One would hope that the author of a TOS or any other document will use terms appropriate for the audience.
This is the specs list, and we (identity experts) all should know what an RP is. I see zero value in renaming it for the spec. If your point is to do with UX, a guideline on contextually appropriate terms would be useful? (I agree) Is that your point? On 2010-06-02, at 10:01 AM, jDavid wrote: > my point is that if you write up a TOS, or some other specific verbiage you > are going to right now use the term 'relying party', and until you know the > details of OpenID, relying party is meaningless. > > Facebook uses the term 'partner website' > http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/108 > > Let's get simpler, clearer, and more human friendly. > > Ubuntu has been doing a great job of cleaning little things like this up. > They have set a goal to be easier to use than Mac OSX, it's a lofty goal, but > it's a good one. Open Technologies don't need to be complicated to be open, > let's prove that. > > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Dick Hardt <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2010-06-02, at 9:22 AM, jDavid wrote: > > > no, but if i tell my grandma, mom, brother or dad that the relying party is > > going to do something with her data, what is she to assume? > > Well, I would be telling them specific sites and not use the term relying > party. Similarly I would not be using the term OpenID Provider. > > > > > it's not a good noun. social app is better but i am sure it's not the best. > > Do you think that we should only use OpenID for social apps? > > > let's just try to find something meaningful. i also think relying party > > makes more sense with browser redirects, than with how OpenID could work. > > If the OP is a server, I don't see how you get away from redirects. I also > don't understand why you think that makes more sense. > > > > > 3rd party site would be a more commonly used noun set. > > Who is the 1st and 2nd party? > > > > > -- > -- > Justin Kruger -- > Unity Technologies ( unity3d.com) > Social Media Software Engineer - > San Francisco, CA > > http://jDavid.net > http://twitter.com/jdavid > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/jdavid > > [email protected] > > jdavid > > http://untemplater.com/ > MANIFESTO - "Create True Happiness Living a life that you Consciously Choose > for Yourself."
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