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(Created page with "PAC, short for Profile, Activity, and Contacts, is an attempt at a browser-supported infrastructure for social activity on the web. Social walled gardens have siloed off user dat...") |
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PAC wishes to be a user-controlled, pluggable system, where a user can mix and match which services they use for which purposes, and additionally leverage the power of the browser as a user agent to mediate data exchange negotiations with other sites and users. | PAC wishes to be a user-controlled, pluggable system, where a user can mix and match which services they use for which purposes, and additionally leverage the power of the browser as a user agent to mediate data exchange negotiations with other sites and users. | ||
* [[Labs/PAC/Psync|pSync]] is a repository for a user's personal profile data, and | * [[Labs/PAC/Psync|pSync]] is a repository for a user's personal profile data. From their profile server, a user can license select portions of their identity and personal data (such as Delta and Contacts) to interested parties. | ||
* [[Labs/PAC/Delta|Delta]] is a tool for connecting a user's various social activity streams. From this intersection | * [[Labs/PAC/Delta|Delta]] is a tool for connecting a user's various social activity streams. From this stream intersection point, a user can license relevant pieces of their selected streams to interested parties. | ||
* [[Labs/PAC/Contacts|Contacts]] is a repository of a user's social connections across | * [[Labs/PAC/Contacts|Contacts]] is a repository of a user's social connections across sites. From this address book, a user can let interested sites know pieces of their social graph, potentially organized into groups. | ||
other connected projects: | |||
* [[Labs/F1|F1]] is a browser extension that allows you to share links in a fast and fun way. Share links from within the browser without leaving the page using the same services you already know and love. | |||
* [[Sync]] is a set of software components and specifications that synchronize data between multiple Mozilla product instances. | |||
* [[Labs/Contacts|The Contacts Add-on]] is Mozilla Labs experiment with adding contacts to the web browser. The add-on provides an in-browser application to view contact data and discover social web services, and a set of APIs to add-on developers and web content to interact with contact data. | |||
* Firefox Chat, a (planned?) project to bring (XMPP?) chat to the browser. | |||