Would it be possible to use just the UUID part and not tie it to a specific domain? I can foresee events where a user and a business/grid/domain owner/whatever make a decision to go separate ways and then any other systems out there that have the global identifier referenced may not be able to use it to contact that user. If only the UUID were used (we already use UUIDs for many diverse applications and the context implies the specific usage) it could be similar to a cell phone number where a user can take it from carrier to carrier. Resolving the current user domain would need to be worked out but several methods might be considered from a P2P network of resolvers to one or more central authorities, and/or simply storing it in a cache in local installations when the UUID is first used.
If we only use the UUID part then it may have some backward compatibility with existing user UUIDs used to identify content creators. On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:26 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm about to introduce global identifiers, so that I can make friends and > IM work on the hypergrid, and would like feedback on the best form of these > identifiers. Here are some options: > > http://myworld.com:8002/7c4450fc-aeaf-468d-b238-d52955dc868b > > myworld.com:8002/7c4450fc-aeaf-468d-b238-d52955dc868b > > http://myworld.com:8002/user/7c4450fc-aeaf-468d-b238-d52955dc868b > > [email protected]:8002 > > ... > > In this particular case (for friends and IM) we're dealing with user > accounts, but the issue is broader than that. Whatever form we choose should > be applicable to all sorts of resources. > > My preference is to use a URI, according to the spec of URIs ( > http://www.w3.org/Addressing/URL/uri-spec.html). The question is: should > we add additional specifications on these URIs? Like using the path /user/ > for user accounts, etc. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks. > Diva / Crista > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >
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