WebFinger

WebFinger is about making EMail addresses more valuable, by letting people attach public Meta Data (Digital Identity) to them.

http://code.google.com/p/webfinger/

inspired by Finger

Sept'2012: quotes from Blaine Cook. WebFinger is now supported by Google, Yahoo and AOL, and there is a chance that Microsoft may join the fray.

• Google support? Ah, from your public Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/fluxent

IndieWeb folks not interested.