Comments on: Content Labels, explained in plain English http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/ Enabling a Reliable, Consistent and Trusted Experience Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:52:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Emerging technology presentation on POWDER - Paul Walsh, the Irish Opportunist http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-352418 Emerging technology presentation on POWDER - Paul Walsh, the Irish Opportunist Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:35:54 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-352418 [...] going to deliver a presentation on how Content Labels (AKA POWDER) will enable more trust on the Web. I’ll have with me, a tin of Heinze Baked Beans to [...] [...] going to deliver a presentation on how Content Labels (AKA POWDER) will enable more trust on the Web. I’ll have with me, a tin of Heinze Baked Beans to [...]

]]> By: Google throws its toys out of the pram - Paul Walsh, the Irish Opportunist http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-341206 Google throws its toys out of the pram - Paul Walsh, the Irish Opportunist Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:16:11 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-341206 [...] Content Labels in IE to enable more trust on the [...] [...] Content Labels in IE to enable more trust on the [...]

]]> By: If Steve’s a comic, I’m a comic - Paul Walsh, the Irish Opportunist http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-332573 If Steve’s a comic, I’m a comic - Paul Walsh, the Irish Opportunist Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:28:59 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-332573 [...] than a minute? I can, but it has taken me more than two years to learn how to explain what the hell Content Labels are, what problem they’re solving and why I think they’ll gain mass adoption, all in [...] [...] than a minute? I can, but it has taken me more than two years to learn how to explain what the hell Content Labels are, what problem they’re solving and why I think they’ll gain mass adoption, all in [...]

]]> By: blending the mix » Blog Archive » Cool stuff i’ve been reading: January 7th http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-278880 blending the mix » Blog Archive » Cool stuff i’ve been reading: January 7th Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:42:56 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-278880 [...] Content Labels, explained in plain English - Paul Walsh explaining what could be THE next big thing [...] [...] Content Labels, explained in plain English - Paul Walsh explaining what could be THE next big thing [...]

]]> By: Paul Walsh http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-223147 Paul Walsh Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:36:38 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-223147 Steven - McAfee, like every other Trust Provider, use proprietary technology. This means it's not scalable across the Web. You'll see something similar on http://trustwatch.com - again, not scalable. Philip Hallam-Baker agreed with my last point and he's the Chief Scientist at VeriSign (who now own GeoTrust). We're very familiar with all other implementations of Trust and none of them will see mass adoption. This is the reason all the companies involved in the W3C POWDER (Content Labels) group agreed not to take out any patents. The W3C doesn't guarantee anything, but it certainly makes a massive difference. Steven - McAfee, like every other Trust Provider, use proprietary technology. This means it’s not scalable across the Web.

You’ll see something similar on http://trustwatch.com - again, not scalable. Philip Hallam-Baker agreed with my last point and he’s the Chief Scientist at VeriSign (who now own GeoTrust).

We’re very familiar with all other implementations of Trust and none of them will see mass adoption. This is the reason all the companies involved in the W3C POWDER (Content Labels) group agreed not to take out any patents. The W3C doesn’t guarantee anything, but it certainly makes a massive difference.

]]> By: Steven Livingstone http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-220730 Steven Livingstone Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:08:02 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-220730 Paul - i get this with a McAfee plug-in i got with the product - do you know whether they use such labels or whether this is purely manual just now? The image you have above is almost exactly what i get except they (McAfee) do it manually for now. Paul - i get this with a McAfee plug-in i got with the product - do you know whether they use such labels or whether this is purely manual just now?

The image you have above is almost exactly what i get except they (McAfee) do it manually for now.

]]> By: MSDN Blog Postings · The semantic web cometh...with baked beans http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-50155 MSDN Blog Postings · The semantic web cometh...with baked beans Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:57:49 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-50155 [...] I’ve been chatting with Paul Walsh of Segala a lot recently - he’s my new partner in crime at BIMA but also runs a company called Segala. I had to sit down with Paul last week to get the full deal on Segala and Content Labels. Paul has done a great job of explaining this in lay terms and when he demo’ed it to me I thought “shit, this is hot”…and the noticed he was doing it with a plugin to Firefox and wondered how we could get the same done for Internet Explorer. [...] [...] I’ve been chatting with Paul Walsh of Segala a lot recently - he’s my new partner in crime at BIMA but also runs a company called Segala. I had to sit down with Paul last week to get the full deal on Segala and Content Labels. Paul has done a great job of explaining this in lay terms and when he demo’ed it to me I thought “shit, this is hot”…and the noticed he was doing it with a plugin to Firefox and wondered how we could get the same done for Internet Explorer. [...]

]]> By: Steve Clayton: Geek In Disguise http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-50114 Steve Clayton: Geek In Disguise Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:36:50 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-50114 <strong>The semantic web cometh...with baked beans...</strong> I've been chatting with Paul Walsh of Segala a lot recently - he's my new partner in crime at BIMA but... The semantic web cometh…with baked beans…

I’ve been chatting with Paul Walsh of Segala a lot recently - he’s my new partner in crime at BIMA but…

]]> By: Podcast interviews - what we’ve been up to http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-48197 Podcast interviews - what we’ve been up to Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:29:43 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-48197 [...] Thanks to Paul Jacobson from Chilibean, I’ve been getting more practice being interviewed about Segala, Content Labels and how we’re enabling trust on the Web to improve the future of search. [...] [...] Thanks to Paul Jacobson from Chilibean, I’ve been getting more practice being interviewed about Segala, Content Labels and how we’re enabling trust on the Web to improve the future of search. [...]

]]> By: ICANN doesn’t care about child protection online http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-12119 ICANN doesn’t care about child protection online Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:47:44 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-12119 [...] Segala amongst others such as FOIS, Vodafone, T-Mobile and others, feel that Content Labels is much more appropriate. Content Labels is currently going through a W3C Full Recommendation Track to ratify the method as *the* standard for content classification and labelling. Content Labels is also being proposed as a replacement for PICS. [...] [...] Segala amongst others such as FOIS, Vodafone, T-Mobile and others, feel that Content Labels is much more appropriate. Content Labels is currently going through a W3C Full Recommendation Track to ratify the method as *the* standard for content classification and labelling. Content Labels is also being proposed as a replacement for PICS. [...]

]]> By: US Congress hearing about the future of the Web http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-699 US Congress hearing about the future of the Web Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:38:44 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/content-labels-explained-in-plain-english/#comment-699 [...] That said, technology does enable users to exclude Web sites that contain inappropriate content. Using Content Labels is the best way to enable trust on the Web in my opinion as they allow users to read more information about Web sites from the search results screen, without having to enter the Web sites. Read the post I wrote last week about Content Labels if you want the ‘for dummies’ definition. [...] [...] That said, technology does enable users to exclude Web sites that contain inappropriate content. Using Content Labels is the best way to enable trust on the Web in my opinion as they allow users to read more information about Web sites from the search results screen, without having to enter the Web sites. Read the post I wrote last week about Content Labels if you want the ‘for dummies’ definition. [...]

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