[OpenID] Can one use Generic OpenIds

[hubert le van gong]

By doing so wouldn't you be mixing identities and roles though?

If one day I want to act as a staff member and the other day I want
to act as the chancellor of the university or the manager of the
finance department or a member of the athletics club, I'd have
to use different OpenIDs?

Cheers,
Hubert


Johannes Ernst wrote:
> I think this is a good idea. Not sure everybody agrees, but I think 
> that's an absolutely essential use of OpenID ...
>
> I would call this "OpenIDs for roles" as opposed to "OpenIDs for 
> people". Which goes with "OpenID for software agents" and, maybe some 
> day, "OpenID for RFID tags".
>
>
> On May 21, 2007, at 21:58, Peter (pt) Sefton wrote:
>
>> 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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