Explaining-the-Vision-Panel

These messages are unofficial drafts and should be treated as such.

You can find the transcripts of Tim's talks about Solid which are the basis of the key messages below. Under each key message are links to Tim's talks where he talks about that key message.

The key messages below are the raw material used to develop Solid in a Nutshell.

Solid is a standard (for a generic data store API & data storage)

• 20191027_MozFest_07:55
• 20160708_Decentralized Web Summit_32:22

Where you store your data is called a Pod

• 20191118_The-Richard-Dimbleby-Lecture.md 32:48
• 20190306_Washington Post Live_01:15
• 20191027_MozFest_03:11

Apps are separate from Pods

• 20191118_The-Richard-Dimbleby-Lecture.md 33:20
• 20190306_Washington Post Live_ 00:44
• 20191027_MozFest_04:48

Users should control their data meaning a user chooses which Pod to store what data on and which app can use what data and be able to change their mind

• 20191027_MozFest_02:05
• 20190306_Washington Post Live_00:48
• 20191027_MozFest_02:35
• 20191027_MozFest_06:05
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When a user uses an app for work the workplace decides where to store the data

• 20190306_Washington Post Live_01:27

Users can self-host a Pod or use a Pod provider

• 20191027_MozFest_03:14
• 20191027_MozFest_02:35

One user can have multiple Pods

• 20190306_Washington Post Live_01:25

Multiple apps can use the same data

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Users have an identity which doesn't track them

• 20191118_The-Richard-Dimbleby-Lecture.md 33:36

Users can have more than one identity

• 20191027_MozFest_06:12

Users can share data with other users even if they have different identity providers

• 20191118_The-Richard-Dimbleby-Lecture.md 33:45
• 20191027_MozFest_06:14

Some Solid apps will be branded as 'beneficent apps' which will use data in the interest of the user

• 20190306_Washington Post Live_02:02
• 20190306_Washington Post Live_03:55
• 20191027_MozFest_11:15

Users could pay for apps, Pods, and identity providers and are more likely to do so for the beneficent variety

• 20190306_Washington Post Live_02:17
• 20191027_MozFest_03:03
• 20191027_MozFest_11:56