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Pods and Resources

What is a Pod?​

A pod (Personal Online Data Store) is a user's data container. Each user gets their own pod with:

  • A WebID profile (/alice/#me)
  • Public and private containers
  • Access control via ACL files

Pod Structure​

/alice/
├── index.html          # WebID profile (HTML with JSON-LD)
├── .acl                 # Root ACL
├── inbox/              # Notifications (public append)
├── public/             # Public files
├── private/            # Private files (owner only)
└── settings/           # User preferences
    ├── prefs
    ├── publicTypeIndex
    └── privateTypeIndex

Resources​

Resources are files within a pod. They can be:

  • RDF resources - JSON-LD or Turtle documents
  • Non-RDF resources - Images, PDFs, any file type

Containers​

Containers are directories that can contain resources and other containers. They're represented as LDP Basic Containers.