FluidDB is a platform for representing things as openly writable "social objects" stored on the web. Objects can be tagged with various types of information like text, images, numbers, locations. Anyone can tag any object, and permissions control who can see or use the tags. FluidDB allows for an open, collaborative approach to structuring and sharing data on the web.
5. Objects (in FluidDB)
represent things
Every object has a unique ID
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