Re: Extending the WebID protocol with Access Delegation

On 17 Aug 2012, at 10:56, Olivier Berger <olivier.berger@it-sudparis.eu> wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> Besides my previous feedback about the security, I have another comment,
> see below.
> 
> Henry Story <henry.story@bblfish.net> writes:
> 
>> Of interest to both RWW and WebID group:
>> 
>> Sebastian Tramp, Andrei Sambra, Philip Frischmuth, Michael Martin, Sören Auer and I have submitted a paper entitled "Extending the WebID protocol with Access Delegation"  for the ISCW 2012, 3rd International Workshop on Consuming Linked Data
>> 
>>   http://bblfish.net/tmp/2012/08/05/WebID_Delegation.pdf
>> 
>> The paper has not been accepted yet, and the review process will very likely allow us to revise parts of it. But the review process can start here already. Feedback, ideas and implementations are welcome :-)
>> 
>> More pointers on the wiki
>> 
>>   http://www.w3.org/wiki/WebID/Authorization_Delegation#External_pointers
>> 
> 
> Is the On-Behalf-Of header necessary ?
> 
> Couldn't we imagine that if there's no such header, the secretary's
> FOAF could be searched for a corresponding statement, that would be
> something like :always-on-bahalf-of ? Of course, this would be suitable
> only of secretaries of a single agent.

In that case we are in section 3.1 and there is hardly need for a secretary.

> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Olivier BERGER 
> http://www-public.it-sudparis.eu/~berger_o/ - OpenPGP-Id: 2048R/5819D7E8
> Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF
> Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France)

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