Let's talk about a system for universal data discovery, that doesn't depend on any single institution staying funded or online.
Matadisco โ Decentralized Data Discovery
An open, decentralized network for data discovery built on ATProto. Publish metadata, build portals, find data.
Rashid Aziz: Extending ATproto for private data - ATProto Community
IPFS (@ipfs.tech)
๐ชฉ Introducing matadisco.org! โ a way to discover open datasets via #atproto that doesn't depend on any single institution staying online. ๐บ๐ผ We have more public data than ever (satellite imagery, climate models, genomic sequences), but finding it is still painfully hard. https://matadisco.org
Reading Proposal 0016: What atprotoโs โPermissioned Dataโ Actually Does - Nick's Blog
AT Protocol is public by default. Everything you write goes into a signed, archived, and rebroadcastable repository that anyone can read from and moves throuโฆ
Introducing ATProto Science - Cosmik Labs
Announcing atproto.science! #ATproto has huge potential for supporting new ways of doing research, so we started @atproto.science to help bring together researchers, build community, and explore what's possible when science meets cutting-edge open social network protocols! ๐งช >
๐ชฉ Introducing matadisco.org! โ a way to discover open datasets via #atproto that doesn't depend on any single institution staying online. ๐บ๐ผ We have more public data than ever (satellite imagery, climate models, genomic sequences), but finding it is still painfully hard.
Matadisco โ Decentralized Data Discovery
matadisco.org#atproto devs, I know data is public and accessible But we need more tools to help people download their data in *familiar and user-friendly* formats Data ownership is also about enabling people to use and move their data in whatever way they desire, even if they wish to take it outside the protocol
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I'd argue that having an export tool to fetch the data from the PDSes into familiar data files would be very much appreciated by the general public, both webcomic authors and readers (especially converting the block content into something clean to import anywhere they might desire)
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@masnick.com Iโm listening to your interview with @reckless.bsky.social. This third party doctrine is interesting. Do you think that atproto data would be considered properly owned by the account individual? Would be interesting implications if that public data fall under search and seizure rights.
Well, atproto *is* an open protocol so... I'm looking into an excension of the schema to allow accounts that are declaring that they're automated to optionally declare details about that automation, including an operator, a purpose, even an interaction model. Aids in both discovery and moderation!
This could be very relevant for funding the atproto ecosystem, especially once private data is supported ifp.org/unlocking-a-... "The challenge is not data scarcity, but rather barriers to ... utilizing existing high-quality data resources." also see associated funding call ifp.org/rfp-launch/
Unlocking a Million Times More Data for AI | IFP
ifp.orgRDM for ATProto Open Science
Connecting the dots on how to implement FAIR compliant Research Data Management features to the emerging Open Science infrastructure on AT Protocol.
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About RO-Crate | Research Object Crate (RO-Crate)
Lea: A Social App for Researchers - ATmosphereConf 2026
Chive | Decentralized Eprint Service
What It Means for Universities to Run Their Own PDS: The Potential of DID as Academic Infrastructure - Nightflight
Standard.site - One schema. Every platform.
