Re: OStatus and webfinger vs swd

On 16 April 2012 09:41, Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net> wrote:

>  So, I'd like to propose the following from the POV of the OStatus
> community group:
>
>    - We decide if it's going to matter for us what the IETF says. My
>    feeling is yes; if one or the other gets deprecated, it will make it harder
>    to depend on that deprecated one in the future.
>
> +1. My take is that this sort of functionality is winner-takes all, like
DNS.

>
>    - We ask someone to take the job of "representing" OStatus in this
>    discussion at the IETF. They'd need to work with the IETF liaison at W3C:
>    http://www.w3.org/2001/11/StdLiaison
>
> +1 and -1. Having an official representative is a good idea to communicate
a consensus view of OStatus, but individuals should make their voices heard
on the IETF list directly. The latter is actually more important because of
the way that the IETF works.

>
>    - We come up with a simple proposal based on strengths and weaknesses
>    of the two approaches, and ask the representative to present that.
>
> +1, but as with the previous point, individuals should express their
support directly on the apps-discuss list.

b.