[OSM-talk] Revert requests in general

[Tom Hughes]

On 05/08/10 14:42, John Smith wrote:
> On 5 August 2010 23:34, Tom Hughes<tom at compton.nu>  wrote:
>> On 05/08/10 14:33, John Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> On 5 August 2010 23:27, Tom Hughes<tom at compton.nu>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Err actually, please don't start OpenID support from scratch as we
>>>> already
>>>> have a branch with more or less complete OpenID support!
>>>
>>> Is that OpenID support from other sites, like Nearmap, or is that
>>> OpenID support from OSM?
>>
>> Relying party - ie from other sites.
>
> Will they still need to register with OSM?

Well of course - the OpenID URL has to be associated with some sort of 
local identifier that can be attached to any changes they make.

If the OpenID provider supplies sufficient data (basically an email 
address and nickname) then they need do little more than click OK to 
accept the details and then accept the terms.

Tom

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