Re: FOAF-like registry of individual database access rights

From: Stiofan Perkins <scccp_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:12:46 -0800
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Mike:

FOAF already contains some data encryption abilities and linking, so I am wondering if it could be modified to contain one's login and password for your database access accounts.  I'd rather leverage the current project than start another. ;^)

Regards,

SCPerkins


Mike Taylor <mike_at_INDEXDATA.COM> wrote: Stiofan Perkins writes:
 > What I'd like to see is a FOAF-like system where I can register my
 > database access rights and when I search, Google Scholar, or
 > WorlCat, or XXXXsearch, will be able to query the FOAF-like file to
 > determine if I have immediate access rights to that search result.
 >
 > Anyone want to take that on?  Talis? OCLC?,  LibraryThing?, ?????

Well, sure!

How much funding do you have?

:-)

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