Locked in on spec names & short names for XDI 1.0 suite

[Drummond Reed <drummond.reed@xdi.org>]

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the questions I posed about spec names and spec short names. We are locked now on the the following, which has been updated on the XDI Specs wiki page. Joseph and I will now proceed with requesting the templates for these 5 specs.

XDI Core V1.0

• Short name: xdi-core

• Description: The foundational spec on which all other specs depend. It defines the ABNF for the normative graph model, serialization formats, and addressing syntax.

• Editors:

  • Joseph Boyle
  • Markus Sabadello
  • Drummond Reed

• Wiki Pages:

  • CategoryGraphModel

  • CategorySerialization

XDI Messaging V1.0

• Short name: xdi-messaging

• Description: Defines the abstract pattern for all XDI messaging together with the binding to the http/https protocol for performing XDI operations using XDI messages.

• Editors:

  • Joseph Boyle
  • Markus Sabadello
  • Drummond Reed

• Wiki Pages:

  • CategoryMessaging

XDI Discovery V1.0

• Short name: xdi-discovery

• Description: Defines how to use the XDI protocol for P2P discovery of XDI endpoint URI(s) given an XDI address (or a discoverable identifier that can be transformed into an XDI address).

• Editors:

  • Joseph Boyle
  • Markus Sabadello
  • Drummond Reed

• Wiki Pages:

  • CategoryDiscovery

XDI Policy

• Short name: xdi-policy

• Description: Defines the standard structure and vocabulary of XDI authorization statements, including XDI link contracts and policy expressions, so they are portable across all XDI endpoints.

• Editors:

  • Joseph Boyle
  • Animesh Chowdhury
  • Markus Sabadello
  • Drummond Reed

• Wiki Pages:

  • CategoryLinkContracts

XDI Security Mechanisms V1.0

• Short name: xdi-secmech

• Description: Describes the mechanisms for implementing security in XDI, including transport-level security, message-level security, token formats, etc.

• Editors:

  • Peter Davis
  • Dan Blum

• Wiki Pages:

  • CategorySecurity