MicroID Development

Thank you to Jeremie for the nice intro. I’m Fred, and I will be working alongside Jeremie and Peter as we get stuff rolling over here. Now, as much as I’m a fan of talking at length ;), I figured I’d start off blogging here by sharing with you some great MicroID resources that have been popping up all over the net.

First off are two MicroID generation plugins for the WordPress blogging platform:

• Myles A. Braithwaite’s MicroID WordPress Plugin
• Richard K. Miller’s MicroID Plugin for WordPress

Myles mentions that his plugin and Richard’s are a little different, so you’ll want to see which ones answer your needs best. Next, we’re on to a MicroID plugin for the MovableType blogging platform:

• Phil Windley’s MicroID Plugin for MovableType

There are also some open source MicroID verifiers out there. I’ve been around the identity community long enough to know that verify is a value-laden word - so I’ll clarify. These verifiers are programs that go out on the net and see if a MicroID embedded in a webpage is the same as a “claimed” MicroID. These verifiers are very important, as they start to pave a roadmap for how we might build systems of trust on top of MicroID. We’ve got verifiers in two languages, and hopefully soon we’ll expand to more!

• The first verifier is a Perl implementation by Fred Stutzman.
• The second verifier is a brand-spanking-new by Chris J. Roos.

So this is really exciting. Lots of tools for you to start looking at and playing with, thanks to everyone who took the time to create them. If I’ve missed anything, drop me a line at and let me know or post to the comments here. Also - if this inspires you to write a python, php or Java verifier - we’ll also be more than happy to add it to our list. I’ll be collecting links related to MicroID at http://del.icio.us/fstutzman/microid, so adding that feed may prove useful to you. We’re off to an exciting start here and we’re happy to have you along.

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