Terminology update (was RE: OP Identifier vs. OP-Specific Identifier)

[Dick Hardt]

Don't forget OP!

-- Dick

On 20-Nov-06, at 4:32 PM, Drummond Reed wrote:

> Okay, "Rich User Agent" is gone.
>
> That leaves a total of 18 terms. Of those, 6 are defined by other  
> specs:
>
> 	Canonical ID
> 	Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
> 	IdP
> 	RP
> 	User Agent
> 	XRDS Document
>
> That leaves only 12 OpenID-specific terms on
> http://openid.net/wiki/index.php/Terminology, and only 4 open  
> issues. More
> on those in other threads.
>
> =Drummond
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: specs-bounces at openid.net [mailto:specs-bounces at openid.net] On  
> Behalf
> Of Josh Hoyt
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 2:01 PM
> To: Recordon, David
> Cc: specs at openid.net
> Subject: Re: OP Identifier vs. OP-Specific Identifier
>
> I also dislike the new term "Rich User Agent."
>
> (/me goes and looks up where that term is used in the spec)
>
> In the spec there is exactly one use (new to draft 11):
>
>   Browser extensions or other Rich User Agents that support OpenID
> Authentication may
>   not detect a Relying Party's support if the value is not this value.
>
> How about:
>
>   Browser extensions or other software that support OpenID  
> Authentication
> may
>   not detect a Relying Party's support if the value is not this value.
>
> and then we don't have to define anything new.
>
> Josh
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