- portable contacts maps directly to opensocial profile (?)
- data store
- activities
- scaling: opensocila handles the db interface
- users have expectations re. what to see in a given container
- makeing assumptions
-- the owner need not be a person
-- the viewer need not be logged in
-- personal dashboard -> owner = viewer
- types of container
-- any web site is a container
--- friend connect
--- good for rapid prototyping
- open stack
-- openid
--- user proves he ownes a url
-- xrds
--- a means for navigating from the openid-verified url
-- oauth

- opensocila dev app
-- osda.appsot.com
- templates
-- like fbml
-- full impl @ ostemplates-demo.appspot.com
- eclipse opensocial
-- eisbahn.jp/trac/osde