Drumbeat/Badges/Badge backpack

Badge provider

A badge provider must provide badges in a valid badge format (under development). A major outstanding question is the requirement of identity and/or validation.

Example badges in different formats follow.

HTML

 <a herf="http://p2pu.org">http://p2pu.org</a>
 JavaScript Ninja
 bronze

JSON

{

   "badge": {
       "site": "http://p2pu.org",
       "title": "JavaScript Ninja",
       "value": "bronze",
    }

}

Badge Backpack

The badge backpack is simply the aggregation of all badges across all sites. This could be an (X)HTML file or some other format.

Identity/Authentication Service

This is still under development. Hopefully with the help of Mike Hanson and Dan Mills, we can figure out a nice and simple system for managing identity and authenticating badge ownership.

I propose that we have minimal identity requirements for version alpha of the badge framework. For example a web site and user name and email address might be sufficient. --Joshuagay 07:55, 27 October 2010 (PDT)