You can contact me at presbrey@(gmail.com|mit.edu).

Open Source Software

I contribute in some fashion, periodically or continually perpetuating the following projects.

Current

• data.fm Linked Data Store
  • based on DIG data wiki: SPARQL+WebDAV RDF and N3 by document URI. 2010.
  • somewhat related slides for DIG Seminar. August 31, 2010.
• lighttpd: fly light! web server from lighty labs
  • all development
  • my development
  • my patches:
    • Kerberos/GSSAPI Delegation Support
    • SSL Client Certificate verification
• mod_authn_webid: WebID/FOAF+SSL Authentication Module for Apache 2
• mod_authz_webid: WebID/FOAF+SSL Authorization Module for Apache 2
• mod_auth_everyone: Last-resort authn+authz "everyone" access module for Apache 2
  • HOWTO: Setting a FOAF+SSL server to run on the Amazon EC2 Cloud
• python-roqet: Python Redland SPARQL/roqet bindings
  • released at the Linked Data 2010 Product Development Lab

Past

• Nagios
  • my patches:
    • SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI)
• PyDTA: dump a Stata .dta file! Tools for interacting with Stata .dta files using native Python types.
• Tabulator Firefox Extension: Semantic Web read-write GUI
• Tabulator JS: RDF web libraries
  • contributed RDF update clients: incremental update via SPARUL, serialized PUT via WebDAV
• walk.py: breadth-first FOAF graph walker
  • spam protection via social network-based white-listing
  • comments about the work by sbp

MIT

Groups

• DIG: MIT CSAIL Decentralized Information Group
• EECS: MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• SIPB: MIT Student Information Processing Board

Papers

• Tabulator Redux: Browsing and Writing Linked Data. T Berners-Lee, J. Hollenbach, Kanghao Lu, J. Presbrey, E. Prud'ommeaux, mc schraefel. 2008.
• RDF Policy-based URI Access Control for Content Authoring on the Social Semantic Web. Joe Presbrey. MIT UAP 2009.
• Using RDF Metadata To Enable Access Control on the Social Semantic Web. James Hollenbach, Joe Presbrey, and Tim Berners-Lee. ISWC 2009.

Services

I created and maintain these services on behalf of SIPB at MIT.

• quickprint.mit.edu: QuickPrint
  • print documents to Athena cluster printers
  • usage statistics
• rdf.mit.edu: RDF Gateway
  • provides an RDF interface to a few MIT Moira databases
• scripts.mit.edu: Script Services
  • run the code and web scripts in your Athena AFS locker
  • code repository
• sipb-tor.mit.edu: Tor Service
  • surf the internet anonymously and securely using the Tor network
• sql.mit.edu: MySQL Service
  • host your MySQL databases
• webdav.mit.edu: WebDAV AFS Gateway (down)
  • access your AFS locker without an OpenAFS client
  • Project info: AFS WebDAV

Work

Current

• discov.ir: follow anything
• rdfns.com: RDF service via DNS
• sparq.ly: demo site
• qwobl.com: corporate site

Past

• Hyperscore: Compose music with a paintbrush
• Lee Memorial Health System: Volunteered here a dozen or so weeks a year when I lived in beautiful Florida
• MIT IS&T: infrastructure services programmer
• Sconex: Your High School Online
• stub.ly
  • presented at the Linked Data 2010 Development Lab