<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">One would hope that the author of a TOS or any other document will use terms appropriate for the audience.<div><br></div><div>This is the specs list, and we (identity experts) all should know what an RP is. I see zero value in renaming it for the spec. </div><div><br></div><div>If your point is to do with UX, a guideline on contextually appropriate terms would be useful? (I agree) Is that your point?</div><div><br><div><div>On 2010-06-02, at 10:01 AM, jDavid wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">my point is that if you write up a TOS, or some other specific verbiage you are going to right now use the term 'relying party', and until you know the details of OpenID, relying party is meaningless.<div><br></div>
<div>Facebook uses the term 'partner website'</div><div><a href="http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/108">http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/108</a></div><div><br></div><div>Let's get simpler, clearer, and more human friendly.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Ubuntu has been doing a great job of cleaning little things like this up. They have set a goal to be easier to use than Mac OSX, it's a lofty goal, but it's a good one. Open Technologies don't need to be complicated to be open, let's prove that.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Dick Hardt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dick.hardt@gmail.com">dick.hardt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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> no, but if i tell my grandma, mom, brother or dad that the relying party is going to do something with her data, what is she to assume?<br>
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</div>Well, I would be telling them specific sites and not use the term relying party. Similarly I would not be using the term OpenID Provider.<br>
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> it's not a good noun. social app is better but i am sure it's not the best.<br>
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</div>Do you think that we should only use OpenID for social apps?<br>
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> let's just try to find something meaningful. i also think relying party makes more sense with browser redirects, than with how OpenID could work.<br>
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</div>If the OP is a server, I don't see how you get away from redirects. I also don't understand why you think that makes more sense.<br>
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> 3rd party site would be a more commonly used noun set.<br>
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</div>Who is the 1st and 2nd party?<br>
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