Germany: OpenID Related News

For Saturday evening just three quick notes about OpenID related news from Germany:

• Dennis Blöte of event calendaring service Venteria has launched a Ruby on Rails based OpenID server called masquerade. You can have a look at the code here.
  Dennis has also launched an OpenID provider as a demo application which works rather well. It’s also one of the first providers supporting Attribute Exchange. And it seems to also support VeriSign’s SeatBelt plugin. Really good.
• OpenID provider xlogon has supported the Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare (Society of German Librarians) to enable its website with OpenID. The society needed a convenient way for granting members access to a protected area of its website (see press release, German, PDF).
  The society and xlogon also provide a step by step introduction to OpenID on the society’s website. I think it’s crucial to explain a new login system to members as it helps to raise acceptance. Well done.
• Oliver Wagner has co-authored an article on the pros and cons of OpenID for the print magazine Das Wirtschaftsstudium (Economic Studies). The magazine focuses on education and career opportunities for students of economic studies. So a different audience will know about OpenID soon. the article can be downloaded already (German, PDF).