I agree that single sign on is something that we really need to work on. That's why I started the Webwide discussion group to try and hash out an open standard and some open source implementations. We haven't seen much action yet, but you're welcome to join.
As for storage, something like OceanStore would probably be best, but no full implementation exists yet, to my knowledge.
I feel sort of bad plugging my own group, but this is exactly the problem that SWAG is meant to solve. SWAG is the Semantic Web Agreement Group, and we bring different users of the SWeb together to try and build sets of common terms. Our current project is to build a dictionary of common terms, which you can find at:
WebNS.net.
Obviously, the Semantic Web won't work if we only have one dictionary, but it will work much better if agree on the terms we use when possible. So SWAG isn't trying to enforce terms, but merely recommend them.
We work on a process of consensus so that we can move quite quickly and new terms don't get bogged down in endless talking.
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I agree that single sign on is something that we really need to work on. That's why I started the Webwide discussion group to try and hash out an open standard and some open source implementations. We haven't seen much action yet, but you're welcome to join.
As for storage, something like OceanStore would probably be best, but no full implementation exists yet, to my knowledge.
So let's get cracking!
Obviously, the Semantic Web won't work if we only have one dictionary, but it will work much better if agree on the terms we use when possible. So SWAG isn't trying to enforce terms, but merely recommend them.
We work on a process of consensus so that we can move quite quickly and new terms don't get bogged down in endless talking.
So I hope you'll visit us, once again the address is: http://purl.org/swag/.