[Web4lib] Shibboleth's implementation environment

[K.G. Schneider]

On Wed, 28 May 2008 08:36:44 -0700, "Mark Ellis"
<mark.ellis at yourlibrary.ca> said:
> Karen,
> 
> Have you looked at OpenID? (http://openid.net/what/) You mentioned Sxip
> which supports this standard in their products.  This seems to have a
> better chance of adoption in the wider world than does Shibboleth. I
> don't know to what degree these standards are complementary or
> competetive though.
> 
> As an aside, Dick Hardt's presentation on Identity 2.0 provides an
> entertaining introduction to identity issues:
> http://identity20.com/media/OSCON2005/

Mark, I would say Dick Hardt's presentation at Defrag last fall had a
compelling influence on how I do talks... he's super. (I know he based
his style on Lawrence Lessig, but Hardt just exudes "cool.") 

Yes, I should have mentioned that I am mentioning OpenID (it was break
time and my tea was ready so I hit send... I know, very bad excuse). I'd
love to know if any campuses (campii?) have investigated OpenID. Thanks
also to Ted Koppel for pointing me to the NISO best practices report.
This is mission drift, but I'm curious to know if the report influenced
Shib development. 

Karen G. Schneider
kgs at freerangelibrarian.com