Our Mission
An empowering digital world for all Australians
Our Story
The development of the SOLID technology was initiated by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and a team of researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).
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Sir Berners-Lee had become increasingly concerned about the centralisation of the web and the concentration of power in a few large tech companies. He believed that this model was undermining the original vision of the web as an open, democratic, and user-centered platform.
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To address these concerns, Berners-Lee and his team began working on SOLID in the mid-2010s. The goal was to create a new web architecture that would give users more control over their data and promote greater interoperability and collaboration.
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Solid has extended the web to include identity management, access control and universal standards for user-centric data management.
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Solid AU is partnering with progressive organisations to foster the adoption of Solid in Australia.
Solid AU has been established to help usher in a proposed new phase of the web in Australia,
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The Solid AU leadership team includes some of Australia’s foremost Solid experts, as well as senior executives with extensive experience in nationally significant infrastructure, technology, and industry development projects.
