foaf identifiers Re: EARL Schema

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:56:59 +0200, Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org> wrote:

>>  As a new comment, we should only insist on at least one of foaf:mbox  
>> or  foaf:mbox_sha1
>  Adding mbox as required and sha1 as optional (additionally) for now.  
> Let's discuss.

Most foaf uses an mbox_sha1 hash instead of putting the email address in  
cleartext, as a defence against spammers. Although plenty doesn't. There  
are reliable algorithms for comparing these things (they are built into  
many foaf tools).

I think requiring a email address is not a brilliant idea, and requiring  
one that is in plain scrapeable form is a non-starter.

cheers

Chaals

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