the data independently through an API, makes it more accessible.