<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Bruce<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Yes, an OP does not need to support i-names. If you are not an i-broker (right term), then you can't support them easily.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>An RP SHOULD support i-names.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-- Dick</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 8-Feb-07, at 11:00 PM, Bruce Wang wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Hi all,<BR><BR>Would it be possible to implement a OpenID server without i-names/XRI support? <BR>And is that still OpenID 2.0 interoperable?<BR clear="all"><BR>-- <BR>simple is good<BR><A href="http://brucewang.net">http://brucewang.net </A><BR>skype: number5<DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">general mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:general@openid.net">general@openid.net</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general">http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>