Chris, 

I have not seen any consensus to renaming v.Next to 2.x. Having said that, I 
don't think this WG needs to have a version does it?

I think this work would be really useful to the full spectrum of clients.

-- Dick

On 2010-05-31, at 3:27 PM, Chris Messina wrote:

> Mike Jones prepared the initial version of this charter, and I took the 
> liberty of renaming v.Next to 2.x, and made compatibility with 2.x an 
> explicit goal of this work.
> 
> I'm reluctant of the applicability of this work to active clients and have 
> subsequently removed this line:
> 
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for supporting for a spectrum of 
> clients, including passive clients per current usage, thin active clients, 
> and active clients with OP functionality,
> 
> Feedback welcome.
> 
> Chris
> 
> (a)  Charter.
> (i)       WG name:  OpenID 2.x User Experience.
> (ii)      Purpose:  Produce a user experience specification or family of 
> specifications for OpenID 2.x that address the limitations and drawbacks 
> present in the OpenID 2.0 that limit OpenID’s applicability, adoption, 
> usability, privacy, and security. Specific goals are:
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for less intrusive authentication 
> user experiences than full-page browser redirect,
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for controlled and uncontrolled 
> release of attributes,
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for use of identities and 
> attributes by non-browser applications,
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for optimized protocol flows 
> combining authentication, attribute release, and resource authorization,
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for use of OpenID on mobile 
> devices,
> ·        seamlessly integrate with and complement the other OpenID 2.x 
> specifications.
> 
> Compatibility with OpenID 2.x is an explicit goal for this work.
> 
> (iii)     Scope:  Produce a current generation OpenID user experience 
> specification or specifications, consistent with the purpose statement.
> (iv)     Proposed List of Specifications:  OpenID 2.x User Experience and 
> possibly related specifications.
> (v)      Anticipated audience or users of the work:  Implementers of OpenID 
> Providers, Relying Parties, Active Clients, and non-browser applications 
> utilizing OpenID.
> (vi)     Language in which the WG will conduct business:  English.
> (vii)    Method of work:  E-mail discussions on the working group mailing 
> list, working group conference calls, and face-to-face meetings at the 
> Internet Identity Workshop and OpenID summits.
> (viii)   Basis for determining when the work of the WG is completed:  Work 
> will not be deemed to be complete until there is a consensus that the 
> resulting protocol specification or family of specifications fulfills the 
> working group goals.  Additional proposed changes beyond that initial 
> consensus will be evaluated on the basis of whether they increase or decrease 
> consensus within the working group.  The work will be completed once it is 
> apparent that maximal consensus on the draft has been achieved, consistent 
> with the purpose and scope.
> (b)  Background Information.
> (i)       Related work being done in other WGs or organizations:  Draft User 
> Interface (UI) Extension. Kantara Universal Login Experience (ULX) working 
> group. RPX product design. Facebook Authentication Guidelines. Google user 
> authentication research.
> (ii)      Proposers:
> Chris Messina, [email protected] (chair)
> Dick Hardt, [email protected]
> Additional proposers to be added here
> (iii)     Anticipated Contributions:  None.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Messina
> Open Web Advocate, Google
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