This specification defines the WebFinger protocol, which can be used to discover information about people or other entities on the Internet using standard HTTP methods. WebFinger discovers information for a URI that might not be usable as a locator otherwise, such as account or email URIs.
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OExchange
“OExchange is an open protocol for sharing any URL with any service on the web.”
Extensible Resource Descriptor (XRD)
Extensible Resource Descriptor (XRD)
“This document defines Extensible Resource Descriptor (XRD), a simple generic format for describing resources.”
Magic Signatures
“This document defines a lightweight, robust mechanism for digitally signing nearly arbitrary messages, along with a basic public key infrastructure for discovering the signing keys.”
Atom Activity Extensions
“This document presents an extension that allows activities on social objects to be expressed within the Atom Syndication Format.”
Atom Activity Base Schema
“This document presents a base set of Object types and Verbs for use with Atom Activity Extensions.”
Atom Media Extensions
“This document presents an extension to the Atom Syndication Format that defines how media objects such as photos and videos might be represented in Atom and allows additional metadata to be published about linked media representations.”
Portable Contacts 1.0 Draft C
“The Portable Contacts specification is designed to make it easier for developers to give their users a secure way to access the address books and friends lists they have built up all over the web.”
Email Address to URL Translation
Email Address to URL Translation
“An open protocol to allow standard email addresses to be transformed into URLs for services like OpenID.”
Portable Contacts
“The goal of Portable Contacts is to make it easier for developers to give their users a secure way to access the address books and friends lists they have built up all over the web.”