[OpenID] Rule of thumb

[Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)]

Recordon, David wrote:
>
> Eddy,
>
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say that a RP will be forced to 
> use one of these services.  Let alone that VeriSign will run one.  
> What I'm merely saying is that I think these sorts of services will 
> come into existence where a RP can query for information about a 
> Provider or particular user.  The RP will be able to choose which 
> service they wish to query, assuming multiple exist.  I would not 
> think that openid.net is the appropriate place to run one, but there 
> is nothing stopping **anyone** in the OpenID community from creating 
> one or working together to do so.
>
>  
>
> Does that make sense?
>
Absolutely! This is what I'm trying to say all the way and I understood 
you fully well....More than that, I'm just promoting to create such a 
reputation service preferable as a community effort in order to try to 
gain the broadest support for it. So it doesn't have to be the first one 
nor the last. Obviously no RP can be forced to use it either....just 
provide the hooks for it in the standard (which you have partly done 
already) and libraries and let the RP turn it off or on.


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