Suggested scoping for AX 2.0 WG

[Nat]

=nat at TOKYO via iPhone

On 2009/02/04, at 7:39, Breno de Medeiros <breno at google.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Dick Hardt  
> <Dick.Hardt at microsoft.com> wrote:
> 1) I'd prefer to NOT include SREG in the work, but am ok with it  
> being in if the scope is really to clarify issues in SREG and add  
> language directing people to AX. Anyone else have a strong opinion  
> either way? (SREG included in this WG or in a different one?)
>
> I'm ok either way.
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> 2) In the Scope section, I feel strongly that bulk exchange of  
> attributes about multiple users is out of scope. It is a very  
> different design pattern then what AX does now. I have not seen the  
> background on why this is in scope, so perhaps I can have a  
> different view if someone cares to enlighten me.
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> When Nat Sakimura wrote the contract exchange CX proposal, he  
> included scope for exchanging validation/metadata about attributes,  
> and it was felt that it should belong here. CX also needs this bulk  
> exchange functionality and again because it pertained to attributes,  
> it was believed that it would better fit here.
>

To be clear, what I have suggested is not the bulk exchange of  
multiple users. It is the method to treat number of attributes as a  
group that requires some integrity within them. When it comes to CX,  
by design, it does not do multi user exchane either since it requires  
the parties to explicitly sign the contract.

> The advantage of keeping it in this WG is that we make sure that  
> different approaches to handling exchange of user attributes are  
> viewed by the same people, even if it ends up in a separate mini-spec.
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> The counter-argument is that most members of this WG are not  
> interested primarily in this functionality, and it may distract both  
> efforts (CX and AX), and that AX is unlikely to directly support  
> anything along these lines.
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> -- Dick
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> PS: please use my microsoft.com address for any specs discussions.
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