[tdwg-tag] OpenID - is it for us?

[Roger Hyam]

Hi Everyone,

Does anyone have any experience with OpenID?

http://openid.net/

Would this be a useful and simple way to provide cohesion within our  
community if one of the bigger members (GBIF, TDWG, EoL etc) acted as  
an Open ID provider?

I know there were presentations on Shibboleth at TDWG 2007.

http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/

OpenID seems simpler but does no authorization I believe (it is just  
an ID solution). Could the two be integrated for those who need to  
share notions of authorization...

I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on this.

Thanks,

Roger

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