+1 for the stratified identifying options -1 for the brand specific stuff (+1@!adrian<hopebailie.com:) On 26-03-15 14:26, Adrian Hope-Bailie wrote: > Another way to think about it might be to adopt a symbol that > explicitly represents a namespace outside the DNS system? > > Could !username mean, look my identity up on Telehash? > So the discovery protocol may be something like: > > IF identifier starts with '!' lookup on Telehash > ELSE IF identifier has the form user@domain lookup using WebFinger and > fall back to Telehash > ELSE IF identifier starts with '@' lookup on Twitter identity service > fallback to medium.com <http://medium.com> identity service > ELSE IF identifier starts with '$' lookup on cash.me <http://cash.me> > identity service > ELSE return not found > > The last two are not realistic for a global standard but I'm sure > Twitter, Medium and Square would like them > > On 26 March 2015 at 16:19, Andy McKay <amckay@mozilla.com > <mailto:amckay@mozilla.com>> wrote: > > >> On Mar 26, 2015, at 12:56 PM, Adrian Hope-Bailie >> <adrian@hopebailie.com <mailto:adrian@hopebailie.com>> wrote: >> >> It does make me think that an identifier like >> adrian$hopebailie.com <http://hopebailie.com/> could be a cool >> standard though and would imply that my IdP is at hopebailie.com >> <http://hopebailie.com/> and my identity key is "adrian”. > > adrian£hopebailie.com <http://hopebailie.com> is way cooler. A > currency symbol that applies to only a few countries isn’t going > to work. > > -- ========================= -- Erik Ros -- -- +447979090626 -- -- mail@erikros.me -- -- http://erikros.me -- -- @erikros_me -- -- +ErikRos_ejfrme -- =========================
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