a new open stack: greater than the sum of its parts
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Slides from an opening overview talk I gave at the Internet Identity Workshop.TRANSCRIPT
Portable Contacts : The mis s ing piece
Effort underway to s tandardize :– c onta c t s c h e m a– dis c ove ry / a uth– c om m on ope ra tions
Focus ed on eas e & s peed of adoption– Ac tive involve m e nt from la rg e & s m a ll
p la ye rs
More info & current draft s pec:h ttp://porta b le c onta c ts .ne t
Making people data portable : it really works !
Us er s igns in with an OpenID- S ite fe tche s Ope nID UR L looks for X-XR DS -
Loca tion- S ite pa rs e s XR DS -S imple doc to dis cove r a va ila b le
AP Is
Site tries to acces s contacts API ge ts a 401- WWW-Authe ntic a te re s pons e he a de r s pe c ifie s OAuth- OAuth Dis cove ry (via XR DS ) provide s OAuth
e ndpoints
Site s ends us er though OAuth flow to grant acces s- Us e r re turns to s ite with a uthoriz e d a cce s s toke n- S ite c a n now a cce s s us e rs ’ conta c ts da ta via AP I +
toke n
http://portablecontactsdemo.janrain.com
http://www.plaxo.com/pdata/testClient