+1 to chartering this proposal, thanks for posting Allen! On 2010-05-21, at 6:05 PM, Allen Tom wrote:
> Per the OpenID Foundation IPR policies and procedures, this note formally > proposes the formation of a new OpenID working group. The charter and > background information for the proposed group are as follows. > > (a) Charter. > (i) WG name: OpenID v.Next Discovery. > (ii) Purpose: Produce a discovery specification or family of discovery > specifications for OpenID v.Next that address the limitations and drawbacks > present in the OpenID 2.0 discovery facilities that limit OpenID’s > applicability, adoption, usability, privacy, and security. Specific goals > are: > · enable discovery for and normalization of OpenID identifiers, including > those utilizing e-mail address syntax and those that are URLs, > > · enable discovery of features supported by OpenID v.Next OpenID > Providers and Relying Parties, > > · enable discovery of attributes about OpenID v.Next OPs and RPs, > including, but not limited to visual logos and human-readable site names, > > · enable discovery supporting a spectrum of clients, including passive > clients per current usage, thin active clients, and active clients with OP > functionality, > > · enable discovery supporting authentication to and use of attributes by > non-browser applications, > > · enable discovery of public keys, > > · enable potential mechanisms for discovering context-relevant OpenID > providers, > > · seamlessly integrate with and complement the other OpenID v.Next > specifications. > > Compatibility with OpenID 2.0 is an explicit non-goal for this > work. > (iii) Scope: Produce a next generation OpenID discovery specification or > specifications, consistent with the purpose statement. > (iv) Proposed List of Specifications: OpenID v.Next Discovery and > possibly related specifications. > (v) Anticipated audience or users of the work: Implementers of OpenID > Providers, Relying Parties, Active Clients, and non-browser applications > utilizing OpenID. > (vi) Language in which the WG will conduct business: English. > (vii) Method of work: E-mail discussions on the working group mailing > list, working group conference calls, and face-to-face meetings at the > Internet Identity Workshop and OpenID summits. > (viii) Basis for determining when the work of the WG is completed: Work > will not be deemed to be complete until there is a consensus that the > resulting protocol specification or family of specifications fulfills the > working group goals. Additional proposed changes beyond that initial > consensus will be evaluated on the basis of whether they increase or decrease > consensus within the working group. The work will be completed once it is > apparent that maximal consensus on the draft has been achieved, consistent > with the purpose and scope. > (b) Background Information. > (i) Related work being done in other WGs or organizations: OpenID > Authentication 2.0 and related specifications, including Yadis 1.0. OAuth > and OAuth 2.0. XRDS, XRD, host-meta, Web Linking, XAuth, LRDD, and WebFinger. > (ii) Proposers: > Allen Tom, [email protected], Yahoo! (co-chair) > Michael B. Jones, [email protected], Microsoft (co-chair) > John Bradley, [email protected], independent > Dick Hardt, [email protected], independent
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