Yearly Archives: 2008


OpenID Board Election Results 27

I’m pleased to report that 175 out of 217 eligible members voted in the election for OpenID Foundation community board members. The election results (listing candidates and number of votes received) are as follows: Elected to serve 2-year terms: Snorri Giorgetti 106 Nat Sakimura 89 Chris Messina 76 David Recordon […]


Member Vote to Approve the PAPE Specification

The 60 day public review of the Provider Authentication Policy Extension (PAPE) Specification draft is complete.  No comments were received that the working group believed required changes to the draft specification.  Therefore, it is the recommendation of the PAPE working group that the membership approve the draft as an OpenID specification, […]


OpenID Foundation Board of Director Nominations Open 4

The OpenID Foundation is holding its first election of community board members. All members of the OpenID Foundation are eligible to nominate themselves, second the nominations of others who self-nominated, and vote for candidates. If you’re not already a member of the OpenID Foundation, we encourage you to join. Board […]


Barack Obama’s Change.gov Adds OpenID Commenting 7

As first reported by ReadWriteWeb, President-elect Obama’s website Change.gov now supports OpenID sign in for commenting on certain blog posts and sections of their site.  Change.gov uses Intense Debate to power their comment who recently relaunched with OpenID support.  As ReadWriteWeb wrote: Every other major player that has announced support […]


User Experience, Attribute Exchange and MapQuest 5

Last month at the first Content Provider Advisory Committee meeting in New York, several media companies and affinity groups identified two desired areas for improvement around OpenID: the user experience as it reaches mainstream adoption and the increased ability to exchange profile information given user consent. Since then, the OpenID […]


OpenID Japan Launches with 32 Member Companies 1

The OpenID Foundation is pleased to share that OpenID Japan has launched with 32 members including merchants, portals, educational institutions, insurance companies, manufacturing companies, airlines, and banks. This announcement is significant for several reasons: The number and breadth of industries represented by the new members The use of OpenID by […]


PAPE Specification Review Period Commencing 2

The OpenID Provider Authentication Policy Extension (PAPE) Working Group recommends approval of PAPE Draft 7 as an OpenID Specification.  The draft is available at these locations: http://openid.net/specs/openid-provider-authentication-policy-extension-1_0-07.html http://openid.net/specs/openid-provider-authentication-policy-extension-1_0-07.txt   This note starts the 60 day public review period for the specification draft in accordance with the OpenID Foundation IPR policies […]