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ICANNWiki.org – The Future is Today!

February 3rd, 2008

By Chuck Kisselburg

I am excited to take this opportunity to share with you the future of ICANNWiki.org. In fact much of the future is hear, Today!

In our efforts to create for an easier, more interactive involvement from our growing community, while still preserving aspects over which people have voiced appreciation, the wiki has been restructured. Not only will this allow people to navigate the wiki and find information easier, it sets the foundation for allowing greater growth and participation.

Is this “the way it is”? Not at all. In fact I look at it as “this is only the beginning”!

The wiki will now sport destinations where members of our diverse ICANNWiki.org community can communicate, debate and discuss with like- twisted minded individuals. Such “Targeted Interest Groups” will cater to those whose interest deals with the Domainer community. Another group will cater to those whose interest is in Policy and Governance. I expect other groups to evolve as the wiki continues to evolve.

Also, in keeping with our support of the Open Source community, you will have a greater, and easier way to view AND contribute to the pulse of the community. To do so I have brought in “Pibb” and “Jyte”, both technologies developed by JanRain.

Jyte allows you to make a claim for others to easily approve or disapprove, thus allowing the community to express their opinion. You will find Jyte sprinkled throughout the wiki. Also, Jyte is open to others outside of the wiki. So if you wish to get the pulse on your claims, not only will your claims be seen by those on ICANNWiki, but the entire Jyte community. You may learn more about “claims” by visiting http://icannwiki.org/Community_claim.

Also sprinkled throughout the wiki are various channels of Pibb. Pibb allows for an easy way to have an ongoing conversation with the ICANNWiki community. Pibb channels have been set up to cater to specific topics.

To move forward you will need to use your OpenID to utilize Jyte and Pibb. OpenID is the next, evolutionary step for single sign-ons. In other words, the OpenID you use to log into ICANNWiki can also be used by any other site that supports OpenID. While ICANNWiki has supported OpenID for quite some time, other organizations, such as Yahoo, Google, AOL, Microsoft, among others, are working to add support for OpenID. You may learn more about OpenID by going to http://icannwiki.org/AboutOpenID.

iNames is the more secure aspect of the OpenID movement. Through compliments of Neustar and 1id, ICANNWiki is pleased to provide you with your own ICANNWiki Community iName. If you do not yet have an OpenID, secure either your personal iName or your complimentary ICANNWiki community iName today by going to http://icannwiki.org/Iname. Remember, you will be able to use your iName where ever OpenID is supported.

In the short time that I have been with ICANNWiki, I continue to hear how valuable ICANNWiki.org is for general networking. I am pleased to begin moving ICANNWiki to the next level for the ICANN “community”.

This is only the beginning!

I continue welcoming your feedback and ideas as it is through your participation, use of and sponsorship that we, together as a community, bring this resource to you.

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