[OpenID] Yahoo's "Project Rushmore"

[David Recordon]

We did a good job of setting scope at IIW.  http://self-issued.info/?p=256

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Brett McDowell <email at brettmcdowell.com> wrote:
> What are the tangible next steps for a focused requirements development process in OIDF (charter a new spec committee?)... do we need the new IPR Policy approved before we can move forward?
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> Brett McDowell  |  http://info.brettmcdowell.com  |  http://KantaraInitiative.org
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> On Dec 2, 2009, at 4:23 PM, David Recordon wrote:
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>> Fully agreed with Brett minus the Concordia/Kantara aspect. :)
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>> And yes, Facebook has already been participating in OpenID community
>> discussions and how OpenID must evolve.  We're very interested in
>> seeing this happen.
>>
>> --David
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>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Brett McDowell <email at brettmcdowell.com> wrote:
>>> I think the question isn't about why Yahoo! would implement Facebook Connect (seems obvious... they want to connect with Facebook) but rather does OpenID (or some OpenID+ hybrid profile) an equal or superior option for integrating with Facebook today.  If not, then I'd suggest that's where the focus of this conversation should be.
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>>> Only after we can convince ourselves that we have an equal or superior alternative should we turn this into an advocacy/evangelism effort.  For now our goals might be best served by approaching this as a requirements, development, usability and interoperability effort... with Facebook and Yahoo! representatives deeply involved.
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>>> Another parallel approach might be to work with the Concordia folks on cross-protocol interoperability/harmonization between OpenID and Facebook Connect.
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>>> Brett McDowell  |  http://info.brettmcdowell.com  |  http://KantaraInitiative.org
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>>> On Dec 2, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Johannes Ernst wrote:
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>>>>> On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:46, Chris Messina wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> we need identity++!
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>>>> I'd call that, naturally, multiple personality disorder. But then, if it is post-incremented, we might have a chance ;-)
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>>>> But seriously, I think I understand the business logic for what has been announced, and that business logic is rather revolutionary.
>>>>
>>>> If Yahoo can apply this business logic, many others will follow the same logic leading to FB (a single-vendor solution).
>>>>
>>>> The questions are:
>>>> 1. why not OpenID? (and other open standards) [methinks: we don't have our act together]
>>>> 2. is anybody bothered by that? [methinks: I'm not sure, to be honest]
>>>> 3. if enough people are bothered enough about it, what are we going to do about it?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Johannes.
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