<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Peter,<br><br>> In terms of the orginal question concerning NSTIC opportunities<br>> specific to a mix of https + openid + discovery : is there a discovery<br>> problem? And, is the NSTIC opportunity amenable to a pitch on the need<br>> for a openid-community approach to discovery (given how hard its<br>> proven to solve)? Id guess that the answer is yes, there is, and it<br>> would be well received. But, its not a basic-science grant! Its what<br>> can discovery a la openid do for it (not it for openid)!<br>> <br>> IF I was the program manager, I want to know whats hard, and what<br>> folks think the road map should be. I want some metrics to guess the<br>> future, and test whether my criteria are good policy guidelines for a<br>> national infrastrcuture. How does openid help me (not is
openid,<br>> openid connect, or this or that discovery solution the single, right<br>> religion for the world).<br>> <br>> Now, let's not forget. Most of the (pretty minimal) funds are simply<br>> for running a steering committee, not grants for technology<br>> plays. This is akind to getting the same kind of steering committe<br>> backroom vendor as runs the day to day management of IETF. I'm sure<br>> ITU and ESTI have the same kind of thing! In someways, its what the<br>> Foundation itself does for openid community, but now for a wider group<br>> of partcipants who are not tied only to web technologies, browser, or<br>> the interests (mostly) of IDPs managing user profiles. <br><br>NSTIC got $16.5 million for this year, of which it is spending $10<br>million for
pilots.<br><br>Francisco<br><br></div></body></html>