<br>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-<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Dick Hardt <<a href="mailto:dick@sxip.com">dick@sxip.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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On 23-May-08, at 4:09 AM, Drummond Reed wrote:<br>
<br>
> Dick, glad you asked. I was at an event all day today but spent a<br>
> good part<br>
> of this evening collating the input of XRI TC members in response to<br>
> the<br>
> TAG's posting.<br>
><br>
> Suffice it to say, the XRI TC -- and so far the vast majority of OASIS<br>
> members -- believe the TAG is mistaken in its judgement.<br>
><br>
> For the full details of our response, see:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://wiki.oasis-open.org/xri/XriSolvesRealProblems" target="_blank">http://wiki.oasis-open.org/xri/XriSolvesRealProblems</a><br>
<br>
</div>Hmm.<br>
<br>
I think it would be useful to state why XRI is important without<br>
muddying the conversation with XRDS. For example in the document you<br>
list above in the Identity Capabilities Description, George Fletcher<br>
and Axel Nennker are talking about XRDS, not XRI.<br>
<br>
Clearly there is momentum around XRDS and it is resonating in the<br>
market. I am not seeing the same for XRIs.<br>
<br>
The recent IIW Presentation I gave on redundant identifier sets<br>
potentially solves the identifier recycling and loss of identifier<br>
problem in a manner that has advantages over XRI and does not require<br>
the creation of another central infrastructure. In other words, there<br>
are other ways to solve the problem without requiring the new<br>
infrastructure.<br>
<br>
Personally, I have not seen significant advantages to XRIs (and yes, I<br>
have a couple -- vanity at work!).<br>
I have taken the position that we should let the market decide if<br>
there is value in XRIs. If I look at the market, I think people in<br>
general see URLs being much simpler to work with then XRIs and.<br>
<br>
As a colleague and as someone that wants to see someone smart like<br>
yourself doing productive work, I'd suggest there may be value in<br>
reflecting on what is happening in the market and spending your time<br>
on initiatives that resonate with the market. You did alot of smart<br>
thinking about XRIs -- I just don't get a sense it is resonating with<br>
the market.<br>
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