DiSo - Distributed Social
DiSo (pronounced dee - zoh) is an umbrella project for a group of open source implementations of distributed social networking concepts.
Social networks are becoming more open, more interconnected, and more distributed. Many of us in the web creation world are embracing and promoting web standards - both client-side and server-side. Microformats, standard apis, and open-source software are key building blocks of these technologies. This model can be described as having three sides/legs/arms/spokes - pick your connection: Information, Identity, and Interaction.
Vidoop supports this project because we believe that distributed social networking and user-centric identity will be critical components of the open web. The work we contribute to the DiSo project will also find its way into our products so that we can provide comprehensive identity solutions beyond just single sign-on.
Learn more at http://diso-project.org