Tag Archives: hcard

It’s high time we moved to URL-based identifiers

Jan 3rd – 11pm

Ugh, I had promised not to read TechMeme anymore, and I’ve actually kept to my promise since then… until today. And as soon as I finish this post, I’m back on the wagon, but for now, it’s useful to point to the ongoing Scoble debacle for context and for backstory.
In a nutshell, Robert Scoble has [...]

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hCard for OpenID Simple Registration and Attribute Exchange

Nov 1st – 7pm

One of the many promises of OpenID is the ability to more easily federate profile information from an identity provider to secondary consumer applications. A simple example of this is when you fill out a basic personal profile on a new social network: if you’ve ever typed your name, birthday, address and your dog’s name [...]

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