Johannes Ernst on June 29th, 2006

Looking through iPhoto today, I came across this picture from PC Forum 2006. This was the afternoon coffee meeting in which the idea of OSIS was born between Mike Graves (Verisign, left), Kim Cameron (Microsoft, center) and myself (taking the picture) was born. I keep being asked that question, and here’s the evidence … As [...]

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He writes, in response to posts by Dave Rosenberg and Adam Fields: A good first step would be a well-accepted service description language for HTTP-based Web APIs. WSDL doesn’t work in RESTian services and there’s no RESTful alternative. Moreover, most people don’t even see the need. Well, read Dave and Adam’s posts–there’s the need staring [...]

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Johannes Ernst on June 28th, 2006

He writes: To me, and therefore (by ego-orginated projection) to every other non-technical person in the world, user-centric identity centers around the first person possessive pronoun: my. It’s my identity. It is not one conferred upon me by an organization outside myself. It is not a representation of me in a context other than my [...]

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Johannes Ernst on June 27th, 2006

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Johannes Ernst on June 27th, 2006

If you care about: security in technology global security international relations and foreign policy very unlikely-sounding, but true stories including untraceable poison pellets inside modified umbrellas for assassinations (that actually occurred) and things of that nature or you have an opinion on international affairs today, regardless of your particular political views. I insist ;-) that [...]

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