Thanks for this service.

I originally heard an excerpt of a dramatization of a Zola book on Radio 4, and that piqued my interest. I got Pot-Bouille from the library and found the book interesting and enjoyable (with a grim bit at the end) while delivering a strong moral message.

I think the purpose …

In response to Hugo Hallman's comment I've changed the instructions to make it a bit easier to set up a domain name. Thanks to Hugo for his feedback.

I've also changed the XRDS document so that Own-Id now supports all versions of OpenId.

Btw, we now have 13 users (domains …

I've found the answer to these questions. The thing to do is have 4 link elements; two in the 1.x style, and two in the 2.0 style.

Also, the OP Endpoint URL is necessary because the OP-Local Identifier isn't necessarily a URL, it could be a user name …

Hello Hugo, you need to go to an OpenId provider such as:

http://www.myopenid.com/

and get an OpenId identifier. Then go to your id page (eg. id.example.com) and enter it in the box. That's it! Let me know if you have any more problems.

In fact …

Hi,
I just tried own-id.com, but didn't get very far. I added the CNAME but was prompted to 'enter the OpenId you got from your provider.' I have no clue what to do from here, so I tried with my email address giving a 1537 fatal transport error, then …

The OpenId 2.0 specification is intended to be backwards compatible. However in the latest draft (12), the recommended markup for HTML discovery gives the 'rel' attribute in the 'link' element the values 'openid2.provider openid.server' and 'openid2.local_id openid.delegate'. In OpenId 1.x the values for 'rel' …

I looked it up and you're right! Bath Spa is managed by First Great Western. I could have sworn they said Southwest Trains. Ah well...

But...

South West Trains don't operate Bath Spa station.

There's a new version of OwnId:

• No password to remember, authentication is done with OpenId.
• Now supports version 2 of OpenId.

We've now got 3 users, including me!