<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Oh, it does more then what I described! It is also an all singing, all dancing system for converting from identity data from various systems -- I just described how it intersected with OpenID and CardSpace :-)<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 15-Feb-07, at 12:27 AM, Scott Hanselman wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";="" color:#1f497d;="" font-family:="" calibri;="" font-size:="" 14.6667px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; ">Ah, is that all? Heh. Crisis averted. Thanks. I guess I figured since it was IBM and Eclipse that it’d be more complex and far-reaching.</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; "></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";="" color:#1f497d;="" font-family:="" calibri;="" font-size:="" 14.6667px;=""><O:P style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";="" color:#1f497d;="" font-family:="" calibri;="" font-size:="" 14.6667px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; ">Thanks,</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; "></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";="" color:#1f497d;="" font-family:="" calibri;="" font-size:="" 14.6667px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; ">Scott</SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; "></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";="" color:#1f497d;="" font-family:="" calibri;="" font-size:="" 14.6667px;=""><A href="http://www.computerzen.com"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">www.computerzen.com</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; "></SPAN><O:P style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; "></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";="" color:#1f497d;="" font-family:="" calibri;="" font-size:="" 14.6667px;=""><O:P style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV><DIV style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><P class="MsoNormal"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" tahoma","sans-serif";="" font-family:="" tahoma;="" font-size:="" 13.3333px;="" font-weight:="" bold;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">From:</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" tahoma","sans-serif";="" font-family:="" tahoma;="" font-size:="" 13.3333px;=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Dick Hardt [<A href="mailto:dick@sxip.com">mailto:dick@sxip.com</A>] </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:51 PM</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Scott Hanselman</SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Cc:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> <A href="mailto:general@openid.net">general@openid.net</A></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Re: [OpenID] Higgens</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Higgins is a InfoCard selector and has plans on speaking OpenID.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></P><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></P></DIV><DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">-- Dick</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></P></DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></O:P></P><DIV><DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">On 14-Feb-07, at 11:38 PM, Scott Hanselman wrote:</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></P></DIV><P class="MsoNormal"><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></P><DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">Can someone explain to me how Higgins[1] fits into the OpenID/CardSpace/Identity 2.0 ecosystem? I can see how OpenID/CardSpace neatly help each other, but Higgins seems like a “me too” and I’m sure I’m missing something.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; ">[1] </SPAN><A href="http://www.eclipse.org/higgins"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">http://www.eclipse.org/higgins</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; 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