Data Portability at Social Media Camp Seattle

Data Portability

Jason KellyAkona Consulting

Data Portability

For Users:• Auto-fill your profile on a new site• Your network follows you• Standard way to talk about privacy• Never type your password for Site B into

Site A

Data Portability

For Developers and Marketers:• Open standards breed new opportunities• Faster time to market• Get rid of the lag after signup• Better social marketing!

The Value of Lock-in

• Why would social networks want THEIR data to be portable?

• Don’t the big players need lock-in?

Open Authentication

Microformats

APIs

Privacy

Facebook

Google adopts oAuth

Microsoft – Windows Live Contacts

Microsoft – Windows Live Contacts

First Steps

What you can do

• Be Open – lock-in is so over• Provide APIs• Consume APIs• Use Microformats, FOAF, other standards• Support DataPortability.org

Questions & Conversation