Identifying dogs and things

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

The question came up whether the = symbol can be

used to identify dogs or phones. Markus explained that the = symbol is strictly for natural persons. To identify the concept of a dog, +dog would be used. To assign an identifier to a specific dog, a * identifier would be used. Markus added that a registrar for XDI identifiers will typically have legal requirements to allow registration of = and @ identifiers only for purposes consistent with their semantic meanings. Animesh speculated whether it would make sense to also have a registry for * identifiers.

I could have =rover who happens to be a +dog.  Couldn't i? 

I could also have =les.chasen.car which happens to be a +car.   

I wouldn't have to have these in the = community but i could if i wanted to.