RE: [dix] Re: Dix & OpenId?

[Dan Connolly <connolly at w3.org>]

Oh... I neglected to mention...

I'm very pleased to hear that Sxip and OpenID folks are talking...
Here's hoping they'll save me the trouble of having to figure
out exactly how the 2 protocols are different ;-)

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dick Hardt [mailto:dick at sxip.com] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:52 AM
> > To: David Fuelling
> > Cc: 'Digital Identity Exchange'
> > Subject: [dix] Re: Dix & OpenId?
> > 
> > On 9-Aug-06, at 7:14 AM, David Fuelling wrote:
> > > The OpenId 2.0 draft spec has many similar components to 
> > the DIX draft 
> > > 1 (pre-saml) spec.  In addition, it looks like Sxip Identity is a 
> > > founding sponsor of the OpenId bounty program, which seems a bit 
> > > counter-intuitive to me (although I can see the motivation 
> > of wanting 
> > > to publicize Identity 2.0 in general).  Regardless, Sxip 
> > Identity has 
> > > based Sxip 2.0 on dix, and has been a major backer of dix.
> > Hi David
> > 
> > The timing of your question is impeccable!
> > 
> > The Sxip people are working with incorporating much of DIX 
> > into OpenID 2.0. There have been a number of backroom 
> > conversations going on  (mostly with the folks at JanRain and 
> > David Recordon of VeriSign) and there is a meeting at 
> > VeriSign's Mountain View offices tomorrow if anyone on this 
> > list is interested in attending.
> > 
> > Converging the protocols seems to make the most sense 
> > (features from each were being incorporated in the other anyway)
> > 
> > -- Dick

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Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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