[uf-discuss] OpenID

[Thom Shannon]

but surely we can just use a class like microformats do to apply types 
to other elements? either that or a rel?

Mike Kaply wrote:
> The problem here is that there is concept of types in URLS....
>
> All parsers see is multiple URLS. We don't know which is the openid 
> URL...
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> Mike Kaply
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> On 2/20/07, John Panzer <panzerjohn at aol.com> wrote:
>> Thom Shannon wrote:
>>   > Hi,
>>   >
>>   > Forgive me if this is going over old ground, I just joined this 
>> list and
>>   > couldn't find what I was looking for on the wiki. Are there any
>>   > particular conventions emerging for embedding an OpenID into a 
>> hCard?
>>   > The openid-brainstorming page mentions using hCard on providers 
>> profile
>>   > pages etc, but I was thinking there should be a way to have your 
>> OpenID
>>   > on other profiles that can easily be consumed, allowing someone 
>> to see
>>   > you on social network A and add you on their social network B 
>> based on
>>   > you using the same OpenID.
>>   >
>>   > I'm guessing it would be as simple as <a class="url fn openid"
>>   > href="http://ts0.com">? Just wanted to know what others are doing.
>>
>> I actually have the same question.  At the moment we're doing this:
>>
>> <span class="vcard"><a class="fn
>> url"href="http://journals.aol.com/panzerjohn"
>> target="_blank">panzerjohn</a></span>
>>
>> where http://journals.aol.com/panzerjohn is an OpenID URL (or will be
>> shortly).  A live example is at
>> http://beta.journals.aol.com/panzerjohn/abstractioneer.
>>
>> I had been thinking it might be useful to be explicit about the fact
>> that the target is not just a url, but also an openid.  If people think
>> that's a good idea I can add it in to our code.
>>
>> -John
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