polyarchical -vs- hierarchal

["Chasen, Les" <les.chasen@neustar.biz>]

Drummond –

 

In a conversation today, you stated, I think, that we need global subsegments so that we can move from simply a hierarchical relationship to a polyarchical one.  I think this means that with the advent of global subsegs we now can move from one hierarchy to another one.   I think in XDI you call these things links.   I thought we support this today through the use of REFs in the XRDS.  Now, I suppose, that you are proposing that we move this notion into the syntax layer.

 

These examples of hierarchical XRIs truly show local delegations.

 

@ootao*west

@ootao*(+west)

 

These examples of polyarchical XRIs demonstrate a global relationship (link)

 

@ootao+west

@ootao+west*steve

 

Is this accurate?  If so, my main heartburn is that since +west in @ootao+west as currently proposed is in the context of @ootao.  This means it could be completely different then the view from +.  If we are really linking to another namespace, +west, we should get +’s view of west not @ootao.

 

Thoughts?

 

 

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