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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 > Neustar, Inc. smtp: peter.davis@neustar.biz > (571) 434 5516 jabber: peter.davis@jabber.neustar.biz > > <Quote type="random"> > Touch a scientist and you touch a child. > <Author>Ray Bradbury</Author> > </Quote> > > PGP Fingerprint: > 8994 8774 B682 3A04 B304 C4A2 D9DD 7E5B 8AAC 2D00 -- --- peterd Sr Security Architect Neustar, Inc. smtp: peter.davis@neustar.biz (571) 434 5516 jabber: peter.davis@jabber.neustar.biz <Quote type="random"> Touch a scientist and you touch a child. <Author>Ray Bradbury</Author> </Quote> PGP Fingerprint: 8994 8774 B682 3A04 B304 C4A2 D9DD 7E5B 8AAC 2D00
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