Below is a summary of draft specifications for OpenIDAttribute Exchange, Attribute Types and Attribute Metadata. I will check them into SVN real-soon-now and hopefully David will have them linked off the spec site. HTML versions will be posted as separate emails for those in the US unable to fall asleep eating too much turkey!
Additionally, if anyone is interested in being a co-editor, please let me know! -- Dick +++++++ OpenID Attribute Exchange is an OpenID service for exchanging identity information between endpoints. Messages for retrieval and storage of identity information are provided. Attribute types for a variety of different identity properties have been defined, and additional types may be defined by any interested parties. The creation of new attributes in the openid.net name space is outlined in the new OpenID Attribute Types document, and involves submitting proposals for new types to a "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list that we hope to create. Although it means yet another OpenID mailing list, it will confine type related traffic away from more general discussion on the main specification list. Note that this process only applies to attributes defined in the "schema.openid.net" name space, and users are free to define their own attribute types in other name spaces. The previous list of attribute types has been turned into a set of metadata documents describing each type, which will be posted to a new web server at schema.openid.net. A new document, "Identity Attribute Metadata" has been created outlining a proposed metadata format for attribute types. The idea behind the metadata format is that each attribute type identifier is a URL that resolves to the metadata describing the type. This way, attribute types may be requested without their format or other information about them being hard coded in OP or RP applications. The metadata includes localized labels and text descriptions, data format descriptions, and information on authority, acquisition and cross referencing. The type information is encoded in XML for easy parsing, and is supplied with an XSL style sheet for a human readable translation. Document Changes The third draft of the Attribute Exchange document incorporates a series of changes based on community input and the progress of the OpenID Authentication 2.0 draft document. Chief among these changes has been an update to the way the fetch response message, the parameters of which now are incorporated into the openid name space. Other minor changes were made to clarify some points and to incorporate suggestions made by the implementation team: * "Attribute name" changed to "attribute type identifier" * Updated references to Attribute Types document * Added multiple alias support to "required" and "if_available" parameters * Extended examples to include multiple aliases * Additional documentation of the fetch response message * Additional documentation of the store response messages The Attribute Properties document, with the list of attribute properties, has been eliminated in favour of an Attribute Types document that outlines the process to define new types in the schema.openid.net name space. This will encourage more community participation in defining new types. Comments and suggestions on how to can improve these specifications are always welcome! _______________________________________________ specs mailing list specs@openid.net http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs
