RE: [xri] Minutes: XRI TC Telecon 2-3PM PT Thursday 2009-07-16

["Scott Cantor" <cantor.2@osu.edu>]

Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote on 2009-07-28:
> If we want to make it extensible, it has to be an attribute (new element
or
> not). I think we are past that. The only reason to have a new element is
to
> allow it to use any string and not just URI. My point is that it is hard
to
> spec how to extract the authority from any string for the trust profile.

So, again, what we're really saying is that the extensible aspect is the
problem, not the structure.

My opinion is the same as it was before, I don't think it should *be*
extensible. If you want extensible, use some existing mechanism like POWDER
or whatever.

-- Scott