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Subject: Re: [xri] Top Ten XRI Requirements


You are right, xavier.  I am too close the heirachical things i fear :-)

--- peterd

xavier serret wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Maybe I'm miss-interpreting this but "delegation" does not imply
> "hierarchy" but just a directed graph (from which a tree is a notorious
> example). Interpreted like this I'm fine with the text.
> 
> Xavier.
> 
> --
> Xavier Serret.     Tel  +33 44236 4543
> Corporate R&D Strategy @ Gemplus
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter C Davis [mailto:peter.davis@neustar.biz]
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 5:50 PM
> To: Drummond Reed
> Cc: 'xri@lists.oasis-open.org'
> Subject: Re: [xri] Top Ten XRI Requirements
> 
> 
> Drummond Reed wrote:
> <snip/>
> 
>>5) Peer-to-peer: the ability for any resource to serve as its own root
>>identifier authority (i.e., no centralized or absolute authority
> 
> required).
> 
>>6) Unlimited federation: the ability for identifier authority to be
>>delegated to any depth.
>>
>>7) Context addressability: the ability for a resource to be identified in
>>the context of another resource.
>><snip/>
> 
> 
> I am not certain that the "federation" decsription is quite in line with
> the industries (recent) understanding of the term. Here, as stated, it
> implies a heirarchical relationship, but federations (as defined in my
> mind based on the Liberty Alliance activities and working definitions),
> is more closely related to peer-to-peer.  that si to say:
> 
> Unlimited Federation: allows for the identifier authority to construct
> arbitrary associations with other authorities identifiers.
> 
> I think this is more consitant with want is reflected, then, in items 5
> and 7
> 
> --
> --- peterd
> Sr Security Architect
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--- peterd
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