Moving AX Forward (WAS RE: SREG namespace URI rollback)

[Dick Hardt]

On 4-Apr-07, at 1:16 PM, Recordon, David wrote:

> Johnny,
> I see a lot of, at least my initial confusion, coming from there being
> multiple documents.  This is why I urge merging the transport and
> metadata since the reality is they currently are only being used with
> each other.  As the metadata document doesn't actually define a new
> format, rather references existing formats, I am unsure why it cannot
> just be a section in the transport document.  It is understood that  
> you
> must use the metadata format for the schema URLs in the transport, so
> the two documents really are coupled to begin with.

Actually it is describing a document format, and it could easily be  
used by other groups as evidenced by references from people in the ID  
Schemas group.

>
> I agree that you need to bootstrap a set of attributes for people  
> using
> AX.  As I have done so in the past, I'd encourage this work happen
> within the ID Schemas project (http://idschemas.idcommons.net/) versus
> defining First Name yet again for openid.net.  I have no problem with
> the spec listing a set of schema URLs, I just strongly feel that
> anything non-OpenID specific should be hosted and defined elsewhere
> since so many people have already done it.  I do understand the  
> need for
> the schema URL hosting the metadata document, which is why I am
> advocating this work be done as part of the ID Schemas project to
> provide this flexibility.

see my response to Drummond ...

We defined a set of attributes 6 months ago under schema.openid.net.

I think we have let other groups have time to do something, I'd like  
to get on with building and deploying stuff.

-- Dick