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Subject: RE: [xri] 3.2.7 - User Relative XRIs
Good catch. We'll fix than in the next rev. Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Loren West [mailto:loren.west@epokinc.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:30 PM > To: xri@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: [xri] 3.2.7 - User Relative XRIs > > Small issue: > > User Relative XRIs are described in the text to be > useful for and used by users (human beings) as > "shortcuts" or "speed names". > > But the example is confusing, because the XRI > isn't relative to "Mary", it's relative to > "@employer". It's hard for me to think about > the "@employer" user having a "shortcut" XRI > with the value "*Mary/workstation". > > It's less confusing (and maybe what was intended) > to think of "Mary" as the user. The a priori > Identifier Authority for her may be "@employer/Mary", > and User Relative XRI would be "*workstation". > > Here's the example from the spec: > > > ...For example, if XRI resolver is pre-configured > > with a default community of "@employer/", then the > > XRI "xri:*Mary/workstation" would be converted into > > "xri:@employer/Mary/workstation". > > Which is correct, but not illustrative of Mary as > a user. It could be more like this: > > > ...For example, if Mary is known as a user with a > > default Identifier Authority of "@employer/Mary", then > > the XRI "xri:*workstation" would be converted into > > "xri:@employer/Mary/workstation" for resolution. > > =Loren > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of > the OASIS TC), go to http://www.oasis- > open.org/apps/org/workgroup/xri/members/leave_workgroup.php.
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