Tag Archives: microformats

try { reuse; } catch (Ex) { reinvent; }

By Will Norris | Published: November 5, 2007
Earlier today, I wrote about the limitations of hCard primarily in regards to private data. After talking with Chris briefly and then reading Tantek’s thoughts on the topic, it clicked with me. I wouldn’t normally make two posts so close together about such similar topics, but I realize now these really are two [...]

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hCard is not a provisioning engine (for private data)

By Will Norris | Published: November 5, 2007
Last week I wrote about how hCard is much more appropriate than OpenID for the provisioning use-case and Chris continued that discussion, questioning why we need SREG and Attribute Exchange when hCard works just fine. So the question is, when OpenID is clearly a player in the future and part of that promise is [...]

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OpenID is not a provisioning engine

By Will Norris | Published: October 30, 2007
In talking about the future possibilities of OpenID 2.0 and the Attribute Exchange extension, James Henstridge mentions, Imagine being able to update your shipping address in one place when you move house and having all the online retailers you use receive the updated address immediately. Or changing your email address [...]

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wordpress microID plugin

By Will Norris | Published: July 7, 2006
(I was going to post this as a comment to [Richard’s post][] which I found from the [microID blog][], but then it started to get kinda long so I decided to just write this here). I’m a little confused by his use of microID in the comments. In addition to adding microIDs to the blog [...]

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