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Facebook tests web sharing standard on FriendFeed
Facebook is testing new sharing standard OAuth WRAP on its recently acquiredFriendFeed social networking site, most likely as a precursor to integrating the standard with Facebook’s Connect API. The new version of OAuth simplifies the process of sharing data across different networks, and could be the first standard to unite the web’s big firms.
OAuth allows users to share information between different sites without disclosing username and password data. The standard is seen as an important part of attempts to open up the web to allow greater integration between different sites and platforms. WRAP will replace the current standard, which uses a complex ‘token’ system to verify a user’s identity, with a simpler one based on programming language SSL. The new system is expected to make it far easier for developers to use OAuth.
The move towards greater integration with OAuth is part of wider efforts by internet firms to embrace a more open internet where users can easily transfer information across different sites and platforms. Though some are worried that the ability to transfer data freely from one online property to another makes it easier for users to abandon a platform, many of the biggest web firms are backing the open web. Yahoo!, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are all committing to open web standards.
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