XRIs in directories

After a break in action on the XRI list, here's the first of several technical issues that need to be addressed as we work through the next (hopefully final) committee draft scheduled to be completed in October.

The TC has received a request to define how XRIs are to be used as attributes in directory systems. As I understand it, this means that we'd need to define two attributes, one for a single value XRI and one for a multi-value list of XRIs. We'd then need to register the attributes, acquire and assign OIDs and define an objectClass for each.

I'll put together a proposal next week for attribute names and objectClasses, but for now I just want to give a heads up about this activity and ask if anyone on the list feels strongly one way or the other about taking on this work. Also, does anyone have experience on the registration process for new directory attributes?

Dave

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