[OpenID] Purpose of OpenID Foundation and the Elections

[Allen Tom]

Hi Pat,

Is this question about branding, or a question about the underlying 
protocols and technologies?

As far as branding is concerned, my personal belief is that there should 
be a single Open Stack Brand that includes OpenID, OAuth, XRD, Portable 
Contacts, XMPP, and other complimentary protocols. Most of the news 
articles that I've seen about Facebook Connect refer to OpenID as the 
open alternative to Connect, but OpenID as a technology is just a small 
component of the stack that is needed to mimic Connect. Given that 
OpenID is already perceived to be the Open Stack, it might make sense to 
just group them all into one brand under OpenID name.

Speaking as an engineer, in my opinion, it's far more important to 
actually build and deploy an integrated solution than it is to worry 
about branding. That being said, a solution called 
OpenID/OAuth/XRD/PoCo/XMPP/XFN/hCard deserves a catchy name.

Allen


Pat Cappelaere wrote:
> I would really like to hear from the candidates about OpenID branding  
> and their position on possible brand extension with OAuth.
>
> What is their brand definition for OpenID and whether or not OAuth  
> would be a natural extension?
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> I really like the discussion that started with Eran and Johannes.
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> Pat.
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