Attribute Exchange 2.0

John Bradley john.bradley at wingaa.com
Fri Sep 18 02:13:20 UTC 2009


Yes,  but if it isn't in scope in the charter the WG cant add it  
without going back and getting the charter amended.

It is about a year too late in forming.

John B.
On 2009-09-17, at 9:59 PM, Breno de Medeiros wrote:

> John, I agree that this is probably the right decision for the AX 2.0
> WG to take, but it needs to be taken by that group in what regards the
> attribute schemas.
>
> This WG is probably 6+ months too late in forming. Do you agree?
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:55 PM, John Bradley  
> <john.bradley at wingaa.com> wrote:
>> This wouldn't cover the other things we need URI for like your XRD  
>> request.
>>
>> You might want to broaden the registration process to cover  
>> registration of
>> other uri for openID as well.
>>
>> John B.
>>
>> On 2009-09-17, at 9:41 PM, Breno de Medeiros wrote:
>>
>>> I ammended http://wiki.openid.net/OpenID_Attribute_Exchange_Extension_2_0
>>> to include the scope:
>>>
>>> "Define a lightweight registration mechanism for AX attribute type
>>> schemas."
>>>
>>> If you do not think this is ready for formal consideration by
>>> specs-council, please raise your objection here and now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:06 PM, John Bradley <john.bradley at wingaa.com 
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Even if we go for the big hug theory of cross protocol  
>>>> Attributes,  We
>>>> will
>>>> still need a schemas group for PAPE, XRD tyoes etc.
>>>>
>>>> John B.
>>>> On 2009-09-17, at 7:30 PM, Breno de Medeiros wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Glad to hear Dick back in this list. Dirk, could we immediately  
>>>>> move
>>>>> to form the AX 2.0 WG (hopefully with a membership that is
>>>>> representative)? I believe (and not because I am a member) that  
>>>>> the AX
>>>>> 2.0 WG needs to be the party addressing this issue because of the
>>>>> necessity of preserving some coherence within the AX spec. The WG
>>>>> should make a formal proposal to either move this into the  
>>>>> umbrella of
>>>>> OIDF or take it out, and get the bless for spec-council for either
>>>>> option on a reasonable time frame.
>>>>>
>>>>> We have numerous speculative threads in this issue. At this  
>>>>> point, the
>>>>> very possibility of a result (whatever it may be) appears to me  
>>>>> as an
>>>>> unqualified win.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Paul Trevithick <ptrevithick at gmail.com 
>>>>> >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The only difference, e.g., between an Open AX URL attribute and  
>>>>>> an
>>>>>> IMI-infocard URL claim is who’s authoritative over minting it.  
>>>>>> The
>>>>>> question
>>>>>> for the OIDF is this: Are the benefits of being able to be
>>>>>> authoritative
>>>>>> over the attribute URL minting process, greater than the  
>>>>>> benefits of
>>>>>> letting
>>>>>> go of that authority and increasing interoperability in the  
>>>>>> overall
>>>>>> open
>>>>>> identity ecosystem?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PS: The ICF said, hey we need a place for folks using the IMI  
>>>>>> protocol
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> know where the attribute URLs are listed. So we created [1]  
>>>>>> along with
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> very light-weight email-based process for getting new URIs  
>>>>>> added. It
>>>>>> all
>>>>>> works fine. This is clearly one way to answer the above question.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] http://wiki.informationcard.net/index.php/Claim_Catalog
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9/17/09 4:48 PM, "Allen Tom" <atom at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Given that everyone using AX seems to be using axschema.org, we  
>>>>>> should
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> bless it. Perhaps the OIDF should take over running it? We  
>>>>>> should try
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> have an official process (hopefully very lightweight) for  
>>>>>> adding new
>>>>>> attributes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +100 for making the urls shorter, since AX responses usually  
>>>>>> exceed the
>>>>>> 2KB
>>>>>> URL limit, and have to be sent via POST, causing  UX issues.  
>>>>>> (browser
>>>>>> warnings if the RP doesn't support HTTPS, an extra "white page"  
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> form and the button, JS dependency, etc)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Allen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dick Hardt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> axschema.org is shorter then schemas.openid.net and implies the
>>>>>> schemas could be used for things other then OpenID
>>>>>>
>>>>>> given that though, I don't have a strong preference
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2009-09-16, at 2:06 PM, John Bradley wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As I recall the idea was to move the URI to use schemas.openid.net 
>>>>>> .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is that still the preferred option from your point of view,  or  
>>>>>> do
>>>>>> you see axshema.org continuing in some way?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John B.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2009-09-16, at 4:54 PM, Dick Hardt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2009-09-16, at 12:28 PM, John Bradley wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dick,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That includes all of the schema work and AX 2.0 documents?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All the work that Sxip Identity did. I don't recall that anyone  
>>>>>> else
>>>>>> contributed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Who controls axschema.org now?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do personally
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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