Hi Martin,<br>
<br>
It seems the simple solution then would be to regex '@' and replace with '.' so <a href="mailto:user@domain.com">user@domain.com</a> would become <a href="http://user.domain.com">user.domain.com</a> before being
passed to the server...<br>
<br>
Adding a bit more to this... Actually, I think this presents an
interesting opportunity. It just so happened that <a href="http://OpenID.name">OpenID.name</a>
was
still available so I've registered it and will happily accept a request
for transfer from Brad or donate it to whomever he suggests will be the
holding body (livejournal?) for the OpenID entities. What this
seems to present quite nicely a way to both create a network for each
implementation of OpenID such that setting up a server and verifying
its validity would then give you the ability to request
<a href="http://whatever.openid.name">whatever.openid.name</a> and have the zone file updated with the correct IP
or domain to redirect the requests too. By doing this a simple
data base of implementers can be created, offending members easily
tagged (e.g. those who blatantly abuse the system to take on an
appereance of someone else or for spam related purposes, etc.. at
the root of each *.openid.name could live a status.xml Atom or RSS feed
making it quite easy to maintain system wide stats using REALLY SIMPLE
TECHNOLOGIES....<br>
<br>
Brad, if you woul like to guide me to the proper person I would need to
expect a request to transfer from I will prepare this and "sign" the
papers as soon as I get them. If, for now, you want me to hold
tught, thats fine too.. I guess that would give us all a good
chance to build implementation for this into all the servers for
testing.<br>
<br>
Cheers :)<br>
<br>
<M:D/><br>
<br>
Obviously the ideas could be extended quite substantially...<br>
<br>
Either way, I do like the '@' idea... for the masses to embrace new
ideas they need to feel like its at least somewhat familiar and using
the @ email directive, even if just for show, seems to me like it could
drive it home for a lot of people.<br>
<br>
I actually have some more announcements regarding the implemenation of
the OpenID system on the .NET platform and then using this as the
primary identity scheme for the ChannelXML project -- a community
effort to decentralize the web. When I finally have had a
chance to get things to the point they need later today Iwill update
the list and takes things from there...<br>
<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/27/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Martin Atkins</b> <<a href="mailto:mart@degeneration.co.uk">mart@degeneration.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
loune wrote:<br>> Hi List,<br>><br>> As I mentioned before, the draft specs for the ID system I was working<br>> on, instead of using URL, it uses IDs similar to emails. I've just<br>> realised that such a format could also be used with with open ID. A URI
<br>> could contain the form <a href="http://user@domain/">http://user@domain/</a> and as long as the consumer<br>> passes this form to the ID server with the is_identity param, the ID<br>> server can take it and then do whatever verification with it.
<br>><br>> So the end result is that multiple people can share a website and still<br>> be identified individually.<br><br>I suppose that will work, though since the user/password URL format is<br>not technically allowed for HTTP I expect that it will not work for
<br>everyone's HTTP libraries and browsers. Internet Explorer doesn't allow<br>this since Windows XP Service Pack 2, I believe.<br><br>I would be concerned that some consumers would be unable to accept such<br>URLs, and even once they have the links they generate will be unusable
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