Re: YADIS in one sentence

I agree with David.  How about:

"YADIS is a service discovery protocol that enables identity system
interoperability."

Brian Ellin


On 2/16/06, Johannes Ernst <jernst+lists.danga.com@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So you would change his sentence into ...? ;-)
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> On Feb 16, 2006, at 11:07, David Recordon wrote:
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> > It isn't just identity though.  Really it is just service discovery,
> > whether that be for identity as we talk about it today, identity as in
> > FOAF, or any other resource a web site might provide such as RSS
> > feeds.
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> > --David
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: yadis-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:yadis-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eugene Eric Kim
> > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:53 AM
> > To: YADIS List
> > Subject: Re: YADIS in one sentence
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> > "YADIS lets you support multiple identity systems interoperably."
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> > -Eugene
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> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:48:56AM -0800, Johannes Ernst wrote:
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> >> I'd like to come up with a one-sentence description of what YADIS is
> >> all about.
> >>
> >> Fill in the blanks:
> >> "Our product uses YADIS, which is _______."
> >> "He is also involved in YADIS, the ________."
> >> "Your choices include Liberty, WS-*, and YADIS, .________."
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> >> The best I've come up with so far is: "YADIS, the emerging
> >> interoperability layer for decentralized, user-controlled digital
> >> identity".
> >>
> >> Can you do better? (I hope ...)
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> > --
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> > Eugene Eric Kim ......................... http://public.xdi.org/=eekim
> > Blue Oxen Associates ........................ http://www.blueoxen.com/
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> Johannes Ernst
> NetMesh Inc.
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