Third Generation: Social Protocols

Social protocols are the application of second generation protocols towards problems of social relevance like content regulation, IPR, and privacy.

These tools enable others to create new applications, offer sophisticated services and to build Web markets.

No complete list of applications, but the determining factor for analysis is the degree to which the semantics and operation of social behavior/structure are captured within the data structures and protocol of the application.

It is at this point that social/legal concerns and methods have a critical relationship to technical design.