Re: New 'Login' Intent?

Mozilla Persona is also relevant here. On a certain level, Persona can
be compared with the "OpenID + WebIntents" approach I guess. There,
the RP requests a 'verified email' from the user agent.

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/persona/

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:53 PM, SULLIVAN, BRYAN L <bs3131@att.com> wrote:
> I think this is a great idea for an Intent. We should start building out the wiki (http://www.w3.org/wiki/WebIntents) with such ideas (under "Documentation for Web Intents Actions and Types"?).
>
> I suggest the Intent name be "LoginUsing".
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan Sullivan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Schepers [mailto:schepers@w3.org]
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 2:54 PM
> To: public-web-intents@w3.org; Harry Halpin
> Subject: New 'Login' Intent?
>
> Hi, folks-
>
> Forgive me if this has been discussed before.
>
> The default intents that I know about are 'Discover', 'Share', 'Edit',
> 'View', 'Pick', 'Subscribe', and 'Save'.
>
> One of the great things about Web Intents is the ability to address the
> NASCAR Problem... and one of the worst offenders of that problem is the
> identity issue, which is made worse by the fact that it's still not
> really a solved problem, so there are likely to be more iterations of
> solutions like OpenID Connect (Google, Microsoft, etc.), BrowserID,
> Twitter, Facebook Connect, etc.
>
> I propose that we have another intent, 'Login' (I don't care about the
> name... it could be 'SignOn', 'SignIn', 'SelectIdentity', or whatever).
> This would let users select from their choice of Identity Providers
> (IDPs), or to create or use a bespoke account for that specific site.
>
> A corollary to this would be 'Comment' or 'Discuss', which is often
> hosted by third-party services like Disqus.
>
> Regards-
> -Doug Schepers
> W3C Developer Relations
> Project Coordinator, SVG, WebApps, Touch Events, and Audio WGs
>

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