Principles

Flows

Go 'through' apps in order to access your data—without the app, you have no way to access what is yours.

Keep your data under your control at the start and give permission for apps to access it as necessary.

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"Export considered harmful" by Andy Matuschak: The difference between 'export' snapshots and 'use this data elsewhere'.
"File over app" by Steph Ango: Philosophy to create digital artifacts that last.
"Bring Your Own Client" by Geoffrey Litt: Freedom to choose your favorite application to interact with some data.
"Composability with other tools" by Gordon Brander: Why are most of our tools silos?
"Universal data portability" by Alexander Obenauer: What if you could browse your stuff in one fluid interface, without considering their differing data types?
"The future needs files" Scott Jenson: The power of files comes from them being powerful nouns.
"how we store and collaborate on our work" by Adam Wiggins: Comparing files, the cloud, and mobile apps to combine the best parts.
"Rethinking how technology uses our personal data" by Lennart Ziburski: Managing app permissions using more playful metaphors, like circle of knowledge and data permits.
"Embark: Dynamic documents for making plans" by Ink & Switch: Effortless coordinating across multiple apps.

Autonomous Data: Application architecture that respects users privacy and data ownership.
ShapeRepo: Library of 'data shapes' to promote interoperability.
Schema.org: Vocabularies for structured data.
DXOS: Peer-to-peer local-first app toolkit.
Stacks: Decentralized apps storing data on a wallet.
Linked Open Vocabularies: Your entry point to high quality and reusable Vocabularies to describe Linked Data.
unhosted: Web apps where your data stays within the browser.
Wildland: Backend-agnostic docker for your data.
PDS Interop: Encouraging interoperability between personal data stores by documenting conventions.
Sockethub: Enables web applications to use protocols traditionally inaccessible or impractical in a browser.