Roger,

No special comments on OpenID, but the ALA is expected to make use of the services of the Australian Access Federation (as they come into existence).  The AAF (http://www.aaf.edu.au/) expects to provide a Shibboleth/PKI Trust Federation on behalf of Australian research organisations.  I would expect the ALA ultimately to serve as infrastructure for connecting e.g. biosecurity officers not only with public-access data sets but also with more restricted data sets mediated via AAF services.  In other words, I have an interest in this area and in any approaches and models adopted elsewhere in the biodiversity informatics community.

Donald

Donald Hobern, Director, Atlas of Living Australia CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 62464352 Mobile: 0437990208 Email: Donald.Hobern@csiro.au