[OpenID] Calling OpenID 2.0 editors (was RE:Problems withOpenID and TAG httpRange-14)

Johnny Bufu johnny at sxip.com
Thu Mar 6 22:16:52 UTC 2008


Noah,

On 6-Mar-08, at 12:11 PM, Noah Slater wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 09:58:08PM +0200, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)  
> wrote:
>>>   The new uri is not a substitute reference for the originally  
>>> requested resource.
>>>
>> No, but neither does the "originally requested resource" must be the
>> claimed_id
>
> I'm sorry, can you rephrase this?

You're arguing under the assumption that the string typed by the user  
at the RP (the User-supplied ID) is also or should be the claimed_id.  
This is not the case per the current OpenID 2.0 definitions.

> If I claim <http://bytesexual.org/> as my OpenID

You must do that by publishing discovery information at this URL,  
without issuing redirects.

> and this 303s to some place else it is pretty clear what my  
> "claimed id" is,

Yes - the URL after all redirects, unless you use a different  
definition for claimed_id.

> unless that phrase carries extra semantics which I am not aware off.


Johnny




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