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class=817440515-12122007>When an enterprise sponsors an effort, they usually are
required to construct a business case for spending monies. This is easier if the
enterprise knows that their goals will materialize and is harder if it is
strictly an influence alone model. Since our needs aren't really about the focus
of our vertical but are all about the needs of enterprises at large, I think the
first step that would need to happen is for me to develop a better understanding
of what other Fortune enterprises the OpenID foundation already has on board or
at least has been a participant to this list in lurker
mode.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> billhwashburn@gmail.com
[mailto:billhwashburn@gmail.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Bill
Washburn<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:27 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
McGovern, James F (HTSC, IT)<BR><B>Cc:</B> specs@openid.net<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: XACML<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hi James--<BR><BR>Thanks for your note. The OpenID community,
made up of a considerable and growing number of developers, website operators,
enterprises large and small, and of course end-users, cannot be spoken for by me
alone or by the OpenID Foundation Board in any seriously comprehensive
way. Of course there are members of the community who have already
developed and are working assiduously now to provide added functionality
supporting and serving enterprise specific requirements. <BR><BR>Having said
that, I'm fully focused these days on membership and organizational efforts for
OpenID Foundation and I'm not the right person to recommend names of individuals
engaged in specific efforts to support XACML, relationship modeling, and so
forth. I'm certain individuals on the specs list will be able to address
your substantive information request. <BR><BR>From the Foundation's perspective,
however, I would certainly appreciate the chance to talk with you about The
Hartford company taking the step of becoming a pioneering member of the OpenID
community from the insurance world. I hope we'll have the opportunity to
talk soon. <BR><BR>Thanks again for your
inquiry.<BR><BR>cheers,<BR>-bill<BR><BR>Bill Washburn<BR>Executive
Director<BR>OpenID Foundation<BR>+1 707 545 4823 (office)<BR>+1 650 248 6113
(cell)<BR><BR><FONT SIZE=3><BR>
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