[xwiki-devs] status of "Social Networking via OpenID support in Xwiki?" for GSOC?

I've noted some more comments about widget integration in general, but nothing as specific or useful (IMHO) as a project to integrate http://www.google.com/friendconnect/ ( http://www.youtube.com/v/N94s7ix0JPo&hl=en&autoplay=1 ) with Xwiki. That way people with the appropriate ID/credentials compatible w/ google friendconnect's OpenID would be able to login and leave authenticated comments on a wiki. A while back Thilina Buddhika ( http://www.mail-archive.com/devs@xwiki.org/msg07563.html ) expressed interest in this subject on this list; I was wondering if that interest continues, or if others might find this an interesting pursuit for GSOC 2009. The user experience should be that those w/ openID credentials should get an automatic login into Xwiki, and that the same authentication would also drive the friendconnect "widgets." I think the widgets themselves could easily be integrated into Xwiki's existing panel system. Therefore, the main work would be in creating a smoothly-integrated OpenID-based auth system giving appropriately credentialed users an automatic "authenticated guest" login. This login allows authenticated comments and registration, making commenting much easier and straightforward in Xwiki. Also, registration could always associated with a real user and not a spam account at mail.ru... Although the construction of widget "panels" itself might be simple, some of the authorization issues might be thorny. For example, do you publicly display your friends-list-widget-panel to all unauthenticated users and search engines, or do only logged-in users get access? Likewise, when "friends" log in or view your site, they might automatically receive special privilege based on their authenticated-friend status, e.g. view-access to a private part of the wiki, for example. This might require extension of the Rights system in Xwiki with extra roles alongside "unathenticated user", such as "openid authenticated user" and "openid authenticated friend." ... Here's the original messages and a summary of replies: On 02 Feb 2009, Thilina Buddhika wrote: [xwiki-devs] Possible project ideas for XWiki in GSoC 2009 I have a growing interest on XWiki and willing to take part in its development. I am also planning to apply for GSoC 2009 (yet to be announced) and I have realised that XWiki is a challenging and promising open source project for GSoC 2009. When watching the developer list, I found this mail by Niels Mayer with the subject,* "Social Networking via OpenID support in Xwiki?"*. And It looks like an intersting idea. I also found that there was a GSoC 2008 project related to this idea [1]. So is it possible to continue this project further? Other than the above idea, I would like to know the other possible project ideas for GSoC 2009. If it is too early I am posting about this, then lets leave it for the next couple of weeks. Anyway I am trying to get familiarized with Xwiki until the GSoC 2009 is announced. [1] - http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/SSOAndOpenIDSupport ................................... from: Niels For some strange reason, I think this is an excellent idea :-) ............................... Vincent Massol: I'm pretty sure we'll all want to have widget integration as a GSOC ............................... Thomas Mortagne: .................................. Markus Lanthaler: Niels http://nielsmayer.com