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Web 3.0 - What's Next? - OpenID PDF Print E-mail
Written by the Cyberspace Pursuit Team   
Article Index
Web 3.0 - What's Next?
the Semantic Web
Cloud Computing
the Read/Write/Execute Web
Web 3D
OpenID
the Internet - Everywhere
Closing Statements
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Open ID

OpenIDOpen Identification is an emerging standard for user identification across the web. With open identification, you will only need to maintain a single identity across the net. While you mayWe say "may" because it is highly likely that your selected "Identity Provider" can secure your personal information and password as well- if not better than- your bank.  prefer to keep your bank account under a separate password, this will make life much easier for the large number of people who are currently registered for dozens of small websites.

The video below, created by Vidoop.com, gives a great overview of the technology.

OpenID is a system of identification that simplifies registration and login by allowing you to use the same digital identity with any website or application that supports the standard. Here's how it works:

  1. When you login to a relying party A website or application that supports OpenID, the relying party only asks for your unique OpenID identifiera short code that points the relying party to your identity provider. This code is usually formatted with dot notation, e.g. "member13.ahstsa.org".. This is issued to you by your identity providerThe website that provides identification services for users. This is popularly done by commercial identity providers, but as OpenID is a non-commercial web standard, this could even be done by the user through a personal web location..
  2. The relying party then parses this identifier into a URL or XRI which points to your account with your identity provider.
  3. The relying party allows the identity provider to validate the identity of the user using either an ajax popup or redirection.
  4. Once the identity provider has verified the identity of the user, it notifies the relying party and provides any information that the relying party needs, like first name or e-mail address (assuming that the user allows the information to be shared).
  5. The user is logged in/registered without filling out long forms.