I signed up with https://signup.pod.inrupt.com/.
Then logged in to pod browser . After that I don’t know what is next. I tried to add a contact by adding the user name(https://podbrowser.inrupt.com/contacts/add) but its asking to add “WebID” what is WebID .
The webId is the solid user id. In your case it is https://pod.inrupt.com/“yourName”/profile/card#me
On other server like NSS like solidcommunity.net the webId looks like https://“userName”.solidcommunity.net/profile/card#me
The webId is permanent. With you webId you can login and are given authorization on part of the pod your are loging in.
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Hi @ThomasJ,
@bourgeoa gave a good explanation of a WebID. To give examples, my WebIDs are https://pod.inrupt.com/kevinh/profile/card#me and https://khoward.inrupt.net/profile/card#me on the ESS and NSS servers hosted by Inrupt respectively.
Some documentation relating to PodBrowser can be found at FAQ — Inrupt PodBrowser. If you have specific questions, you can reach out to Inrupt Support at Jira Service Management.
Kevin
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I also tripped up on trying to understand what WebID is, so I’m both somewhat relieved and concerned that it’s not immediately intuitive even to folks in technology.
I think I saw it in a confirmation email from one of the pods I created but not sure about all.
That certain solid pod hosts don’t utilize web id in a consistent fashion can also be confusing.
But infancy and baby steps.
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