<p>At last! Good news last night from the <ahref="http://iiw.windley.com/wiki/Workshop_2007b">Internet Identity Workshop</a> in California: <ahref="http://openid.net/2007/12/05/openid-2_0-final-ly/">OpenID 2.0</a> is finally final! I agree with <ahref="http://simonwillison.net/2007/Dec/5/openid/">Simon</a> that the most interesting new thing in 2.0 is likely directed identity. And, yes, <ahref="http://walkah.net/blog/walkah/drupal-6-and-openid">Drupal 6 already supports it</a>.</p>
<p>However, one of the more interesting things (I think) is the final release of <ahref="http://openid.net/specs/openid-attribute-exchange-1_0.html">Attribute Exchange 1.0</a>. I think attribute exchange (think profile data sharing and updating - and digitally signed assertions) represents the killer next step in online identity. Kudos to everyone involved! Time to get crackin' on some code :)</p>
