Re: [xri] Solution for host-meta

[Will Norris <will@willnorris.com>]

I'll have to think about it a little bit more, but at least initially  
I like it!

-will

On Aug 25, 2009, at 1:22 AM, Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote:

> I don't know why I didn't think about this before. As indicated in  
> my last email, this is what I propose we do:
>
> * Drop the match attribute.
> * host-meta will use <Subject> with the string 'host-meta:// 
> example.com:80'.
> * host-meta will state that the string is not a valid URI and is  
> only used for trust purposes.
>
> Since XRD <Subject> has no current requirement for the URI scheme to  
> be valid or registered, only that the syntax of the string comply  
> with RFC 3986, this solves everyone's problem without actually  
> having to create/register a new URI scheme.
>
> EHL
>
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