The Yadis wiki, 2005–2006

Yadis was the discovery step that early web identity needed: a way for a URL to say which protocols it speaks, so that OpenID, LID and i-names could be used through one identifier. This is the working wiki of that effort, kept as it was written.

How to read thisNothing here is maintained as current documentation. Pages are preserved with their original addresses because they are still cited in specifications and papers. Text is available under CC BY-SA 2.5, as contributed by the participants.

The specification 7

The released text of Yadis 1.0 and the drafts that led to it.

Change proposals 37

Every proposed change to the protocol, with the discussion that followed.

Meetings and events 1

Notes from the working sessions where the protocol was agreed.

Meeting-2005-12-01

Implementations and services 17

Who built what, and how a site could serve its own Yadis document.

People and the project 18

The participants, the mailing list and the project’s own housekeeping pages.

Everything else 114

Working pages that do not fall into the groups above.