[OpenID] schism over cardspace

Joseph Holsten joseph at josephholsten.com
Fri Aug 31 17:43:44 UTC 2007


On 8/30/07, Peter Williams <pwilliams at rapattoni.com> wrote:
> So did we see our first schism in OpenID standards making? Any standard
> worth having has had at least 3, of course.
What thread are you referring to?

> Out of interest, how did XRDS come into OpeniD. Culturally, it seems so OUT
> OF PLACE. It's a heavy weight cousin of SAML -- in a culture that obviously
> has a thing against SAML.
Always seemed strange to me too. As a member of the convinced, I'd say
groupthink and our desire to work with inames/XRLs.

> Can someone relate why this community is so anti-SAML? I know I only met it
> _practically_ a year ago, based on downloading the sourceid.org open source
> material. On any plain reading, that SAML1.1 code is easier to understand
> and deploy than OpenID.
>
> So what's the "real beef" at issue, here?
I sure don't know, but I had always assumed it was more an issue with
the WS-* world and its affiliations with SAML.

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