<div dir="ltr">“form_post” seems okay.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Mike Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Michael.Jones@microsoft.com" target="_blank">Michael.Jones@microsoft.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Names that have been proposed so far are:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> POST<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> html_form<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> html<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> form_post<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SAML calls this binding “HTTP POST” (see <a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-bindings-2.0-os.pdf" target="_blank">
http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-bindings-2.0-os.pdf</a> Section 3.5).<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">WS-Federation doesn’t appear to explicitly name the binding (see
<a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsfed/federation/v1.2/os/ws-federation-1.2-spec-os.html#_Toc223175014" target="_blank">
http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsfed/federation/v1.2/os/ws-federation-1.2-spec-os.html#_Toc223175014</a>) but also says that the HTTP form is sent via HTTP POST.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Given that colloquially, people tend to refer to this binding as a POST binding, I think we really want to keep POST in the name. I’ll grant Nat’s point that just “POST” is probably misleading. Therefore, I think we should choose from
among these names:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> form_post<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> html_post<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> http_post<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I prefer “form_post” from among these choices because it clearly differentiates it from just simply using the HTTP POST verb, by saying what is being posted. “html_post” is less specific and odd sounding. “http_post” sounds like we’re
just using the HTTP POST verb, and so is misleading in the same way that simply “POST” is.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So I’d choose “form_post”. Are people good with that, or do people want to advocate a different name? (If so, please say why.)<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> -- Mike<u></u><u></u></p>
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