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OAuth is a simple way to publish and interact with protected data. http://oauth.net/

OAuth

KnowEm

http://knowem.com/ Search over 590 popular social networks, over 150 domain names, and the entire USPTO Trademark Database to instantly secure your brand on the internet. KnowEm allows you to check for the use of your brand, product, personal name or username instantly on over 590 popular and emerging social media websites. Grab your name and secure your brand before someone else does.
Social network portability is one of several user-interface ideas and suggestions for working with microformats in the area of data-portability .

Microformats

http://microformats.org/wiki/social-network-portability
http://businesscard2.com/ What do you get when you combine two great services into one super-service?

BusinessCard2.com

Microformats

The microformats.org community recently celebrated its 5th birthday – five plus years of openly researching, creating, and iterating on web standards to express common semantics designed for humans first, machines second. http://microformats.org/

Gravatar

http://en.gravatar.com/ A Globally Recognized Avatar
https://www.myopenid.com/ Janrain Engage (formerly RPX) enables you to quickly register and login users on your site via their existing Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Twitter, or OpenID accounts.

myOpenID

OpenID

Run a web site and want to make it easier to sign up or sign in? Find out how to add OpenID to your site in a few steps by using a free, open source library. http://openid.net/