> From: Dick Hardt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 28-Feb-06, at 2:01 PM, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: > > > I would not like to see the text replicated in any document. It is > > fundamentally wrong. > > > > I am not a number, I am a free man. > > > > My Star Alliance account number is not my identity, it is one > > identifier that I use in one context. > > > > > > A DIX identifier is a globally unique reference to an > online user or > > agent. The cannonical form of the reference is a URI. > > Associated with an identifier are collections of information that > > describes characteristics of and/or privileges imparted to > the online > > user or agent. These collections of information are the > identities of > > the online user or agent identified by the identifier. > > > > > > [The term persona should be avoided here. A persona or avatar is > > generally a disjoint identity that is not ordinarily > linkable to other > > identies of the owner] > > Phillip, I am confused by what you don't want replicated ... > would you clarify?
I do not want to see the original text proposed by Dave that confuses Identifier and Identity. It is a fundamental mistake to conflate the signifier and the signified. _______________________________________________ dix mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dix
