Solid and OSLC: similar stack, similar goals?

The Solid ecosystem enables you to use the apps you need, while storing your data wherever you want.

You own your data, and share it
with the apps and people you choose.

Solid: Linked Data for personal data management

The Solid ecosystem
The role of Linked Data
The OSLC connection

Solid: Linked Data for personal data management

The Solid ecosystem
The role of Linked Data
The OSLC connection

You can choose where you store
every single piece of data you produce.

You can grant apps and people access
to very specific parts of your data.

Separating app and storage competition
drives permissionless innovation.

The traditional way of building apps
does not work well with decentralization.

Building apps over decentralized data
requires different app techniques.

Solid is an ecosystem of data and apps
that work seamlessly together.

data pods
- profile
- photos
- comments
- likes
- …
applications
- photo album
- meeting invites
- document collaboration
- …
standards
- HTTP
- URL
- RDF
- Linked Data Platform (LDP)
- Linked Data Notifications (LDN)
- …

The Solid server acts as a data pod
that stores and guards your data.

Your Solid data pod is a regular Web server.
- a file server
- with LDP support
- with OpenID Connect authentication (OIDC)
Your Solid data pod is application-agnostic.
- All application-specific logic resides in clients.
Your Solid data pod is like your website.
- Yet your data can be opened with all apps you want.

A typical data pod can contain
any data you create or need online.

profile 👤
photos 🖼
comments 🗣
… ✨

Solid clients are browser or native apps
that read from or write to your data pod.

You give apps permission to parts of your pod.
- You can choose very precisely what they can access.
Friends give you permission to parts of their pod.
- They can choose very precisely what you can access.
Apps build a unified experience with all that data.
- Browse your friends’ pictures along with yours.

Any app you can envision,
you can build with Solid.

calendar 📅
social feed 👥
photo sharing 📸
… ✨

The Solid ecosystem is backed by Inrupt,
which aims to accelerate development.

open up the ecosystem for all
maintain common building blocks as open source
create tooling for developers
offer services and apps

Solid: Linked Data for personal data management

The Solid ecosystem
The role of Linked Data
The OSLC connection

Linked Data in the RDF model
solves crucial challenges for Solid.

If we all store our own data,
how do we connect it to others’ data?
How can apps share data,
without too many prior agreements?
How do we integrate data
from multiple data pods?

Through URLs and RDF, every piece of data
can link to any other piece of data.

PREFIX as: <https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#>
PREFIX xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
<#ruben-likes-oslcfest> a as:Like;
  as:actor  <https://ruben.verborgh.org/profile/#me>;
  as:object <http://www.oslcfest.org/#this>;
  as:published "2018-11-06T08:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime.

Link following is crucial to make this work.

Shapes (and hopefully soon semantics)
enable layered compatibility.

PREFIX as: <https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#>
PREFIX xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
<#ruben-likes-oslcfest> a as:Like;
  as:actor  <https://ruben.verborgh.org/profile/#me>;
  as:object <http://www.oslcfest.org/#this>;
  as:published "2018-11-06T08:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime.

Reasoning can bridge vocabulary gaps.

Different source data can be concatenated
(but let’s track provenance).

PREFIX as: <https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#>
PREFIX xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
<#ruben-likes-oslcfest> a as:Like;
  as:actor  <https://ruben.verborgh.org/profile/#me>;
  as:object <http://www.oslcfest.org/#this>;
  as:published "2018-11-06T08:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime.
<#axel-likes-oslcfest> a as:Like;
  as:actor  <https://www.example.org/people/Axel#i>;
  as:object <http://www.oslcfest.org/#this>;
  as:published "2018-11-06T08:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime.

You’re using Semantic Web technology?
Developers have never wanted it.

Today’s new generation of front-end developers
are not burdened by the inheritance of the past.
- XML
- Java
- Big Data
- …
They just want to build cool things.
- Thanks to Solid, they don’t need to harvest data.
They like Linked Data when show it to them!

Can developers build Linked Data apps
without exposure to raw RDF?

We could create object-oriented abstractions
for specific concepts and domains.
- Forcing data into specific shapes
  hides the benefits of Linked Data.
We need to create new developer experiences
that make programming with Linked Data fun.
- How to get them to think in graphs?

LDflex is a domain-specific language
for traversing Linked Data graphs.

const person = node('https://me.example.org/#me')

person.label
person.friends.firstName

const label = await person.label

for await (const name of person.friends.firstName)
  console.log(name)

LDflex uses SPARQL under the hood
and invokes a client-side query engine.

const person = node('https://me.example.org/#me')
const query = await person.friends.firstName.sparql

SELECT ?firstName WHERE {
  <https://me.example.org/#me> foaf:knows ?v0.
  ?v0 foaf:givenName ?firstName.
}

Through React components, we tap into
a large front-end developer community.

<div>
  <h1>Solid App</h1>
  <AuthButton popup="popup.html"/>
  <LoggedInPane>
    <p>Welcome back, <DataField data="user.firstName"/>.</p>
  </LoggedInPane>
  <LoggedOutPane>
    <p>You are logged out.</p>
  </LoggedOutPane>
</div>

Solid and OSLC: similar stack, similar goals?

Solid: Linked Data for personal data management

Solid: Linked Data for personal data management

You can choose where you store every single piece of data you produce.

You can grant apps and people access to very specific parts of your data.

Separating app and storage competition drives permissionless innovation.

The traditional way of building apps does not work well with decentralization.

Building apps over decentralized data requires different app techniques.

Solid is an ecosystem of data and apps that work seamlessly together.

The Solid server acts as a data pod that stores and guards your data.

A typical data pod can contain any data you create or need online.

Solid clients are browser or native apps that read from or write to your data pod.

Any app you can envision, you can build with Solid.

The Solid ecosystem is backed by Inrupt, which aims to accelerate development.

Solid: Linked Data for personal data management

Linked Data in the RDF model solves crucial challenges for Solid.

Through URLs and RDF, every piece of data can link to any other piece of data.

Shapes (and hopefully soon semantics) enable layered compatibility.

Different source data can be concatenated (but let’s track provenance).

You’re using Semantic Web technology? Developers have never wanted it.

Can developers build Linked Data apps without exposure to raw RDF?

LDflex is a domain-specific language for traversing Linked Data graphs.

LDflex uses SPARQL under the hood and invokes a client-side query engine.

Through React components, we tap into a large front-end developer community.

Solid: Linked Data for personal data management

How can we connect the Solid and OSLC ecosystems?

Solid and OSLC: similar stack, similar goals?

Solid and OSLC:
similar stack, similar goals?

You can choose where you store
every single piece of data you produce.

You can grant apps and people access
to very specific parts of your data.

Separating app and storage competition
drives permissionless innovation.

The traditional way of building apps
does not work well with decentralization.

Building apps over decentralized data
requires different app techniques.

Solid is an ecosystem of data and apps
that work seamlessly together.

The Solid server acts as a data pod
that stores and guards your data.

A typical data pod can contain
any data you create or need online.

Solid clients are browser or native apps
that read from or write to your data pod.

Any app you can envision,
you can build with Solid.

The Solid ecosystem is backed by Inrupt,
which aims to accelerate development.

Linked Data in the RDF model
solves crucial challenges for Solid.

Through URLs and RDF, every piece of data
can link to any other piece of data.

Shapes (and hopefully soon semantics)
enable layered compatibility.

Different source data can be concatenated
(but let’s track provenance).

You’re using Semantic Web technology?
Developers have never wanted it.

Can developers build Linked Data apps
without exposure to raw RDF?

LDflex is a domain-specific language
for traversing Linked Data graphs.

LDflex uses SPARQL under the hood
and invokes a client-side query engine.

Through React components, we tap into
a large front-end developer community.

How can we connect the Solid
and OSLC ecosystems?

Solid and OSLC:
similar stack, similar goals?