[OpenID] foaf and openid

[Peter Williams]

Im guessing  that there is a pony in here, somewhere. I just cannot
quite grasp it.
 
Im really interested in this notion of social networking becoming a
UCI-reliance model for OpenIDs - a reliance model that goes above and
beyond the similar but different layer model that OP consumer agents
need to gauge the assurance of asserting parties. I'm particularly
interested in the FOAF angle because of its RDF orientation, being a
metadata-driven search. (Realty is all about metadata-driven http search
infrastructure, unlike the typical search-engine dominated web)

I just cannot quite follow your terminology yet, Peter being dumb.
Comment on my rewrite, please:

"The idea is simply to add a foaf link to the html representations of  
the openid resource, so that servers could use that information to  
present more information to the client."

The idea is simply to add a link to the head section of the html
representation of the openid resource that points to an RDF resource -
so that an OP consumer supporting a service provider's website could
present that information to users trying to leverage an OpenID more
widely, after login has succeeded

If this rewrite is even half accurate, the FOAF-centric RDF locator
function and the followup SPAQL query on the RDF document by the OP
Consumer would play a similar added-value to that played by OpenID
Exchange. Whereas OpenID Exchange helps a OP Provider website control
whether and which attributes are released to the trust point(s)
nominated in the OpenID Auth messages, "OpenID FOAF" would help the OP
Consumer display/control how X resources on the SP site would then be
shared with other OpenID-identified parties, once the SP session exists
for the UCI presented.

Have I got the jist? Or, am I heading the wrong way round?

The architecture would seem to elaborating is similar to the actual way
passport (OP provider) and messenger IM client (OP Consumer) actually
work today. Once I have logged into the IM network, my profile (RDF)
controls who on my buddy, profile-nominated friends, or FoaFs, can see
my status, or initiate one or other additional service with me (webcam,
P2P voip call, video link , shared gaming session, virtual group sex
between FoaFs, etc).

Is this where AOL's IM is going, with OpenID?


-----Original Message-----
From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net] On
Behalf Of Story Henry
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 5:50 AM
To: general at openid.net
Subject: [OpenID] foaf and openid

Hi,

It occurred to me recently that there was a nice and simple use of  
foaf and openid, where the two could be made to mesh very nicely and  
improove the user experience.

http://blogs.sun.com/bblfish/entry/foaf_openid

The idea is simply to add a foaf link to the html representations of  
the openid resource, so that servers could use that information to  
present more information to the client.

Now a little more advanced question would be to specify for each  
service what type of depth of access one may want to give them to  
one's foaf file. This is where a little protocol tricks could come in  
useful.

Henry


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