OpenID
- Get an OpenID account
- Fill in your profile at your OpenID Provider
- Encourage your OpenID provider to support Attribute Exchange
seeAlso:
- Sam Ruby's OpenId for non-SuperUsers
Auto-discovery
- Put an auto-discovery link into your blog's <head> section for that OpenID.
<link rel="openid.server" href="http://openid.yourblog.domain/" />
<link rel="openid.delegate" href="http://openid.yourblog.domain/" />
- Create a YADIS file, store it on your server and allow it to be auto-discovered by including a <link> in your blog's <head> section.
<meta http-equiv="X-XRDS-Location" content="http://mydomain.com/yadis.xml" />
- If any of your online services support FOAF, add a link to it in your blog's <head> section.
<link rel="meta" type="application/rdf+xml" title="FOAF" href="foaf.rdf" />
Micro-ID
- To enable you to claim ownership over your blog, add MicroID in the <head> section and in the visible HTML for other content such as hCard.
<meta name="microid" content="mailto+http:sha1:ca94387152e8ea62fee73c45c4bae79e54543485"/>
Microformats
- Create an "About Me" page on your blog and add hCard information with MicroID and then style it.
<div class="vcard microid-mailto+http:sha1:ca94387152e8ea62fee73c45c4bae79e54543485">
<a class="url fn" href="http://example.com/" >Jon</a>
<div class="tel">+1-303-308-3282</div>
<div class="title">Web Developer</div>
</div>
YASN-Roll
- To create a YASN-Roll, add a block with links to your social network profiles and for each put rel="me" in the link.
<a href="http://me.example.com/" rel="me">My social profile</a>
Evangelise
- Email your favorite online services and ask them to support microformats, OpenID as a consumer, and produce FOAF about your contacts
- Help evangelize Data Portability and let the blogosphere know what you think. Embed the Data Portability video to help illustrate the project to your readers.