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Re: Triplets on the Internet

• To: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@c...>
• Subject: Re: Triplets on the Internet
• From: Danny Ayers <danny666@v...>
• Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:53:20 +0200
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Thomas B. Passin wrote:

>> How do you identify the source, associate it with the content, and 
>> ensure
>> that the content hasdn't been modified?  The classic way of doing 
>> this is
>> with digital signatures; anyone in semweb area planning on doing
>> *anything* in this area?
>
>
> Oh, yes, it is on some people's minds.  Signed rdf files would be one 
> possibility, signatures that at least vouch for the supposed issuer of 
> some rdf could fit in, etc., but it's still early days yet.
>

Yep, fyi, Edd Dumbill has done a little guide to PGP-signing FOAF 
profiles [1]. Note the caveat:

[[
Of course, anyone can concoct a fake PGP key with your email address, 
just as they can lie about who was the |dc:creator| of a file. What 
makes the PGP signature useful is that PGP public keys hook into a web 
of trust, so you can decide how much you trust what a person with 
such-and-such a key asserts.
]]

Signing alone almost certainly isn't the whole solution, but one piece 
in a greater puzzle.

Cheers,
Danny.

[1] http://usefulinc.com/foaf/signingFoafFiles


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