[OpenID] W3C TAG recommends against XRI

[Peter Williams]

I have to be amongst the most stupid people on this list (if not the most stupid), and I get XRI. How can this be? I have to assume Edd is 10,000* better than I am at web stuff, given the intro he gets.

What's the difference between XRI and ldap? Precious little. 

Does Edd understand LDAP? If he does, tell him XRI is ..."LDAP updated" for web culture.

Period. 

Actually, no! its not period. Ive no idea who Edd is or what XTech conference is about. Is he an authority?

Perhaps, we need a directory of authorities, so we can distinguish between blog blather and citation-grade statements that one might rely upon. Hmm. There is that technology that does that.. Its called XRI... its an updated form of LDAP, wouldn't you just know it. Its made for the web, rather than the 1980s telco world (L)DAP was conceived for.

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Peter Williams



From: Simon Willison
Sent: Fri 5/23/2008 10:09 AM
To: Andy Powell
Cc: OpenID List
Subject: Re: [OpenID] W3C TAG recommends against XRI

If Edd Dumbill (ex-managing editor of xml.com and long-running chair
of the XTech conference) can't get his head around XRIs then what hope
for everyone else?
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