PROPOSAL: OpenID Form Clarification (A.4)

[Johannes Ernst]

We are the counter-example at NetMesh. The field names in our code  
precede OpenID and its conventions, and we would like to keep the  
names of our fields without running afoul of the OpenID spec.

Granted, it wouldn't be terrible if we had to change the name of our  
fields, but then, I think this is exactly why this kind of thing  
should be a SHOULD not a MUST. I agree with David on this, naturally.

On Oct 18, 2006, at 20:34, Dick Hardt wrote:

> Why SHOULD rather then MUST? [1]
>
> What valid reason is there for an RP to not have that field name?
>
> [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt
>
> -- Dick
>
> On 18-Oct-06, at 1:28 PM, Recordon, David wrote:
>
>> Agreed, just like the spec already says "The form field's "name"
>> attribute SHOULD have the value "openid_identifier" as to allow User
>> Agents to automatically prefill the End User's Identifier when
>> visiting
>> a Relying Party."
>>
>> I'm all for this feature, as well as even identifying the form  
>> itself,
>> though don't see how it should be a MUST over a SHOULD for a Relying
>> Party.
>>
>> --David
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: specs-bounces at openid.net [mailto:specs-bounces at openid.net] On
>> Behalf Of Jonathan Daugherty
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 2:33 PM
>> To: Dick Hardt
>> Cc: specs at openid.net
>> Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: OpenID Form Clarification (A.4)
>>
>> # Proposal
>> #
>> # Modify 8.1 to:
>> # ...
>> #
>> # The form field's "name" attribute MUST have the value #
>> "openid_identifier" as to allow User Agents to automatically  
>> prefill #
>> the End User's Identifier when visiting a Relying Party.
>>
>> This should be a SHOULD, not a MUST.
>>
>> --
>>   Jonathan Daugherty
>>   JanRain, Inc.
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Johannes Ernst
NetMesh Inc.

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