[OpenID] Calling OpenID 2.0editors(wasRE:ProblemswithOpenIDand TAG httpRange-14)

[Noah Slater]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 05:17:47PM -0700, Drummond Reed wrote:
> Again, you can no more require relationships between identifiers at the
> abstract OpenID level to follow the relationships of identifiers at the HTTP
> layer than you can require relationships between identifiers at the HTTP
> level to follow the relationships of identifiers at the TCP/IP layer.

This is misleading for several reasons.

OpenID, as I understand it, violates HTTP semantics.

HTTP does not violate any of the TCP/IP semantics.

Where OpenID uses URIs it should obey the semantics all the way down.

Calling the URI concrete at one level and abstract at another level is a nice
way to explain the conceptual difference you perceive but it is not a magic
ticket that makes violation of HTTP any more appetising.

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Noah Slater <http://bytesexual.org/>