Script:

"Data Portability Project Timeline" (dp_timeline.php)

Purpose:

A page displaying a timeline of events formatted for the Data Portability Project.

Author:

J. Trent Adams (jtrentadams [AT] gmail.com)

Created:

1/28/2008

License:

none

Notes:

Initially built as a way for me to easily jam past DP-related events into the Google Groups format (which is a pain in the neck to maintain).
Added a bit more administrative controls around it so others might have a chance at using the tool.
Due to the shift from Groups to Confluence, I added an alternate display version. The Groups version included a hack to display an "off-site" icon when linking to pages not authored by DP... this feature was lost in the Confluence version... perhaps I should bring it back (if it's requested).
At some point in the near future I should probably write an RSS output version, too.

Usage:

Use the menu below (and on the top of each page) to manage the event lists.
Select the view type (eg. HTML, Confluence), then copy-paste the source into Groups or Confluence.
Menu: Timeline: HTML - Confluence | Add Milesone | Administer Milesones | Script Info

2008

April

4/25/2008 - OAuth support for Google Accounts and Contacts API

4/23/2008 - Stickers with new DataPortability logo arrive at Web 2.0 Expo

At the same time as the new logo was revealed.

March

3/04/2008 - DataPortability Speakers Bureau Created

list of people available to speak, history of speakouts, and resources for speakers.

February

2/21/2008 - Eclipse Releases Higgins User-Centric Identity Framework

2/19/2008 - First Bi-Monthly DataPortability Steering Group Teleconference

2/07/2008 - Data Portability Video Interviews Project Announced

2/07/2008 - DataPortability Project Meetup - San Francisco

2/07/2008 - Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign, and Yahoo Join OpenID Foundation Board.

2/06/2008 - Gruppo Pubblico Italiano

Italian localization of DataPortability Project documents.

2/06/2008 - Article: Data Property Rights, Not Portability

2/06/2008 - Article: Standardized Data Portability is the Next Great Frontier for the Web

2/05/2008 - MySpace Launches Open Developer Platform

2/05/2008 - Data Portability Events Directory Published

2/02/2008 - Identity Commons Working Group 2007 Q4 Report and January News

2/01/2008 - Technical Blueprint: Discovery: Draft 1

January

1/31/2008 - DataPortability Questions to be Answered

A set of questions DataPortability should answer for end-users.

1/30/2008 - The first DataPortability Report is published

1/30/2008 - Announcement: Six Apart Opens Up

Announcing a new plugin for Movable Type that allows users to aggregate, control, and share actions around the web.

1/29/2008 - Digg Joins the DataPortability Project

1/29/2008 - Implementation Projects Directory

1/28/2008 - Localization Action Group Founded

The Localization Group is in charge of providing translations of the DataPortability website, documents, FAQ pages etc.

1/25/2008 - Facebook Releases JavaScript Client Library API

1/24/2008 - Microsoft Joins Data Portability Project

1/23/2008 - Draft Charter Written based on previous fragments of information

1/22/2008 - Article: Social networks may find it does not pay to be too possessive

Financial Times (FT.com) Kevin Allen writes about data-portability, quoting Tim Berners Lee and several industry representatives about the project's potential and consequences.

1/22/2008 - Workgroup FAQ document published

1/22/2008 - Work responsibilities for Evangelism Action Group proposed

1/22/2008 - Evangelism Action Group publishes Project Directory

1/21/2008 - Roadmap for Technical Action Group proposed

1/18/2008 - Plaxo and Yahoo! Integrate joint OpenID 2 Strategy

Follow the TechMeme conversation

1/17/2008 - Publicly accessible Action Groups established, advocated and being populated

Steering Group (4 workgroup members, 0 community members as of Jan 23)
Technical Blueprint Group (1 workgroup members, 3 community members as of Jan 23)
Policy Blueprint(3 workgroup members, 3 community members as of Jan 23)
Evangelism Group (8 workgroup members, 4 community members as of Jan 23)
Implementation Group (6 workgroup members, 7 community members as of Jan 23)

1/16/2008 - Video: DataPortability - Connect, Control, Share, Remix

First DataPortability Project video, produced by Smashcut Media

(1m:49s)

1/15/2008 - Article: Mozilla CEO indicates interest in joining DataPortability

1/11/2008 - Article: What we expect from the Data Portability Working Group

Forrester strategic analyst Jeremy Owyang express his expectations from the DataPortability Workgroup.

1/10/2008 - Article: LinkedIn, Twitter, Flickr and Six Apart join the DataPortability Workgroup

Coverage by Marshall Kirkpatrick from ReadWriteWeb.

1/08/2008 - Google, Plaxo and Facebook announce membership DataPortability Workgroup

Follow the Techmeme conversation

1/03/2008 - Robert Scoble tries to scrape his contacts off of his Facebook account.

Follow the Techmeme conversation

1/02/2008 - Netscape Deeds RSS Specifications to the RSS Advisory Board

2007

December

12/22/2007 - DataPortability Action Packs drafts are defined

Information packs to help bloggers, media specialists, designers, developers and executives understand and propagate the philosophy of Data Portability.

12/05/2007 - OpenID Authentication 2.0 - Final Draft

12/05/2007 - OpenID Attribute Exchange 1.0 - Final

12/04/2007 - OAuth Core 1.0 Final Specification Released