I would also point you to the Step2 work underway to help harmonize OAuth & OpenID: http://step2.googlecode.com
Chris On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Joe Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm interested in using oauth for a site I'm working on, but I'm a bit > confused about one thing. Does the oauth protocol return some sort of > permanent identifier for the user I can store locally? That way I can > create site specific profile information for the user, and every time > that they log in using oauth, I will get something I can compare my > database data to, to identify the user if they've already logged on > previously? > > > > -- Chris Messina Citizen-Participant & Open Web Advocate-at-Large Vote in the OpenID Board Election! http://tr.im/vote_oidf factoryjoe.com # diso-project.org citizenagency.com # vidoop.com This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OAuth" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/oauth?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
