RE: [xri] Very rough algorithm outline

["Drummond Reed" <drummond.reed@cordance.net>]

Scott, totally understood, with your insights on the list there's probably
no need to join us on the call. Nat's feedback is very helpful too.

Have a good conference,

=Drummond 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Cantor [mailto:cantor.2@osu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:32 PM
> To: 'Drummond Reed'; 'XRI TC'
> Subject: RE: [xri] Very rough algorithm outline
> 
> Drummond Reed wrote on 2009-06-17:
> > I will put it on the agenda for tomorrow's telecon. Again, I urge
> everyone
> > concerned with this issue to attend, including Scott if he can make it.
> 
> I'm at a conference that I drove 7 hours (and begged funding) to attend,
> so
> I would say the likihood I'll be getting on the phone to argue about this
> is....low.
> 
> I do not really believe that people are looking at this problem from a
> suitably constrained perspective. Arguing about whether you can implement
> XML Signature (or maybe I should say c14n) in Ruby is beside the point.
> The
> question is whether you can write code to serialize XML with some strict
> namespace logic.
> 
> The goal is to be compatible with the full excl c14n spec, not to require
> implementing it. I don't feel certain that this distinction has been
> getting
> across.
> 
> With respect to interop, if you write some code and want to be sure it's
> correct, there are plenty of test vectors and Java/C++ implementations to
> use to compare against. I would completely agree that absent that step,
> the
> effort is likely wasted.
> 
> -- Scott
> 
> 
> 
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