[OpenID - Eu] Mission Statement

Chris Obdam chris.obdam at holder.nl
Fri Jun 1 12:36:45 UTC 2007


David,

I can the problems with mixing trademarks etc. with a certification  
programme. But the EU OpenID is not the owner of the trademark.

As I see it, the 'global' OpenID foundation is respondible for that.  
So the EU OpenID can offer some extra services like a certfication  
programme, for free as I see it.
A lot of people don not understand how to use testing tools etc. A  
simple certificate could be better to understand and with such a  
programme we can demand the connected providers to use a 'standard'  
implementation.

Greetings,

Chris


On 1-jun-2007, at 2:31, Recordon, David wrote:

> Yes, this was a lot of the reasoning behind us not having a  
> certification program, wanting to make sure the organization  
> remained neutral and it didn't seem like anyone had to pay money to  
> use OpenID.
>
> What we're more looking at is creating testing tools so that people  
> can have an official way to make sure their RP or OP correctly  
> implements the protocol.  The main difference we see between this  
> and certification is that no one is paying money to use the tools  
> nor there be a list of "compliant" providers.
>
> We just see it as hard to mix owning things like trademarks,  
> domains, etc with a paid certification program since there is the  
> potential for people to think they *have to* pay the certification  
> fee to use OpenID.
>
> --David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Snorri [mailto:snorri at snorri.eu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 6:20 PM
> To: Recordon, David; 'Andrew Tominson'; 'Chris Obdam'
> Cc: eu at openid.net
> Subject: RE: [OpenID - Eu] Mission Statement
> Importance: High
>
> Hello,
>
> Thank you Andrew for your good resume,
>
> Chris, of the beginning, I thought that the foundation was to  
> propose a certification for the "best" providers (or relying party),
> But today, my opinion is that the foundation must be always  
> neutral! Is not the first objective! (Later it will be always  
> possible to think of it, yes!),
>
> The Mission Statement of OpenID Europe Foundation is to push for  
> the "implementations" in the maximum of websites. Because true work  
> is here! (To become OP is easy ;-))
> I will appreciate that all your ideas and initiatives go in this  
> direction... (I work much to convince)
>
> What do you think about it?
>
> -Snorri
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : eu-bounces at openid.net [mailto:eu-bounces at openid.net] De la  
> part de Recordon, David
> Envoyé : mercredi 30 mai 2007 17:34
> À : Andrew Tominson; eu at openid.net
> Objet : Re: [OpenID - Eu] Mission Statement
>
> Hey Andrew,
> Those seem quite reasonable to me.
>
> One of the other things we did was explicitly define things which  
> we would not do to help scope the organization.  For example:
>  - Approve OpenID specifications
>  - Certify OpenID providers or implementations
>
> Just a good way to keep the organization growing from what it was  
> intended to do by accident.
>
> --David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: eu-bounces at openid.net [mailto:eu-bounces at openid.net] On  
> Behalf Of Andrew Tominson
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 8:54 AM
> To: eu at openid.net
> Subject: [OpenID - Eu] Mission Statement
>
> Had a go at the mission statement and put together some bullet  
> points...
>
> * The purpose of the OpenID Europe Foundation is to raise the  
> profile of OpenID for people within the European Union.
>
> * Through contact with both implementers and the general public, we  
> increase awareness, ease deployment and promote OpenID in a way  
> everyone can understand.
>
> * We are active within the wider OpenID community and through  
> contact with founders and developers, we are the European voice of  
> OpenID and represent our members when key decisions are being made.
>
> * We advise businesses to help them deliver OpenID-compatible  
> products to maximise the value of the technology for the general  
> public.
>
> Just my €0.02 worth, but as I said before I am new here ;)
>
> Andrew
>
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