[OpenID] HTML-based discovery Question...

[David Fuelling]

Can anyone give me a brief overview of why HTML-Based Discovery is only
allowed for Claimed Identifiers?

I don't disagree with the spec here -- I'm just trying to understand things
better.

Thanks!

David

(Section 7.3.3): "HTML-Based discovery is only usable for discovery of
Claimed Identifiers. OP Identifiers must be XRIs or URLs that support XRDS
discovery."