This is more or less the right list; though it would also be
appropriate to mediawiki-l , the list for all mediawiki developers.
You might also take a look at what the Identity Commons is doing. I
don't understand all of the standards involved, but it involves a
richer API than just distributed authentication...
http://idcommons.net/technology.html
+sj+
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