Pete, While the transaction with the IdP is about the derived identifier (sort of like that term actually), the RP uses the delegated identifier when referencing the user.
--David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Rowley Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 10:53 AM To: Rowan Kerr Cc: specs@openid.net Subject: Re: Making identities persistent? Rowan Kerr wrote: > On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 11:33 -0500, John Kemp wrote: > >> I think you need the ability for a user to change his identifier at >> the RP (as George notes below) and also at the IdP. >> > > Isn't this was already covered in the spec? You accomplish this by > creating an HTML page on some website you control with a http-equiv > meta tag in it that points to your IdP. Then you use your own url as > your Identity, even though ultimately the data is pulled from the IdP. > > So if you ever want to change IdP's you simply update your html page > with the new server. And your Identifier never needs to change. > > > Except that the spec specifies that it is the derived identifier of the IdP that is used at the RP - which means a delegated identifier actually isn't used as an identifier. That is not quite the same thing. -- Pete _______________________________________________ specs mailing list specs@openid.net http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs