OpenID Connect Clients & Solid Pods

Situation Analysis

The notion of a ubiquitous Read-Write Web lies at the core of the Solid Platforms value proposition, courtesy of its ability to provide a Javascript-based framework for developing, deploying, and interacting with applications and services where the following items are loosely-coupled:

  1. Identity – WebID
  2. Identification – WebID-Profile Document (your credentials reside here)
  3. Authentication – OpenID Connect or WebID-TLS protocols (for authenticating your credentials)
  4. Authorization – WebACLs (fine-grained Access Controls)
  5. Application Logic
  6. Data Access & Storage

That said, appreciating what it the decoupling outlined above offers requires the support of easy to understand demo collection oriented towards practical utility – without deep dives into code.

Earlier today, I published a blog post that demonstrates how our Virtuoso Platform (Multi-Model RDBMS and Middleware Hybrid) enables the following, courtesy of its use of the Solid Framework:

  • Provide Access to Privileged Linked Data Transformation Services exposed by a SPARQL Query Service Endpoint to Identities associated with an WebACL

  • Ditto with regards to a Smart Agent Service that generates REST-ful interaction Consoles from APIs documented using RDF (leveraging terms from Schema.org Vocabulary) or the OpenAPI standards

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In either case, user registration isn’t required due to the fact that existing Solid Pods (e.g., from the Solid Community, Inrupt, OpenLink [1][2] etc…) function as Identity Providers that are loosely-coupled with the Generic OpenID Connect Provider built into Virtuoso’s Authentication Protocol Virtualization Layer.

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