[OpenID - Eu] Mission Statement

[Chris Obdam]

The OpenID EU foundation can also be a central place for filing  
complaints about OpenID providers. That can be done in combination  
with the certification?

- Chris, OpenID - Holland

On 30-mei-2007, at 18:06, Andrew Tomlinson wrote:

> Defining in the negative can be an endless task, but is good for  
> preventing ambiguity!
>
> It is really difficult to draw a good line when talking about  
> "certified" providers/implementation.
>
> Linking to someone from an openid enabled directory gives the  
> target credibility (nobody is really going to read the small print  
> at the bottom saying there is no implied certification).
>
> At the other end of the spectrum there is industry testing, strong  
> trust and provider verification. This will no doubt occur through  
> other organisations, but seems a little against the spirit of  
> decentralisation.
>
> Whether it is linking, logos or certification all forms of  
> marketing will have some credibility bleed to 3rd party sites. The  
> line has to be drawn somewhere and I think if a logo scheme can be  
> automated (in the same way as the html checkers) then it should be  
> able to provide value without needing too much management resource.  
> Something like http://www.openidenabled.com/openid/openid-tools/  
> should do the trick and get people to self certify.
>
> Andrew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Recordon, David [mailto:drecordon at verisign.com]
> Sent: 30 May 2007 16:34
> To: Andrew Tominson; eu at openid.net
> Subject: 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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