identity providers and bookmarking

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Came across [a nice analysis of connetea bookmarking software|http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april05/lund/04lund.html] off a link at
del.icio.us. [Connetea|http://www.connotea.org/] seems like the right
bookmarking tool to play with
in myVocs. The [code is open|http://www.connotea.org/code] and they are
following del.icio.us ideas but
extending them in useful ways. This wouldn't elliminate del.icio.us use
but would give us a way of seemless identity integration with a
bookmarking tool.

I also took a look at the [facebook.com|http://facebook.com] site
referenced in [jim's blog|http://arch.doit.wisc.edu/jim/index.php/2005/10/04/internet2-collaboration-tools-phone-call-4-october-2005/].
This
is one of the best examples of how a [vo-core like myVocs|http://myvocs.org] should look
and work. It's got excellent methods of connecting groups to groups. It
builds excitement for the user.
Granted, this could also act as an identity provider, but could
just as easily leverage an existing idp infrastructure or be the "local
account" idp for the vo system environement.