RE: [xri] Linked XRD Processing Rules

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Breno de Medeiros [mailto:breno@google.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 10:02 AM
> To: Eran Hammer-Lahav
> Cc: XRI TC
> Subject: Re: [xri] Linked XRD Processing Rules
> 
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Eran Hammer-Lahav
> <eran@hueniverse.com> wrote:
> > The questions we need to answer in order are:
> >
> > - Is there a need for general purpose processing rules to link one
> XRD to other XRDs?
> 
> The answer seems to be yes for webfinger, no for OpenID.

(Not sure what's the difference between the needs of the two, but) it seems your answer is no. If only one protocol needs it, there is no case of a general purpose solutions...

But I would like to hear more about your analysis of the needs of WebFinger and OpenID in that regard.

EHL
 
> > - If yes, is a #replace directive enough, or do we need #include?
> 
> The answer is #replace is fine for OpenID (or unnecessary), but there
> appear to exist uses for #see-also. I would raise the question whether
> #see-also implies include. If one is willing to pay the price of
> pre-fetching all XRDs, then one can keep a list and reason about the
> set of XRDs.
> 
> >
> > - If yes to #include, do we need it today or can we defer it to
> another spec with more advanced processing rules protocols can use?
> 
> Until Dirk mentioned it this morning, I had forgotten about webfinger
> use case. I think the answer is that some advanced processing is
> required, I do not think it implies #include.
> 
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