[foaf-dev] Discovery, ID and FOAF

[Story Henry]

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On 25 Mar 2008, at 15:22, Julian Bond wrote:
> Story Henry <henry.story at bblfish.net> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:04:29
>> If you have an openid, then it would be dead easy for the openid  
>> web page to point to the foaf
>>
>> as I describe here
>> http://blogs.sun.com/bblfish/entry/foaf_openid
>
> I think this needs some standardisation so we all do it the same way.

That is a very standard way of linking a web page to a foaf file.
http://wiki.foaf-project.org/FAQ#How_should_I_link_to_my_FOAF_file.3F

The other methods you suggest below are also good. The more ways you  
point to your foaf file the better.

> I favour a standard service type in a YADIS/XRDS file. By doing this  
> we can specify an OpenID URL, find the Yadis file there, and pick up  
> both the OpenID service provider and the FOAF location.
>
> The other parallel alternative might be to have a standard entry in  
> OpenID AX. This has the advantage that the OpenID validates the  
> location of the FOAF.
>
> If the FOAF is hidden behind oAuth we've got yet another layer of  
> indirection in there that has to be negotiated.
>
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