[OpenID] Purpose of OpenID Foundation and the Elections

Pat Cappelaere pat at cappelaere.com
Sat Dec 13 03:06:14 UTC 2008


The question was about the branding position of the new board.
I am not sure that the OIDF could take over that Open Stack and brand  
it... Or this is what you are advocating?
Thanks,
Pat.

On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:06 PM, Allen Tom wrote:

> Hi Pat,
>
> Is this question about branding, or a question about the underlying  
> protocols and technologies?
>
> As far as branding is concerned, my personal belief is that there  
> should be a single Open Stack Brand that includes OpenID, OAuth,  
> XRD, Portable Contacts, XMPP, and other complimentary protocols.  
> Most of the news articles that I've seen about Facebook Connect  
> refer to OpenID as the open alternative to Connect, but OpenID as a  
> technology is just a small component of the stack that is needed to  
> mimic Connect. Given that OpenID is already perceived to be the Open  
> Stack, it might make sense to just group them all into one brand  
> under OpenID name.
>
> Speaking as an engineer, in my opinion, it's far more important to  
> actually build and deploy an integrated solution than it is to worry  
> about branding. That being said, a solution called OpenID/OAuth/XRD/ 
> PoCo/XMPP/XFN/hCard deserves a catchy name.
>
> Allen
>
>
> Pat Cappelaere wrote:
>> I would really like to hear from the candidates about OpenID  
>> branding  and their position on possible brand extension with OAuth.
>>
>> What is their brand definition for OpenID and whether or not OAuth   
>> would be a natural extension?
>>
>> I really like the discussion that started with Eran and Johannes.
>>
>> Pat.
>>
>>
>>
>




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