[OpenID] W3C TAG recommends against XRI

[larry drebes]

I also think the market should decide.  XRI's handle the recycling issue out
of the box, and there is probably a market segment that finds that
appealing.   Developer complexity (mentioned above) doesn't really wash.
The janrain open source libraries have support xri's for nearly 2 years,
anyone can look at the code.  larry-

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Dick Hardt <dick at sxip.com> wrote:

>
> On 23-May-08, at 4:09 AM, Drummond Reed wrote:
>
> > Dick, glad you asked. I was at an event all day today but spent a
> > good part
> > of this evening collating the input of XRI TC members in response to
> > the
> > TAG's posting.
> >
> > Suffice it to say, the XRI TC -- and so far the vast majority of OASIS
> > members -- believe the TAG is mistaken in its judgement.
> >
> > For the full details of our response, see:
> >
> >       http://wiki.oasis-open.org/xri/XriSolvesRealProblems
>
> Hmm.
>
> I think it would be useful to state why XRI is important without
> muddying the conversation with XRDS. For example in the document you
> list above in the Identity Capabilities Description, George Fletcher
> and Axel Nennker are talking about XRDS, not XRI.
>
> Clearly there is momentum around XRDS and it is resonating in the
> market. I am not seeing the same for XRIs.
>
> The recent IIW Presentation I gave on redundant identifier sets
> potentially solves the identifier recycling and loss of identifier
> problem in a manner that has advantages over XRI and does not require
> the creation of another central infrastructure. In other words, there
> are other ways to solve the problem without requiring the new
> infrastructure.
>
> Personally, I have not seen significant advantages to XRIs (and yes, I
> have a couple -- vanity at work!).
> I have taken the position that we should let the market decide if
> there is value in XRIs. If I look at the market, I think people in
> general see URLs being much simpler to work with then XRIs and.
>
> As a colleague and as someone that wants to see someone smart like
> yourself doing productive work, I'd suggest there may be value in
> reflecting on what is happening in the market and spending your time
> on initiatives that resonate with the market. You did alot of smart
> thinking about XRIs -- I just don't get a sense it is resonating with
> the market.
>
> -- Dick
>
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