[foaf-dev] Re: [OpenID] OpenID; a single choice

[Story Henry]

Just a thought:

If the openid page pointed to the foaf file as I explained in detail  
in "foaf and openid" [1], the service one is trying to log into could  
do a quick check of one's openid relations and find one that it  
preferred.

So say I log into service S with openid

http://bblfish.net/

and this pointed back to my foaf file

http://bblfish.net/people/card

this contains

<http://bblfish.net/people/card#me>
        foaf:openid <http://bblfish.net> ;
        foaf:openid <http://openid.sun.com/bblfish> ;
        foaf:openid <http://bblfish.videntity.org/> .

If the service S then preferred the http://openid.sun.com/bblfish id
it could use that.

Henry

[1] http://blogs.sun.com/bblfish/entry/foaf_openid

On 12 Mar 2008, at 14:27, tom wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have just noticed that clickpass is now added to some sign up pages
> such as this one -> https://www.plaxo.com/signin
>
> I was a little harassed by Yahoo introducing a choice into the OpenID
> authentication process (example: "enter OpenID or click for YahooID")
> and now I see a third option ("enter OpenID or click for YahooID or
> click for clickpass"). Doesn't this just open the door for every OP to
> add a "click for X provider login" button? Is it only me that has an
> issue with this given that before long pages will be covered with many
> logos and that I'll end up having to search for the OpenID logo?
>
> I appreciate the "open" aspects of OpenID, but for the user would it  
> not
> be better to have the browser manufacturers agree on a way to store an
> OpenID and auto-direct to my OP rather than giving the user a zillion
> logos on a screen?
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
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> Tom Calthrop
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>
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>
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