From OpenID 2.0…Final(ly)!:
While its certainly been a long process in the making, we’re now quite excited to announce OpenID Authentication 2.0 and OpenID Attribute Exchange 1.0 as final specifications (”OpenID 2.0″).
See, I told you there was still time (yeah, okay, I wasn’t exactly convincing).
Nice work. The final specs look great, thereby once again proving the old adage true: good things come to those who wait.
I’ll be focusing on Plank until the holidays, but I’m already finding myself filling up my wish list for what I want to tackle during the break. Family first, but there’s always a few hours of the day (err, night) to geek it out.
So far, here’s what I have down. Posting it here will give me a push to get it done. :-)
Bah, with three kids, it’s not like it was going to be a relaxing vacation anyway.
Might as well just add to the fun. ;-)
As Sylvain noted before I had a chance to, OAuth 1.0 was released today. OAuth [probably] stands for Open Authentication, since it is an open protocol to allow secure API authentication in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications. I’ve been eagerly following this one for a while now. Fascinating stuff.
Now, should I rub it in and mention that, as expected, OpenID 2.0 did not get ratified at the IIW last Monday? Well, it’s on until tomorrow, so there’s still time.
One common denominator for the two projects these days is the all mighty Google, with the new Blogger In Draft (ie: beta) offering OpenID support, and Chris Messina reporting that the search/ad giant also signed the “OAuth Non-Assertion Covenant and Author’s Contribution License”.
I can almost taste the mythical open, decentralized social network of tomorrow. Can’t wait.
From Digg the Blog: Images and new categories launch tonight:
Hey everyone. Believe it or not, the dedicated images section you’ve been waiting for finally goes live later tonight. Lots of changes in this release: New universal taxonomy, new images cawler, sorting and duplicate image detection, etc.
I know someone who worked hard on this one, and must be happy to see it go out the door. Nervous, but happy.
From SciVee: Pioneering New Modes of Scientific Dissemination:
Created for scientists, by scientists, SciVee moves science beyond the printed word and lecture theater taking advantage of the internet as a communication medium where scientists young and old have a place and a voice.
See also: Video sites let scientists show off experiments.
Beta starts December 3rd 2007.
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