And I agree with you. My view is that in the absence of an OpenID discovery WG there will be _more_ uncertainty about future directions for the spec, not less.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 2:13 PM, David Fuelling <sappe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Breno de Medeiros <br...@google.com>wrote: > >> If we start the process to form a WG for discovery now, most likely the >> process would only be completed in 6 months, even if there was considerable >> agreement and stable technologies to draw from. >> >> Right now, there is quite a bit of momentum and excitement about >> Webfinger. The XRI TC is hoping to publish draft specs for XRD withing the >> next 30 days. Concurrently, and in particular after that, it is hoped that >> progress on webfinger will be speedy. Webfinger spec discussion may take >> place at either XRI TC or IETF. >> > > Even if webfinger does become its own spec, I'm not confident it will be > end up looking the same in the context of OpenID (there are thorny issues > like Authority to contend with: e.g., what system is the meta-data authority > for an email address? DNS? Web (Host-meta?)? Both? Something-else? > > I guess my opinion is that this work needs to happen in both places, so why > not start it here as well. > > Should we just start responding to all threads about OpenID 2.x discovery >> by saying that the discussion is taking place at some other mailing list? > > > Last point to reiterate: There are a lot of Discovery issues besides email > addresses and XRD. See the wiki for more. > > > -- --Breno +1 (650) 214-1007 desk +1 (408) 212-0135 (Grand Central) MTV-41-3 : 383-A PST (GMT-8) / PDT(GMT-7)
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