RPX abbreviation expansion?

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Does anyone know if RPX is an abbreviation for something or just a name?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '10 at 21:23

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This FAQ says:

What does RPX stand for?

Relying Party Accelerator. From the OpenID 2.0 specification, a Relying Party is ...

answered Jun 14 '10 at 21:23

Jesper

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Thx, seems like i didn't searched with the correct search terms. But the strange thing is, there is nog X in Relying Party Accelerator – Masna Jun 14 '10 at 22:08
The "Acc..." sounds a little bit like X in English, this kind of word trick is sometimes used to make the abbreviation look "flashier". – Jesper Jun 15 '10 at 04:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '10 at 21:20

According to this site (no idea how credible) it is "Relying Party X".

Context - "...RPX takes advantage of this and provides a middleman for the user depending on which service they selected they would like to use to login. The name means Relying Party X"

RPX abbreviation expansion?

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