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I've been amazed at the progress of the OpenID and the lesser known Yadis open specifications over the last year or so.  While not talked about too much, I think that the Yadis standard really help to bring various parties to the table around the concept of using a URI (or URL) as a basic identifier for people.  Yadis provides a simple way to allow a single URI to be used for many different identity and even non-identity services.  I have a sense that as Yadis become more widely used, it will unleash the floodgates for new kinds of networked applications will make Web 2.0 look quaint in comparison.

The podcast, The Story of Digital Identity has been a great inspiration for ideas on this subject.