I believe Andy Powell wrote up a blog entry on this possibility... Yep, he did it¹s aat http://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2007/01/repositories_an.html
-- jaf On 3/22/07 9:16 PM, "Harrison Dekker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but it seems to me that another possible > application of OpenID might be to uniquely digital identifier for authors. > In other words, the OpenID could serve as a basis for a sort of open access > authority control service (in addition to the obvious single sign-on > purpose) > > Harrison > > On 3/22/07, William Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > I hadn't been too clear on OpenID but a week or two ago I listened to a >> > recording of a talk about that explained it well. I can't find it again, >> > unfortunately, but you can take my word for it that it was pretty good. >> > >> > Is OpenID being used in libraries? It struck me that it could work well >> > for library systems that share resources: two systems that are part of the >> > same consortium or provincial/state system; two neighbouring public >> > systems that let people from one borrow at the other; academic libraries >> > that want to make it easy for visiting profs and grad students to get >> > temporary access to online resources; etc. >> > >> > Say I live in Lower Mowat but one day I'm in Upper Mowat, in the next >> > municipality (or county, or whatever) over, visiting my tailor. The two >> > library systems are separate but share their resources. I pop into the >> > library to update my Twittering friends on my inseam measurement. I don't >> > actually have an account at the Upper Mowat Library, but I log in to one >> > of their computers using my Lower Mowat-supplied OpenID identifier, and >> > the Upper Mowat system recognizes where I'm from and gives me access to >> > everything. >> > >> > Bill >> > -- >> > William Denton, Toronto : miskatonic.org : frbr.org : openfrbr.org >> > > > > > -- > Harrison Dekker > Coordinator of Data Services > Doe/Moffitt Libraries, UC Berkeley > -- jaf =============================================== Jeremy Frumkin The Gray Chair for Innovative Library Services 121 The Valley Library, Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331-4501 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 541.737.9928 541.737.3453 (Fax) 541.230.4483 (Cell) =============================================== " Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. " - Emerson
