[OpenID] Three News Working Group Proposals on the Specs Mailing List

[David Recordon]

If you're not subscribed to the specs at openid.net mailing list (http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs 
) you probably haven't yet seen three new proposals to charter working  
groups that have been made in the past week or two.  While discussion  
of the proposals will ideally *remain on the specs list*, I wanted to  
make sure everyone knew about these proposals, took the time to read  
them over and comment if you're interested in doing so.

Proposal to create the TX working group:
	http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2008-October/002426.html
	The purpose of this WG is to produce a standard OpenID extension to  
the OpenID Authentication
	protocol that enables arbitrary parties to create and exchange a  
mutually-digitally-signed legally
	binding "contract". This protocol extension aims to be both broadband  
and mobile friendly by
	defining appropriate bindings for each use case.

Proposal to create the OpenID OAuth Hybrid Working Group
	http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2008-November/002430.html
	Produce a standard OpenID extension to the OpenID Authentication  
protocol that provides a
	mechanism to embed an OAuth approval request into an OpenID  
authentication request to
	permit combined user approval. The extension addresses the use case  
where the OpenID
	Provider and OAuth Service Provider are the same service. To provide  
good user experience,
	it is important to present a combined authentication and  
authorization screen for the two
	protocols.

Proposing an OpenID Authentication 2.1 Working Group
	http://openid.net/pipermail/specs/2008-November/002435.html
	Correct errata and update the Authentication 2.0 specification based  
upon feedback from
	public implementations while maintaining backwards compatibility with  
OpenID Authentication
	2.0 to the greatest degree possible.

I look forward to continuing to discuss all three of these proposals  
on the list and this week at IIW!

Cheers,
--David