[OpenID] OpenID Implementation

[Jason Hopkins]

I'm a bit new at this so, if possible,could someone link to pages with
resources to learn how to implement this.  From what I've learned so far,
OpenID uses difficult and non-standard methods in order to create something
which should/could be standard (i.e. a SOAP-like implementation using non
SOAP-like methods).  I'll honestly admit, I could and very well may be wrong
in my assumptions, but, would it not be simpler to create a standard
interface using simple XML practices?  Please note that I am a PHP
developer, so most of my assumptions and interpretations will come from that
perspective.  On that note, the encryption used for OpenID, is not a
standard PHP library, which, in my opinion will make it that much more
difficult to gain wide-spread use.  I like the idea of OpenID a great deal,
and hope to support it in upcoming projects, but, so long as I have to add
conditional statements just to check if a library exists (it may not seem
like much to you, but I consider it a great nuisance), I can't support it.
Anyway, I appreciate any and all answers.
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