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Subject: RE: [xri] Adding a priority attribute to XRIDs


Title: Adding a priority attribute to XRIDs
Gabe,
 
Thank you for your feedback on this topic.
 
Right now, we are viewing the priority attribute within an XRID, not across different XRIDs.  However, we had some discussion about priority applying across XRIDs, and it's and interesting concept.  I think that Drummond Reed may have some input on this thought.
 
Thanks again for your response.
 
Sharon
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Wachob, Gabe [mailto:gwachob@visa.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:33 PM
To: Wodjenski, Sharon; xri@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [xri] Adding a priority attribute to XRIDs

Sharon-
    Thanks for the writeup. A number of editors have discussed this individually and were hoping to see just this sort of proposal come through. We seemed to come to loose agreement (informally) that if there was actual implementation issues requiring this feature, we should consider it for the next edit pass (which I mentioned in an earlier email).
 
    I have very briefly scanned your proposal and find no obvious issues with it.
 
    One question I do have is how would you specify the "ordering" across different XRIDs? If you had two different XRIDs (each one resolved separately for the name authority - e.g. with a synonym dereferencing), would you order all the service elements from both XRIDs together? Or does the concept of priority only apply within a single XRID? I don't know an answer - this just came up on a phone call I was having with Dave McAlpin (I believe).
 
    Once again, thanks for the proposal.
 
    -Gabe


From: Wodjenski, Sharon [mailto:sharon.wodjenski@neustar.biz]
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:59 AM
To: xri@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [xri] Adding a priority attribute to XRIDs

Proposal for Adding a Priority Attribute to XRIDs

 

The XML 1.0 Specification does not specifically state that elements within an XML document are ordered.  The element order is left to the interpretation of the parser or XML application.  Although most parsers will preserve order, an explicit ordering attribute on an element makes order, or priority, unambiguous.

 

With XRIDs this is particularly true because they may contain multiple Authority elements, Service elements, Internal Synonyms, or External Synonyms. Since the priority of these elements may be important either to the Authority, the resolution client, or the consuming application, it is recommended that XRIDs employ the same mechanism used in DNS records to indicate priority, i.e., an explicit “priority” attribute.

 

This attribute could be defined globally and then used in the Authority, Service, Internal, and External elements within an XRID, or it may be defined for each specific element (the former is recommended for easier extensibility). In either case the resolution client may interpret the correct priority without assuming document order.

 

It is proposed that this priority attribute be optional, have no default value, and be of the type unsigned short integer.

 

Below is an example of an XRID with the priority attribute added.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<XRIDescriptors xmlns="xri://$res*schema/XRIDescriptor*($v%2f2.0)">

                <XRIDescriptor xrid:id="1">

                                <Resolved>*les</Resolved>

                                <AuthorityID>”xri://=”</AuthorityID>

                                <Expires>2005-05-30T09:30:10Z</Expires>

                                <Authority priority=”10”>

                                                <AuthorityID>xri://(=!1234.1234.1234.1234)</AuthorityID>

                                                <Type>xri://$res*auth.res/XRIA</Type>

                                                <URI>http://xri.2idi.com/(=!1234.1234.1234.1234)</URI>

                                                <URI>https://xri.2idi.com/(=!1234.1234.1234.1234)</URI>

                                </Authority>

                                <Service priority=”10”>

                                                <Type>xri://res*local.access/X2R</Type>

                                                <URI>http://2idi.pictures.com/(=!1234.1234.1234.1234)</URI>

                                                <MediaType>image/jpeg</MediaType>

                                </Service>

                                <Service priority=”20”>

                                                <Type>xri://res*local.access/X2R</Type>

                                                <URI>http://2idi.mail.com/(=!1234.1234.1234.1234)</URI>

                                                <MediaType>message/text</MediaType>

                                </Service>

                                <Synonyms>

                                                <Internal priority=”10”>xri://=!1234.1234.1234.1234</Internal>

                                                <External priority=”10”>xri://!!1002!(=!1234.1234.1234.1234)</External>

                                </Synonyms>

                                <TrustMechanism>xri://res*trusted/None</TrustMechanism>

                </XRIDescriptor>

</XRIDescriptors>

 



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