Re: [imi] IMI TC Minutes, Dec 17th

[John Bradley <jbradley@mac.com>]

For backwards compatibility with existing selectors I am hesitant to move existing things out.

Putting them in the linked file as well so the later they can be deprecated from the object tag once selectors have caught up seems more reasonable.

John B.
On 2009-12-17, at 2:48 PM, Scott Cantor wrote:

> John Bradley wrote on 2009-12-17:
>> Yes there are other things that need to be addressed like being able to
> ask
>> for multiple issuers.
>> I think the JS method for discovering capabilities and the card tile one
> are
>> OK for the object tag. We should not however endlessly extend the object
> tag.
> 
> I think it's really an either/or decision. (Most of) what's there should
> also be moved out. It should be a trigger and pointer to policy, not the
> policy itself.
> 
> Adding more to it now *is* endlessly extending it. It sets a precedent. Bad
> technical design is where much of the world has gone and is going, but as
> long as we're doing the work here, I continue to have a consistent viewpoint
> on it.
> 
> -- Scott
> 
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