[foaf-dev] Re: privacy and open data

[Julian Bond]

Benjamin Nowack <bnowack at semsol.com> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:51:08
>That's as simple and close to existing mechanisms as I could get it.
>Unlike OpenID and oAuth, there is no need for redirects, so RDFAuth works
>for non-browser agents, which was my main requirement.

I feel like I'm missing something here. oAuth was built specifically to 
enable non-browser agents and non-UI applications to have good 
authentication. And it feels like you're re-inventing oAuth. And I'm not 
sure why.

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