[OpenID] Is Ignoring Attribute Exchange a strategic error?

Simon Willison simon at simonwillison.net
Fri Jan 19 12:10:33 UTC 2007


On 18 Jan 2007, at 17:49, Dick Hardt wrote:

> First let's make sure we are not confusing the OpenID Exchange
> proposal from Martin and the OpenID Attribute Exchange proposal.[1]  
> (AX)

It seems it would be a good idea for Martin's OpenID Exchange  
proposal to find a less confusing name. "OpenID Data Exchange" would  
at least clearly differentiate it from attribute exchange, although  
"data" and "attribute" have pretty similar meanings. "OpenID  
Transport" maybe?



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