[OpenID] Dumb Question: Why isn't http://xri.net/=bobwyman an OpenID?

Robert Sayre rsayre at mozilla.com
Fri Jan 5 06:01:43 UTC 2007


Drummond Reed wrote:
> However even once the openidenabled.com code requests/receives the XRDS
> file, there is still one other thing that needs fixing. XDI.org-accredited
> i-brokers that provide OpenID authentication need to expect an HXRI as well
> as a plain XRI in the OpenID authentication request (currently most of them
> just expect an XRI).

My 2 cents:

Anything standards effort that claims "XDI.org-accredited i-brokers that provide OpenID authentication need to expect an HXRI as well as a plain XRI" is broken, because half of that quote is not in a natural language. It does resemble English, so it may be salvageable.

- Rob Sayre




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