<div dir="ltr">Hi Hal,<br><br>Thanks for talking on the phone. I really look forward to working with you on your ideas in the coming weeks.<br><br>cheers,<br>-bill<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Hal Warren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hal@assoclink.com">hal@assoclink.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style=""><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Hi Bill,</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I am available anytime except 3-4 p.m. EDT today (Monday), or after 3 p.m. EDT on Tuesday. In recent years my focus has been with XML and XML workflow. XML organization shapes my perspective. Please excuse my naivete with regard to OpenID, essentially we want to understand how professional societies can enhance the protocol and to better understand the Foundation's vision.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">CrossREF, along with every academic publisher, is wrestling with author identification. I wonder if OpenID can extend to include appropriate attributes to facilitate author identity? CrossREF, publishers and social networks can create value from those attributes. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">What is ResearcherID developed by Thomson Reuter? Is it appropriate to include it in the OpenID protocol? Is there advantage to ResearcherID to be a subset of OpenID?</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I also wonder if fixed definitions for OpenID entities have been developed? Can an organization, a lab, a bar of beer drinkers have an OpenID? If so, what attributes do they have? This is an area I believe the social sciences potentially can help extend and define.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Our proposed chapter organizers are as follows:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Hal Warren</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Association Link, Inc.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Manassas, VA</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Momlu Sancea</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Vintage Coding</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Locust Grove, GA</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Azalia Ramos</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Azalia Associates</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Manassas, VA</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We will also solicit Founding Board Members from the following organizations once bylaws are established:</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">American Anthropological Association</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">American Psychological Association</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">American Sociological Association</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">American Education Research Association</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">American Foreign Service</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Mark Logic Corporation</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Really Strategies</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Our mission and bylaws are subject to OIDF Board of Directors approval. At this stage we wish to define a mission. I look forward to our conversation. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Regards,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Hal</span></div>
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On Aug 8, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Bill Washburn wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Hi Hal,<br><br>Thanks for your letter. Being a former academic myself what you've got in mind is very compelling. I'd really enjoy the chance to talk with you and learn more about what you envision. All of the professional association connections you have makes it clear there are a whole host of ways we could collaborate. Are you available today or next week? <br>
<br>Cheers,<br>-bill<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 6:06 AM, Hal Warren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hal@assoclink.com" target="_blank">hal@assoclink.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Please see attached.<br> <br> <br> <br> </blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>