IDMML (was RE: Using email address as OpenID identifier)

[Drummond Reed]

> > Dick Hardt wrote:
> >
> > :-) ... that label would be more accurate. There is lots of work to be
> > done to make OpenID simpler for users. I think that what will be easy
> > for users is something provided by the browser that lets the user
> > click to initiate a login or registration. No typing is better then
> > any typing! Back when we started working on the protocols we could not
> > expect this kind of functionality to be in the browsers. Now that
> > awareness is higher, having it built into the browser is feasible. I
> > of course am biased given the work we have done with Sxipper
> > http://sxipper.com :)
> For the majority of users, this is probably the most likely path of
> introduction to OpenID. Note that it's not just about allowing the user
> to do something with one click, but also about being proactive and
> informing the user that they can login to a site with an identity they
> already have. This can be as simple as telling the browser "identity
> agent" (e.g. sxipper) which email addresses the user has and letting the
> identity agent figure out which OpenID's the user has that they don't
> even know about.
> 
> George Fletcher wrote:
>
> I think relying party sites that support OpenID could do more to make it
> clear on their home pages that they support OpenID (as often it's hidden
> behind another click). This could be as simple as some <link> tags that
> advertise support for OpenID. Maybe a <link> to the XRDS doc describing
> the services of the site. Then the identity agent can discover the
> relying party OpenID return_to endpoint and log the user in directly.
> Can be used to solve a phishing problem and makes the experience easy
> for the user.
> 
> Some related thoughts ....
>    http://practicalid.blogspot.com/2007/06/clients-to-rescue.html
> 
> http://practicalid.blogspot.com/2007/06/passive-identity-meta-system-
> markup.html

George, I read your two posts with great interest...and then noticed that
they were last summer!

You are a man ahead of your time.

Where has discussion of your "IDMML" gone since your posts?

=Drummond