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a lot more we need to do on the OpenID side when it comes to email identifi=
ers, except resolve any issues relating to IPR. =A0Do you agree?<br>
<br>
That said, how do we resolve the IPR issues surrounding webfinger (basicall=
y, all the points Chris Messina mentioned in his previous message). =A0To m=
e this hinges on the webfinger folks picking some sort of formalized standa=
rds process to work in, so that OpenID can use it properly.<br>



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If you look at XRD, that&#39;s moving forward inside of OASIS. =A0OAuth is =
moving forward inside of IETF. =A0There&#39;s the OWF, but I&#39;m not sure=
 if they&#39;re ready to &quot;house&quot; a spec just yet. =A0And lastly, =
there&#39;s the OpenID Foundation (though admitedly this seems like an odd =
place to house webfinger).<br>



<br>
So I think we should form a working group of people like you, who have<br>
already worked on this, and others who may want to work on this.<br>
<br>
But I also agree with Chris&#39;s view that we don&#39;t need more working =
groups<br>
and need to fold this into 2.1.<br>
<br>
+1. =A0I don&#39;t think OpenID 2.1 Discovery needs its own working group, =
because I can see that section being only 2 sentences (I&#39;m oversimplify=
ing, but you get the idea):<br>
<br>
</div>=A01. =A0OpenID discovery can be used on any identifier that is disco=
verable via XRD.<br>
=A02. =A0Email-like identifier discovery should use webfinger.<br>
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The only two reasons i can think of for the need of a separate working grou=
p<br>
is to maintain momentum, and to have a group people solely focussed on<br>
discovery part of 2.1.<br>
<br>
I think the people focusing on Discovery are already alive and kicking in t=
he XRD TC. =A0They&#39;re going to solve Discovery in a general sort of way=
, allowing OpenID to utilize it in a specific manner. =A0In essence, the XR=
D folks are doing most of the work already.<br>



<br>
Moving forward, we need to figure out how OpenID 2.1 is going to be able to=
 use WebFinger.<br>
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