Re: progress towards last call

> I think we are resolving the backwards compatibility issues with 
> the 
> new data schema:
> 
> - P3P 1.1 policies will use the P3P 1.0 format to reference data 
> elements
I don't agree here. I think they MUST use the new format. That way you 
can build a user agent that doesn't need to understand the 1.0 format. 
Of course this is in an extension and they must ALSO use the 1.0 
format. 


> - Custom data schemas will be provided by web sites in both the 
> 1.0 and 
> 1.1 format.

According to what we discussed the 1.0 schema will be via a dynamic 
transform referenced by the policy with the address created by the 
xslt transform (with schema writers free to provide their own if they 
wish)

>   - We will provide translator scripts to go between these formats
>   - the 1.1 format will be referenced using the extension 
> mechanism as 
> an optional
>      extension so 1.0 user agents will ignore it
>   - 1.1 user agents can ignore the 1.0 format and just read the 
> 1.1 
> format
> 
But then you need to require it - see point 1.

> This is all made possible by the fact that we now have translators 
> going in both directions thanks to the hard work of Giles and 
> Serge 
> (although we are still doing some testing to make sure everything 
> works 
> as advertised).
> 
> Stay tuned....
> 
> Lorrie
> 
> 
> 

Received on Friday, 10 September 2004 18:38:08 UTC