<div dir="ltr">I agree with allowing acct: etc. grammatically though it is not so simple. <div style><br></div><div><div style>As a chair of the WG, I have objection on changing the normative normalization rule because of the process reason. If it were to happen, it should have happened before the Public Review Period. The reason like "we intended to be, and examples are showing ... " is not acceptable. We are creating a standard, and normative language is everything. Just changing normative language technically after the freeze announcement will put the integrity of the process in question. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>We could deal with technical changes in the comment resolution meetings, but we should not make on-the-fly changes. </div></div><div style><br></div><div style>Note: this does not prevent interop participants to do the acct: normalization "experiments". </div>
<div style>I expect that is going to be harder than https:// normalization though because you have to hand code the host part extraction by yourself and that's actually error prone. </div><div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/7/2 Justin Richer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jricher@mitre.org" target="_blank">jricher@mitre.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

  
    
  
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    Agree with Mike -- I think the best bet would be that the grammar
    simply allow all of the examples given in the document.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
    <br>
     -- Justin</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br>
    <br>
    <div>On 07/01/2013 12:49 PM, Mike Jones
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      
      
      
      <div>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I
            agree that we should apply errata to have the grammar match
            the examples.  Let’s agree on specific wording on today’s
            call in 6 hours.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I
            would be strongly against normalizing everything to https:
            because that would be an unnecessary breaking change.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">                                                               
            -- Mike<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
            Nat Sakimura [<a href="mailto:sakimura@gmail.com" target="_blank">mailto:sakimura@gmail.com</a>]
            <br>
            <b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 01, 2013 9:47 AM<br>
            <b>To:</b> John Bradley<br>
            <b>Cc:</b> Mike Jones; Justin Richer;
            <a href="mailto:openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net" target="_blank">openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net</a> List; Peter Saint-Andre<br>
            <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openid-specs-ab] Issue #856: Discovery
            - URI grammar definition doesn't allow acct: scheme
            (openid/connect)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
        <div>
          <p class="MsoNormal">Agreed, and there, Cool URI people would
            say: everything should normalized to <a>https://</a> !<u></u><u></u></p>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">I am ok with the errata that will allow
              acct: and mailto:, tel: etc. to be dealt with. <u></u><u></u></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Normatively changing the normalization
              rule from adding <a>https://</a> to acct: is probably not given
              it did not make into before the public review period and
              sticking to <a>https://</a> has values such as less
              susceptibility towards the change. <u></u><u></u></p>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div>
          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">2013/7/2 John Bradley <<a href="mailto:ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com" target="_blank">ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com</a>><u></u><u></u></p>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal">It was discussed on the June 17 call
                and Mike asked me to write up a Errata to have the
                normative text match the examples showing acct:.<u></u><u></u></p>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
              </div>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal">In the original you are correct
                  user@host was normalized to <a>https://</a> and it was not
                  legal in the normalization rules to have
                  acct:user@host as user input.<u></u><u></u></p>
              </div>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
              </div>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal">As a side note we are also missing
                  normalization to the tel: uri for strings beginning
                  with + (that can be added later)<u></u><u></u></p>
              </div>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
              </div>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal">If we revert back to normalizing to
                  <a>https://</a> then the examples need to change to match.<u></u><u></u></p>
              </div>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
              </div>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal">I am not emotionally attached to
                  "acct:" but I thought we were fully adopting WF in
                  this draft, and that implies normalizing things to
                  "acct:" though that is a touch vague as has been
                  pointed out in there review.    If every protocol
                  picks a different scheme to normalize the resource URI
                  to that will cause problems for WF deployment.<u></u><u></u></p>
              </div>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
              </div>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal">John B.<u></u><u></u></p>
                <div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
                    <div>
                      <div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal">On 2013-07-01, at 11:13 AM,
                          Nat Sakimura <<a href="mailto:sakimura@gmail.com" target="_blank">sakimura@gmail.com</a>>
                          wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
                      </div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                        <br>
                        <u></u><u></u></p>
                      <div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal">Right, we normalized to
                          <a>https://</a> when a user just typed user@host and
                          that was a quite deliberate thing I did. It
                          was not just left off from SWD day. We had
                          plenty of days to review it, and I did. There
                          were several reasons: <u></u><u></u></p>
                        <div>
                          <ol start="1" type="1">
                            <li class="MsoNormal">
                              I was not certain of what will become of
                              acct: uri. I am still concerned that some
                              Cool URI people may ring in at the very
                              end and jeopardize; <u></u><u></u></li>
                            <li class="MsoNormal">
                              Minimal impact to the existing codes;<u></u><u></u></li>
                            <li class="MsoNormal">
                              Easy for the code: they can use
                              conventional URI parser to extract
                              userinfo, host, and port. <u></u><u></u></li>
                            <li class="MsoNormal">
                              There is nothing wrong with using <a>https://</a>
                              instead of acct: as far as Webfinger is
                              concerned. <u></u><u></u></li>
                          </ol>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal">True, the Webfinger has
                              in its non-normative example, acct: uri
                              example for OpenID Connect. However, that
                              is just an example. When we went to
                              implementer's draft review period, we had
                              a normative text around
                              <a>https://</a>,
                              which has no problem on our part. Switch
                              from acct: to <a>https://</a> is not an editorial
                              errata. It is a technical change and
                              should not be dealt with lightly from the
                              process point of view. <u></u><u></u></p>
                          </div>
                        </div>
                        <div>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
                        </div>
                        <div>
                          <p class="MsoNormal">Also, I cannot find the
                            ticket which is associated with the change
                            set <a href="https://bitbucket.org/openid/connect/commits/20ebf0461dea1daa76d63aeb824fb36dd79fd2f2" target="_blank">20ebf04</a>, which is a
                            normative change after the start of the
                            review period. Is there one? If not, we need
                            to create it. <u></u><u></u></p>
                        </div>
                        <div>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
                          </div>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal">Nat<u></u><u></u></p>
                          </div>
                        </div>
                      </div>
                      <div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p>
                        <div>
                          <p class="MsoNormal">2013/7/1 John Bradley
                            <<a href="mailto:ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com" target="_blank">ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com</a>><u></u><u></u></p>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal">The problem with
                              normalizing "user@host" to
                              <a href="https:user@host" target="_blank">"https:user@host"</a>  is mostly that simple
                              WF servers may only match on the acct:
                              form it seems to be the recommended thing
                              to normalize input to.<u></u><u></u></p>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal">Before we made the
                                last change in normalization rules to
                                support "acct:"  all input without a
                                scheme was normalized to "https:" ,
                                 even if we backed that out we would
                                still need to still need a rule to
                                support non-higher-archical URI like
                                "acct:".<u></u><u></u></p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal">The bottom line is if
                                someone types "user@host"  we should
                                have one way of converting that to a URI
                                for WF, otherwise we are headed for
                                interoperability issues.<u></u><u></u></p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal">We also need to think
                                about what we do for RFC3541 "tel:" as
                                it is also not higher-archical, though
                                likely it will need some sort of
                                meta-data service/proxy to be useful.  <u></u><u></u></p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal">John B.<u></u><u></u></p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
                                </div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
                                  <div>
                                    <div>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal">On
                                        2013-06-29, at 9:16 PM, Nat
                                        Sakimura <<a href="mailto:sakimura@gmail.com" target="_blank">sakimura@gmail.com</a>>
                                        wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
                                    </div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                                      <br>
                                      <u></u><u></u></p>
                                    <div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal">Actually, I
                                          and John discussed this issue
                                          over Skype last night and
                                          John's response was the result
                                          of it. So my comments are
                                          included in his response. <u></u><u></u></p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal">BTW, what
                                          is the value in normalizing to
                                          acct scheme? To me, https
                                          seems perfectly fine, and
                                          would not cause the problems
                                          that Justin is getting. <br>
                                          <br>
                                          =nat via iPhone<u></u><u></u></p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
                                          Jun 30, 2013 2:17<span lang="JA">$B!"(B</span>Mike Jones
                                          <<a href="mailto:Michael.Jones@microsoft.com" target="_blank">Michael.Jones@microsoft.com</a>>
                                          <span lang="JA">$B$N%a%C%;!<%8(B</span>:<u></u><u></u></p>
                                      </div>
                                      <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
                                        <div>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Can
                                              you work on a concrete
                                              proposal to apply as
                                              errata, John?  And Nat,
                                              once you’re able to think
                                              critically, maybe you
                                              could work on this as
                                              well?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                          <div>
                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                          </div>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">                                                           
                                              Thanks both,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">                                                           
                                              -- Mike</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                          <div>
                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>
                                            <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                                                  John Bradley [<a href="mailto:ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com" target="_blank">mailto:ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com</a>]
                                                  <br>
                                                  <b>Sent:</b> Saturday,
                                                  June 29, 2013 9:19 AM<br>
                                                  <b>To:</b> Mike Jones<br>
                                                  <b>Cc:</b> Justin
                                                  Richer; <a href="mailto:openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net" target="_blank">
openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net</a> List; Peter Saint-Andre<br>
                                                  <b>Subject:</b> Re:
                                                  [Openid-specs-ab]
                                                  Issue #856: Discovery
                                                  - URI grammar
                                                  definition doesn't
                                                  allow acct: scheme
                                                  (openid/connect)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                            </div>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>
                                            <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                          </div>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal">I
                                            think part of our problem is
                                            that in RFC3986 "host" is
                                            part of authority and
                                            authority is part of
                                            higher-part which begins
                                            with "//".<u></u><u></u></p>
                                          <div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                            </div>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>
                                            <p class="MsoNormal">The
                                              "mailto" scheme stuffs
                                              everything into path so
                                              doesn't have and authority
                                              owing to dealing with
                                              multiple recipients (it is
                                              a complex scheme) .<u></u><u></u></p>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                            </div>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>
                                            <p class="MsoNormal">If
                                              "acct" was using
                                              higher-part rather than
                                              path it would simplify our
                                              job trying to normalize
                                              the various sorts of
                                              inputs for discovery.<u></u><u></u></p>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                            </div>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>
                                            <p class="MsoNormal">The
                                              "acct" scheme uses  ":"
                                               userpart "@" host  (It
                                              defines userpart rather
                                              than re using userinfo).
                                               While being unusual
                                              having host in a path, I
                                              am guessing it is just the
                                              ABNF, so is a different
                                              host from the one in
                                              higher-part.<u></u><u></u></p>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                            </div>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>
                                            <p class="MsoNormal">I
                                              don't think the below
                                              works for generic URI
                                              without a higher-part so
                                              we would be better  saying
                                               or "acct" ":" userpart
                                              "@" host.<u></u><u></u></p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal">That
                                              leaves out the mailto uri
                                              but processing rules to
                                              generically pick that
                                              apart are a real
                                              challenge, and would need
                                              to be restricted to a
                                              single recipient with no
                                              headers etc so would need
                                              it's own section for that
                                              scheme specifically if we
                                              want to support it.<u></u><u></u></p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal">There
                                              is also a problem with
                                              differentiating
                                              <a href="http://foo.org/" target="_blank">foo.org</a>:8080
                                              as that could be
                                              interpreted as a scheme or
                                              <a href="http://foo.org/" target="_blank">foo.org</a>
                                              with a path of 8080 so
                                              being explicit about what
                                              schemes without
                                              higher-part are supported
                                              may be a good idea.   <u></u><u></u></p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal">John
                                              B.<u></u><u></u></p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal">On
                                                  2013-06-29, at 7:20
                                                  AM, Mike Jones <<a href="mailto:Michael.Jones@microsoft.com" target="_blank">Michael.Jones@microsoft.com</a>>
                                                  wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I'd
                                                      add another "or"
                                                      to prevent
                                                      confusion as
                                                      below, but
                                                      otherwise I agree
                                                      with this change. 
                                                      Do others?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">a
                                                      URI in the form of
                                                      scheme "://"
                                                      authority
                                                      path-abempty [ "?"
                                                      query ] [ "#"
                                                      fragment ] <span style="color:red">or </span>authority

                                                      path-abempty [ "?"
                                                      query ] [ "#"
                                                      fragment ] <span style="color:red">or
                                                        scheme ":"
                                                        userinfo "@"
                                                        host</span> per
                                                      RFC 3986 [RFC3986]</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">                                                                          
                                                      -- Mike</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">-----Original
                                                      Message-----<br>
                                                      From: <a href="mailto:openid-specs-ab-bounces@lists.openid.net" target="_blank">openid-specs-ab-bounces@lists.openid.net</a>
                                                      [mailto:<a href="mailto:openid-" target="_blank">openid-</a><a href="mailto:specs-ab-bounces@lists.openid.net" target="_blank">specs-ab-bounces@lists.openid.net</a>]
                                                      On Behalf Of
                                                      Justin Richer<br>
                                                      Sent: Friday, June
                                                      28, 2013 6:55 AM<br>
                                                      To: <a href="mailto:openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net" target="_blank">openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net</a><br>
                                                      Subject:
                                                      [Openid-specs-ab]
                                                      Issue #856:
                                                      Discovery - URI
                                                      grammar definition
                                                      doesn't allow
                                                      acct: scheme
                                                      (openid/connect)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">New
                                                      issue 856:
                                                      Discovery - URI
                                                      grammar definition
                                                      doesn't allow
                                                      acct: scheme<a href="https://bitbucket.org/openid/connect/issue/856/discovery-uri-grammar-definition-doesnt" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://bitbucket.org/openid/connect/issue/856/discovery-uri-grammar-definition-doesnt</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>

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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Justin
                                                      Richer:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The
                                                      instructions as
                                                      written in
                                                      2.1.1/2.1.2 don't
                                                      actually allow for
                                                      the acct: URI
                                                      scheme. The acct:
                                                      scheme is a
                                                      non-heirarchical
                                                      URI, which means
                                                      it doesn't include
                                                      the "//"
                                                      component, and the
                                                      text currently
                                                      states:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">```</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">   
                                                      a URI either in
                                                      the form of scheme
                                                      "://" authority
                                                      path-abempty [ "?"
                                                      query ] [ "#"
                                                      fragment ] or
                                                      authority
                                                      path-abempty [ "?"
                                                      query ] [ "#"
                                                      fragment ] per RFC
                                                      3986 [RFC3986].</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">```</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I
                                                      think this needs
                                                      an errata
                                                      published as the
                                                      intent was more
                                                      like:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">```</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">   
                                                      a URI in the form
                                                      of scheme "://"
                                                      authority
                                                      path-abempty [ "?"
                                                      query ] [ "#"
                                                      fragment ],
                                                      authority
                                                      path-abempty [ "?"
                                                      query ] [ "#"
                                                      fragment ], **or
                                                      scheme ":"
                                                      userinfo "@"
                                                      host** per RFC
                                                      3986 [RFC3986].</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>
                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">```</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">_______________________________________________</span><u></u><u></u></p>

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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Openid-specs-ab
                                                      mailing list</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">_______________________________________________<br>
                                                    Openid-specs-ab
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                                      <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
                                        <p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                          <br clear="all">
                          <u></u><u></u></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">-- <br>
                          Nat Sakimura (=nat)<u></u><u></u></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">Chairman, OpenID
                            Foundation<br>
                            <a href="http://nat.sakimura.org/" target="_blank">http://nat.sakimura.org/</a><br>
                            @_nat_en<u></u><u></u></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
            <br clear="all">
            <u></u><u></u></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">-- <br>
            Nat Sakimura (=nat)<u></u><u></u></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Chairman, OpenID Foundation<br>
              <a href="http://nat.sakimura.org/" target="_blank">http://nat.sakimura.org/</a><br>
              @_nat_en<u></u><u></u></p>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Nat Sakimura (=nat)<div>Chairman, OpenID Foundation<br><a href="http://nat.sakimura.org/" target="_blank">http://nat.sakimura.org/</a><br>@_nat_en</div>
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