[OpenID] Can one use Generic OpenIds

[Peter (pt) Sefton]

Hi,

I'm new here. I have tried to find an answer to my question via the archive
and the rest of the web, but no luck.

Is it reasonable to use OpenId with generic IDs? For example could my
employer, a university have a generic ID like
http://openid.myuni.edu.au/staff which would authenticate me as an anonymous
staff member? We could then make a federation of universities who all
trusted each other staff, maybe to provide WIFI.

For other cases which required the site I am visiting to know who I am, I
could use http://openid.myuni.edu.au/staff/my.name.

Maybe I also have a role as a student:
http://openid.myuni.edu.au/student/postgrad.

In this case I would not have to even remember all these URLs - the host
site could have a kind of "Where are you from, what role do you have" form,
so I would pick my home institution off a list, then say I'm a staff member
and I want to remain anonymous, which is enough to generate the id:
http://openid.myuni.edu.au/staff

Is this being done already? Is it wrong in some way?

Peter

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