Building the open, distributed web, block by block
Great news this morning :
(…) putting XRDS-Simple into a broader context of the work we???re doing, and point out how this fits into DiSo. First, we now have OpenID for URL-based identity on the web so we can identify people between web sites; second, we have OAuth for specifically controlling who has access to your data; and third, we now have a mechanism for discovering the services and data brokers that you use in a consistent, fairly widely supported format. These three building blocks are critical to advancing the smooth and secure flow of people and their data between web sites, web services and changing contexts.
Be sure to read the philosophical and technical context, too.
