On 6-Nov-06, at 11:46 AM, Recordon, David wrote: > I see both sides of this discussion. I think John is correct that the > role of an OP really is not that different than that of SAML's > IdP. The > difference comes down to the trust model. I certainly think > reputation > networks will exist which rate OPs, RPs, users, etc and will > ultimately > be needed for a technologies with "promiscuous trust models" to thrive > in a large scale. > > I guess reading more of this is making me question if renaming IdP > really is the best thing to do in OpenID. I think if anything we all, > as a larger community, should be working to bring OpenID and SAML > closer > together versus driving them further apart.
I don't see this as driving SAML apart from OpenID. I see it as differentiating OpenID as being user-centric vs federated. The IdP has specific meaning in the federated world. A key differentiator with OpenID is that trust is not needed between the OP and the RP. It is implied and perhaps needed in the IdP / RP relationship. -- Dick _______________________________________________ specs mailing list specs@openid.net http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs