Re: Portability Requirement

On 15 March 2016 at 19:54, Shane McCarron <shane@halindrome.com> wrote:

> I am not sure what to say.  I heard a strong requirement from the group on
> the call today that this be included.  As far as I know, all this means is
> that credentials (aka claims) need to have a well defined data format that
> is transportable.  The repository for a claim could be a folder fill of
> .json files on a disk, right?  Or some fancy service provider.  The claims
> and their integrity are not dependent upon the repository.
>

Let me clarify slightly.

If this simply means that the serialization reuses web standards such as
JSON LD and Linked data then im +1, because that's portable by nature.

If it means that the subject of those data structures requires the use a
URI scheme other then HTTP (e.g. the did: scheme) URIs, that's the point
I'd like to push back on.

Typically I would expect claims to be 100% web based.


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> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
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>> On 15 March 2016 at 18:19, Shane McCarron <shane@halindrome.com> wrote:
>>
>>> As per my action item today, I have included a requirement and scenarios
>>> about portability of claims.  This has been checked in and pushed to [1].
>>> Please take a look and let me know if it captures what we discussed!
>>>
>>
>> -1
>>
>> When portability first came up I pushed back on a 'slippery slope'
>> basis.  It's gone from MAY to SHOULD to MUST.
>>
>> The web is fundamentally based on cool URIs not changing.  Every time
>> this portability items shows up it becomes an over emphasized point that
>> tends to torpedo a project.
>>
>> It's not clear here whether this means using the typical quad nature of
>> HTTP URIs, or creating some new URI scheme.  If the latter, we shouldnt be
>> creating new URIs schemes, we should be using the web.  That's what linked
>> data is all about.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> [1] http://w3c.github.io/webpayments-ig/VCTF/use-cases/
>>>
>>> P.S.  I also changed "curator" to "repository" as per the poll we took.
>>> Since this is in an external file, your browser may cache the content.  If
>>> you see dfn link errors, that's what it means.
>>>
>>> --
>>> -Shane
>>>
>>
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>
> --
> -Shane
>