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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I have to be amongst the most stupid people on this list (if not the most stupid), and I get XRI. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>How can this be? </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have to assume Edd is 10,000* better than I am at web stuff, given the intro he gets.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>What's the difference between XRI and ldap? Precious little. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does Edd understand LDAP? If he does, tell him XRI is ..."LDAP updated" for web culture.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Period. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Actually, no! its not period. Ive no idea who Edd is or what XTech conference is about. Is he an authority?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">_________________________<BR></SPAN><B>Peter Williams<BR></B></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Simon Willison<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 5/23/2008 10:09 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Andy Powell<BR><B>Cc:</B> OpenID List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OpenID] W3C TAG recommends against XRI<BR></FONT><BR>If Edd Dumbill (ex-managing editor of xml.com and long-running chair<BR>of the XTech conference) can't get his head around XRIs then what hope<BR>for everyone else?<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>