Do We Agree on the Problem We're Trying to Solve?

[Dick Hardt]

On 8-Jun-07, at 4:00 PM, Drummond Reed wrote:

>
>>> Drummond Reed wrote:
>>>
>>> Multiple, redundant identifiers is what canonical ID mapping
>>> provides. It
>>> doesn't require a master directory; it's as distributed as OpenID
>>> itself,
>>> i.e., it simply provides a way to map a reassignable URL or XRI to a
>>> persistent URL or XRI.
>>
>> Dick Hardt wrote:
>>
>> The persistent URL or XRI *is* a master directory. What do you do
>> when the persistent identifier is compromised, goes out of  
>> business ...
>>
>> That is problem B.
>>
>> Canonical IDs do not solve B.
>
> I completely agree that B is a hard problem. However Canonical IDs  
> solve B
> if the identifier authority for the Canonical ID follows business and
> operational practices intended to solve B.

And I think there is a solution that does not require a single,  
central registry.

One of the other issues with the registry is it is challenging to  
provide directed identities.

-- Dick