- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 15:26:45 -0400
- To: public-fedsocweb@w3.org
- Message-ID: <4FF9DEF5.3050007@openlinksw.com>
On 7/8/12 12:22 PM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > > > On 8 July 2012 17:59, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com > <mailto:kidehen@openlinksw.com>> wrote: > > On 7/8/12 11:24 AM, Michiel de Jong wrote: > > how about "user address"? it's like "what's your email > address" except > that it makes more sense because it doesn't say 'email'. > that's the > reason i started using that term about a year ago to say "the > user@host string you put into webfinger" > > > We've had IDs in our lives forever. Why not use it re., whatever > comes next? > > > Local identifiers scale locally, and are in competition with each > other. It's the nature of most programmers that they dont normally > realize the competitive advantage of using URIs. Essentially your > biggest task then becomes persuading as many people as possible to use > your system. We actually had this situation before the web of > documents with competing documentation systems. > > URIs on the other hand work in perfect cooperation with each other. > Eventually all systems of any note will identify things with URIs. > URIs also have the advantage that they can be linked to local > identifiers. And, as usual on the web, first movers get an advantage. Yes, URI everything and everything is Cool! Kingsley > > > Kingsley > > > On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Kingsley Idehen > <kidehen@openlinksw.com <mailto:kidehen@openlinksw.com>> wrote: > > On 7/7/12 3:50 PM, Markus Sabadello wrote: > > I'm a bit worried, if we tell people their identifier > is user@host or > host/path/to/file or even worse an onion address, they > might just yawn. > It didn't work with OpenID, people didn't want URIs as > personal > identifiers. > > > People didn't like or understand http: scheme URIs as > personal identifiers. > They are counter intuitive. > > Eventually, folks will settle on @<nickname> . Each > personal data space will > know how to transform that into the URI scheme it > supports. If we get over > acct: vs http: the it will just work smoothly :-) > > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > Founder & CEO > OpenLink Software > Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > <http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen> > Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen > Google+ Profile: > https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about > LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > Founder & CEO > OpenLink Software > Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > <http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen> > Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen > Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about > LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen > > > > > > -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder & CEO OpenLink Software Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen
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