Comments on: Yahoo and AOL Enhancing OpenID with Data Portability via the “Simple Registration” Extension http://therealmccrea.com/2008/11/20/yahoo-and-aol-enhancing-openid-with-data-portability-via-the-simple-registration-extension/ John McCrea on the emerging Social Web Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: OpenID: Another Connect and Marketing | Not So Relevant http://therealmccrea.com/2008/11/20/yahoo-and-aol-enhancing-openid-with-data-portability-via-the-simple-registration-extension/#comment-2183 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:54:41 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=692#comment-2183 [...] started supporting some SREG values in November 2008 it was applauded but reading some of the blog posts about it, it sounded like Yahoo! re-invented the wheel. Hey, the current SREG specification is [...]

]]> By: As Online Identity War Breaks Out, JanRain Becomes “Switzerland” « The Real McCrea http://therealmccrea.com/2008/11/20/yahoo-and-aol-enhancing-openid-with-data-portability-via-the-simple-registration-extension/#comment-1464 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:26:05 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=692#comment-1464 [...] via third-party identity providers” at a time when the choices in that space are growing and evolving rapidly. So, rather than direct its own technical resources to integrating Facebook Connect and the [...]

]]> By: George Fletcher http://therealmccrea.com/2008/11/20/yahoo-and-aol-enhancing-openid-with-data-portability-via-the-simple-registration-extension/#comment-1350 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:24:54 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=692#comment-1350 Actually, the AOL SREG support works for me if I log in to Plaxo with my AOL OpenID:) I know Joseph has been having some problems and we’re looking into why. If you have problems with an AOL account please let me know.

Other sites include http://www.pibb.com (I believe Praveen mentioned that one), and http://www.jyte.com. The key is to use the openid.sreg.required, openid.sreg.optional and openid.sreg.policy_url parameters.

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