I think we should be open (pun intended) to making changes. I really like the OpenID Provider -> shortens to OP, and is very specific on what it does. I have always found IdP to be a misnomer, and have mentioned it in the past. Now we have a great candidate, that provides more clarity, and it should be a simple search and replace, and does not affect any code.
Agreed the user friendly terms may take some more discussion. -- Dick On 15-Oct-06, at 11:58 AM, Recordon, David wrote: > I'd really prefer not to change terminology in the spec right now. > Seems like something we should have thought about four months ago > versus > a week after we said it would be final. There is nothing saying user > friendly terms that map to spec terms can't be created for the time > being. I do however think there will need to be healthy discussion > around them, that takes longer than a week. :) > > --David > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Drummond Reed > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:43 PM > To: 'Johannes Ernst'; specs@openid.net > Subject: IdP term in spec (was RE: Delegation discussion summary) > > Suggestion: sidestep the issue completely and in the spec -- and > everywhere else -- just call it OpenID provider. It's a simple > concatenation of "OpenID" and "service provider", so everyone gets it, > but nobody will associate it with SAML or federation or anything else. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Johannes Ernst > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:37 PM > To: specs@openid.net > Subject: Re: Delegation discussion summary > > We call it "identity host" at NetMesh. It's close enough to "identity > provider" so people understand it quickly, but does not have the > "provider" part to it (duh). > > On Oct 14, 2006, at 20:46, Scott Kveton wrote: > >>> I would propose that the term "Homesite" be used when prompting the >>> user to type in their IdP. I think the term "Identity Provider" is >>> overloaded and not user friendly. >> >> As per my last email I feel the same way about "identity provider" >> as well >> ... I agree with Dick; too overloaded and not user friendly. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> specs mailing list >> specs@openid.net >> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs > > Johannes Ernst > NetMesh Inc. > > > _______________________________________________ > specs mailing list > specs@openid.net > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs > > _______________________________________________ > specs mailing list > specs@openid.net > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs > > _______________________________________________ specs mailing list specs@openid.net http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs