OAuth+UAO: A distributed identification mechanism for triplestores

Abstract

The Semantic Web gives users and applications the ability to access and retrieve decentralized resources which may be stored in triplestores. This paper describes a simple identification protocol dedicated to triplestores which is universal and appropriate for the distributed environment. We propose a mechanism based on the HTTP standard, extended with OAuth Protocol and Semantic Web ontology. One can optionally adopt Transport Layer Security protocol. We present a scalable method that allows user authentication and authorization to triplestores with data integrity and confidentiality. The identification mechanism enables users to access triplestore data without disclosing authentication and authorization data. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.