[OpenID] identity url suggested formats?

[Boris Erdmann]

If you count the fact, that AOL deployed about 65(?) mio. OpenIDs of the scheme

http://openid.aol.com/<screenname>

and even

http://openid.aol.com/<user>@mac.com

into the field, you will certainly follow conventions if you go:

http://id.mayfirst.org/<username>

:-)


On 8/1/07, Jamie McClelland <jm at mayfirst.org> wrote:
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> Hi all -
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> I'm very excited about the openid stuff - great work to everyone who has
> contributed to this protocol!
>
> I've just completed a test implementation of a server for May First/People
> Link members.
>
> The URL format we are using is:
>
> http://id.mayfirst.org/username
>
> However, it seems like most folks are using:
>
> http://username.domain.org
>
> For legacy reasons, we can't use:
>
> http://username.mayfirst.org
>
> But we could use:
>
> http://username.id.mayfirst.org
>
> Hm.
>
> I prefer
>
> http://id.mayfirst.org/username
>
> Because it more cleanly separates out the domain from the username. However,
> it seems like most people use the http://username.domain.org format and I
> don't want to adopt a format that is different from what most people are using
> because it seems like it might confuse our members.
>
> I was wondering...
>
> Is http://id.mayfirst.org/username valid? If so, are there reasons to go with
> one scheme over another scheme?
>
> Any suggestions would be welcome (including a link to RTFM :).
>
> thanks,
> jamie
>
>
> - --
> Jamie McClelland
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