[OpenID] OpenID v.next. Atom or XRD

[Pat Cappelaere]

+1
Atom and JSON mirrored equivalent.
Pat.

On Nov 16, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Santosh Rajan wrote:

> We have to seriously consider the atom format as resource descriptors
> for openid v.next. Atom has several advantages
> 1) Atom  is an extremely simple format. I have demonstrated that with
> a simple host-meta example in an earlier post.
> 2) Atom is a very succesful format. Supported by companies like google
> from 2003 and twitter more recently.
> 3) Atom is a format easily understood by developers because of its popularity.
> 4) Atom is extensible. You can easily extend atom to solve problems
> specific to your requirements, like delegation etc.
> 4) Atom has already been used by other specication's for resource
> describing purposes.
> 
> If we have to consider XRD instead of atom, XRD needs to prove two things.
> 1) what can XRD do that atom or an extension of atom cannot do?
> 2) The argument given against atom by xrd is about the atom id el
> ement. It is a very hollow argument, which i am certain will not hold.
> 
> So we need to consider forming a working group for exploring the
> possibilities of atom for openid.
> 
> Any ideas or views on this?
> 
> -- 
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