Resources

Specification

The main reference for the workings of OpenID is the OpenID website and specifically the specification.

Mailing List

OpenID has a mailing list for discussion of anything relating to the development and general workings of the system. The list is called "yadis" for historical reasons and is hosted at lists.danga.com.

The mailing list is also archived on Gmane as gmane.comp.web.openid.general, providing the following:

• A web-based interface to the list archive
• A weblog-like page where you can view the latest messages
• NNTP-based access so that you may read the list from your newsreader.
• Various RSS feeds:
  • Top level messages: Full Text, Summaries
  • All messages: Full Text, Summaries

LiveJournal users can also add the mailing list to their "Friends" pages. The account used is openid_maillist.

Other Resources

• OpenID Enabled by JanRain. Home to several OpenID libraries, patches, and help documents.
• OpenID in Ruby on Rails
• Ben Hyde posted a good rundown of the assertion process with a diagram in his weblog.
• Steven J. Murdoch produced a protocol diagram, summarising the basic message flow.
• OpenID Flickr Group -- for collecting user interfaces and mockups
• OpenID Ma.gnolia Group -- for collecting links related to OpenID
• Run your own OpenID Server Run_your_own_identity_server
• The OpenID Directory -- find and submit sites that are OpenID enabled
• OpenID: One key to many locks - A primer in Hindi blogzine Nirantar on OpenID with a beginners approach.