Re: WebFinger compromises

If somehow Brad doesn't have time to make a JSON endpoint for
gmail.comthen I will volunteer my 20% time to do so.  Non issue.
On Nov 1, 2012 6:30 AM, "Evan Prodromou" <evan@status.net> wrote:

>  On 12-10-31 06:26 PM, Brad Fitzpatrick wrote:
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>  StatusNet can continue to speak whatever it wants among itself.  But
> WebFinger is JSON only.  (whether or not the spec says JSON only, it's
> JSON-only in practice, if JSON is the only MUST for both client and server.)
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>> JSON preferred, XML optional is probably the only way to go forward.
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>  Your argument seems to be: "Status.net exists => Must have XML. QED." I
> don't buy it.
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>  Status.net is tiny in the grand scheme of what WebFinger could be.  I
> believe it'll only be successful if it's simple.
>
> I'm more concerned about gmail.com (and to a lesser extent yahoo.com).
> It's nice to be able to say, "there are hundreds of millions of Webfinger
> accounts out there."
>
> If gmail.com can upgrade, I'm more than happy to see just JSON, although
> I'd prefer we use a different well-known endpoint so that older clients and
> servers can still run smoothly.
>
> In other words: older clients will try to get XRD from
> <domain>/.well-known/host-meta. It's easy for us to avoid breaking them, so
> let's do that.
>
> -Evan
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