Firstly I’m not using WordPress’ Press This feature any more, this is the third time I am having to post this after it ate 2 previous drafts. Maybe I should fix the GreaseMonkey script I build for /. to work on Press This.
After predicting the death of MySpace they have surprised me by adding an OpenID Identity Provider. Obviously they are only allowing you to use it to authenticate on other sites, but still is a step with others including FaceBook haven’t done yet. So I started to muse how FaceBook would be able to top it, and what I actually want from a OpenID Identity Provider:
ClaimID already has 3 of the 4, but their friend system requires some kind of social networking and as it is not a social networking site it doesn’t really cover FOAF completely. This is why integration of FOAF would be a good step for both FaceBook and MySpace.
MySpace is only acting as an identity provider, meaning that while you can use your MySpace credentials to sign into other Web sites, you cannot yet use your credentials from another OpenID provider to sign into MySpace.
Source: MySpace Opens Up First; Launches Data Availability on Flixster and Eventful
technorati tags: authentication, foaf, hcard, identity, microformat, openid, security
Tags: authentication, foaf, hcard, identity, microformat, openid, security
