[OpenID] Fwd: [OpenID board] The BoF at RSA

[David Recordon]

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> From: "Bill Washburn" <bill at oidf.org>
> Date: April 11, 2008 9:39:18 AM PDT
> To: "OpenID Board" <board at openid.net>
> Subject: [OpenID board] The BoF at RSA
> Reply-To: board at openid.net
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The BoF at RSA was well attended with Board members, new members,  
> applicant members, interested prospective members, and observers all  
> present.  Board directors present included: Scott, Johannes,  
> Drummond, Mike and Tony.  Others attending included Jeff Broberg,  
> Dale Olds, George Fletcher, Roger Sullivan and Brett McDowell from  
> Liberty, Pam Dingle, Charles Anders, Ashish Jain, Andy Dale and John  
> Burton from ooTao, David Clark from Youtility,  representatives from  
> member applicant companies in Europe and Japan, Canada, Australia,  
> and around the U.S.
>
> The major part of the nearly 2 hour gathering was devoted to  
> identifying and discussion of various "hot topics" and what might be  
> done.
>
> That list of topics included: (BTW, this list was not generated  
> people critical to OpenID.  It was a generous discussion amongst  
> members and prospective members of OpenID and the community who want  
> to help us.  For the most part, those who might be thought of as  
> natural critics of OpenID were listeners/observers and not overtly  
> antagonistic at all.
>
> * Dearth of Relying Parties
>
> * No help or helpfulness or guide to help
>
> * Lack of documentation
>
> * Little or no way to deal with "getting started"
>
> * Myriad interoperability problems or what I took to be the NxN  
> factorial problem that plagues prospective implementers
>
> * The whole area of Guide documents, Best Practices, Features
>
> * The presence of "so many *shoulds* rather than *musts* in the 2.0  
> specs (George Fletcher was eloquent on this point I felt)
>
> * The point of confusion when something doesn't work and it's  
> unclear whether to contact the OP or the RP or???
>
> * Security holes in the specs...
>
> * The "buttons" and other interfaces topic
>
> * No way to do an auto testing
>
> * Marketing...  Nico Popp was particularly strong and emphatic about  
> this area as our prime challenge.  He implored us to take this on as  
> the next clear issue and get a specific project identified that we  
> could then call on our board members with professional marketers to  
> help us address
>
> * The need for a "user community" discussion list or forum where  
> people can help each other.
>
> * Completion of the Local Chapters policy
>
> * Having basic introductory information on the website such as a  
> "What is OpenID?" button that would pass the "mom test" where  
> someone's parents could read a sentence or two and understand what  
> OpenID is, does, enables...
>
>
> In addition there was considerable discussion about many of these  
> and related topics with returning reference to bottom line, ROI,  
> cost savings, and business model suggestions.
>
> cheers,
> -bill
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