RE: [xri] Minutes: XRI TC Telecon 2-3PM PT Thursday 2009-07-16

[Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Cantor [mailto:cantor.2@osu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 7:08 PM
> To: xri@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [xri] Minutes: XRI TC Telecon 2-3PM PT Thursday 
> 2009-07-16
> 
> Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote on 2009-07-27:
> > I suggest we stick to an attribute of <Subject> over a new element 
> > <SubjectSet> because the only reason for a new element is to make 
> > the content of the element a string (and not a URI). But if we do 
> > that,
> it
> > becomes impossible to apply a *generic* trust profile to it because
> it no
> > longer plays by the same rules <Subject> does (with a URI and an
> obvious
> > authority section). This means if we create a new element, we need 
> > to explicitly set the trust profile to apply only to certain values 
> > of
> the
> > match attribute... not pretty.
> 
> I'm lost...you start by arguing in favor of using Subject, but the 
> last statement implies to me that you'd prefer a separate element.

Really?? The last statement says that if we use a separate element it will make the spec ugly...

EHL