>>>>> "Cantor," == Cantor, Scott E <[email protected]> writes:
>> I think the plan was to add a new API as the existing APIs have
>> shipped. So, get_name_attribute_issuer. The problem there is
>> how to handle multi-valued name attributes with different
>> issuers.
Cantor,> I think I'd want to see a new type created to represent a
Cantor,> handle to a specific name attribute, and then the ability
Cantor,> to get those handles, and pass them back into new APIs for
Cantor,> getting values, metadata, etc.
Cantor,> IOW, I don't think the current APIs are right to reference
Cantor,> them by name only, and I'd deprecate them in favor of
Cantor,> getting it right. The old ones would still work as is, just
Cantor,> without the ability to make such distinctions.
I'm fine with this plan for the future. However if we're going to do
that we should publish the existing naming exts document roughly as-is
so people have something to work with while we futz.
(I note we're kind of in the wrong WG for this discussion.)
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