IPFS and Solid

[cerebrowang]

I think most discussion nowadays happens on the forum, here's the closest post I could find: https://discuss.ipfs.io/t/tim-berners-lee-solid-project-maybe-implementation-with-ipfs/3997

Hopefully that gets enough attention that someone who knows will see it.

[melvincarvalho]

@singerswang Thanks for the pointer. I looked at the thread and there were a few different points raised. Do you have something specific in mind?

I am hoping to allow ipfs links to be bookmarked via my solid bookmarking app :

mark-book/markbook#17

In future possibly more integration and standardization around pinning.

Do you have a use case for IPFS and solid?

[melvincarvalho]

More specifically from the thread, I think the following is accurate :

The technical spec4 makes it sound as though it does not actually compete with IPFS, since everything seems to be done in the usual single-server-over-HTTP regime, which makes me think that it should be able to be used on top of IPFS instead with minimal pain. Really the decentralized part seems to be the access to the data, not the storage of the data itself, which is a key value-add for IPFS.

It's not in competition. In fact, Im an IPFS power user, I use IPFS and solid on an hourly basis, and they work well together.

One unfortunate thing is that they have come up with their own version of IPLD called Linked.

It's actually the other way round, IPLD was based on Linked Data, hence the name!

One thing I'll say is that once you hit about 10,000 files on IPFS you can run into resource problems. I've not experienced any similar issues with solid.

Would be interested in solutions here.

Another reference : #183

[MasterJames]

I am discouraged by the notion of immutibility.
If making a simple permanent edit does not waste valuable disk space then great but I think IPFS fails in those regards. Anything like a transaction should be retained, traceable, and if nessecary rolled back so then immutability has purpose and worth the sacrifice.

[cerebrowang]

@MasterJames u r wright. before i building sth, i have not say sth about it bulabula.

do before say

[cerebrowang]

@MasterJames here and see what i find https://github.com/Eximua/solid-ipfs Using Solid to store IPFS Hash privately or publicly

[MasterJames]

Seems functional. Thanks for the knowledge sharing.
Good Luck with the adventures in OSS, and here is to hoping we can count on continued mutual support.

[qertis]

What about IPLD?