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Authentication and Identification (May 04 2005 02:44 GMT) - On the one hand, we have the assertion that I am a certain person. That is 'identification'. It is the specific process of attaching an identity of a presence - either a physical presence, or in the context of our current enquiry, a virtual presence. And on the other hand we have the verification - the means of proof that what I say is true, that there is sufficient evidence for my claim. That is 'authentication'. |
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Flickr's Creative Commons Area Back (May 04 2005 02:44 GMT) - Despite all the flack it has taken this week, Creative Commons can still dish out some good news. And it's this: "Flickr has reopened the area of their site devoted to Creative Commons licensed images.... (it) has gone way beyond our expectations to nearly 1.5 million photos licensed for reuse. |
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Backpack (May 04 2005 02:44 GMT) - Nifty. Launched today, Backpack will let you "plan a personal/business trip, keep track of what your competitors are doing, plan a home improvement project, collaborate on a new business idea, keep track of houses you're considering buying, gather information for a research project, keep a list of gift ideas for friends and family, brainstorm product/company names, build a list of recommended restaurants, and plenty more..." Via Rik Abel. By Various Authors, May 3, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] |
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SkillSoft Launches Next-Generation Open Architecture Initiative (May 04 2005 02:44 GMT) - SkillSoft makes news again with the launch of its new open architecture initiative. I haven't looked at it personally (why don't they ever put URLs in press releases?) but according to the statement, the initiative is "a service-oriented architecture that leverages existing learning system standards, XML and emerging Web Services standards." The statement also drops some tantalizing hints about a "mix and match" approach to e-learning systems. By Press Release, SkillSoft, May 3, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] |
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SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #85 (May 04 2005 02:44 GMT) - This month's issue of the newsletter has, in addition to its usual wealth of resources, two articles worth a read. The first recommends that authors of articles self-archived on their own site include any publication information on the article page itself. Good point. The second article looks at the problems publishers have tracking readers of self-archived articles and looks at a (bad) solution offered by Adobe whereby the PDF would report back to the publisher whenever a document was opened by a reader. "If other users object as much as scholarly users to the prospect of malign scripts in PDFs, then this prospect could kill the format. |
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Macromedia Breeze (May 04 2005 02:44 GMT) - Macromedia has launched a new version of Breeze. "Breeze 5 includes... features such as Voice-over-IP, on-demand video, and real-time, multipoint video conferencing." Robin Good gives it a positive review. By Press Release, Macromedia, May 2, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] |
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Guilding the Lily (May 04 2005 02:43 GMT) - On occupational licensing. Markets work. One person offers a product or service, a second person buys that product or service, a third person may ask the second person for a recommendation, the desire for reputation (and more business) leads most sellers to try to be ethical, competition leads sellers to offer high value for a good price -- well, you get the picture. The fact that (in general) markets work -- and work well -- makes me wonder about the supposed need for occupational licensing. Think about it: |
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