Editor, Joe Edelman
Abstract: New protocols and data exchange formats are presented to address issues in link recommendation and “feeds” relevant to users' social, location-based, and time-based situations. The aim is to create a broader, more inclusive, and more user-driven ecosystem around recommender systems and feeds. A new HTTP header ("X-Situation") is proposed, along with a cryptographic proof format ("application/relevance-claim+json") for content providers / activity providers to publish traffic and review data that establishes contextual relevance for use by recommenders. Political avenues for achieving adoption are discussed. One application regards an open web response to facebook newsfeed. (v0.3.3, parts still naive)
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