MySpace Boards the Data Portability Train

Written by Nicole Ferraro

Thursday, May 8. 2008 at 02:45 PM EDT Post a comment

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MySpace announced its "Data Availability" initiative this morning -- a service the company says is the first stepping stone toward its larger data portability plan.

The call was headed by Chris DeWolfe, CEO and co-founder; Amit Kapur, COO; and Jim Benedetto, SVP of technology, who described their excitement over MySpace's role in creating a more dynamic, social Internet.

With the Data Availability initiative, MySpace users will be able to share their profile content throughout the Internet. What this means is, eventually, rather than re-creating profiles across the Web, users will be able to port their profile data onto each new Website and social service they use. "Your personal online social profile will become your Internet address," said DeWolfe.

The initiative is being built around open standards and is currently deploying OAuth, an open protocol that allows secure API authentication. "We feel open standards are key to a Web without islands," said Benedetto. "Today MySpace is no longer an independent island of data on the Web."

Get the full story at Internet Evolution.