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    Reunión de DataPortability


    2008 - 02.14

    El día de 7 de Febrero del 2008 se reunieron en San Francisco los impulsores del movimiento DataPortability, os dejo el video que grabaron para dejar testimonio del evento. Este tema además de gustarme mucho, creo que será unos de los temas que más se hablará durante este año, igual que los servicios de LifeStreaming.

    DataPortability Meetup Notes
    Date: 2/7/2008
    Location: RapLeaf Offices, San Francisco

    Attendees:

    Chris Saad (Farady Media)
    Daniela Barbosa (Dow Jones)
    J. Trent Adams (MatchMine)
    Steve Williams (Digg)
    J. Sullivan (Mozilla)
    Rudy Rullan (Chikka)
    E. Vacca
    M. Rothenberg (Flickr)
    Ben Matcalfe
    Nitin Borwankar
    Mike McKenna (Yahoo)
    Tod Sampson (MyBlogLog)
    David Fox ([illegible])
    Daniel Riveong (e-Storm)
    Jai Decler (e-Storm)
    Brian Coldwell (Plasq)
    David Recordon (Six Apart)
    Joseph Smarr (Plaxo)
    Jim Meyer (LinkedIN)
    Gil Silberman (Peefluence)
    Phil Wolf
    Marc Canter
    Mary Trigiani (Foldier)

    Meeting Flow:

    Brief Introductions (eg, name, company, why DP matters to you).
    Short Discussion of Google Groups structure vis a vis Action Groups
    Short Discussion of the “11 Questions” document by Chris
    Short Discussion of proposed video interviews project led to…
    Discussion of “DataPortability Project Mission” led to…
    Long Discussion of what the DataPortabilty Project “is” and “isn’t”
    Short Discussion of data “portability” vs. “accessibility” led to…
    Short Discussion regarding DP Project stance on interoperability.
    Discussion of utility of Use Cases / User Stories / Feature|Functional
    Decscriptions
    Short Discusion of proposed DP Advisory Council
    Proposal for monthly meetup in San Francisco.

    Consensus Points:

    Information being produced by the DP AGs is hard to find.
    The DataPortabiltiy Project needs a more clearly articulated core mission/vision.

    The DataPortability Project promotes:

    Visibility into User Data
    Accessibility / Management of User Data
    Ownership of User Data
    Interoperability of User Data Between Systems

    Something like Use Cases / User Stories / Feature|Functional
    Descriptions will help.

    Something like “DP Unit Tests” to quantititatively determine compliance with proposed DP solutions will help

    What DataPortability Is: (in no order)
    Formalizing the discussion of what a users rights are over their data(?)
    Group is made up of individuals, companies, and organizations
    Output of DP Project is freely available
    Will define “Data Portability” generally and within context of the project
    Will help to normalize terminology used within the Data Portability space
    Will help to syncronize efforts across other Data Portability projects.
    Advocacy for Best Practices in Data Portabililty space.
    Using existing technologies, stitching them together.
    Going to define a vision for the future.
    Going to define capabilities, not technical solutions
    About research and education

    What DataPortability Is Not:

    An advocacy for a single technology solution
    Developing new technology solution.
    Going to force data into the public that shouldn’t be
    A legal entity providing legal-level precision.
    Currently end-user focused
    A lot of building blocks exist today, but not all of them.

    No Consensus:

    What version of Use Cases / User Stories / Feature|Functional
    Decscriptions will help.
    How much should DP “bless” standardized solutions to what DP suggests
    The method of “DP Unit Tests” to quantitatively determine compliance with proposed DP solutions.
    Should DP produce a single “you’re in” | “you’re out” certification?

    To Dos: (no particular / priority order)

    Propose, iterate, and finalize a clearly articulated mission / vision statement.
    Explore a more effective method for promoting / linking information being produced.
    Discuss and iterate on Use Cases / User Stories / Feature|Functional Descriptions
    Explore methods of “DP Unit Tests” to quantitatively determine compliance with proposed DP solutions.
    Explore possibility of monthly meetup in San Francisco (other locations?)