Re: A Quick Note on WebID history - Re: All the Agents Challenge (ATAC) at ISWC 2021

On 7/24/21 3:44 PM, Henry Story wrote:
>  
> A proof is that it took 10 years to get to the point where credentials 
> could replace X509 certificates, and it is actually not quite there yet, 
> as we need RDF canonicalization, which will take another 3 years.


Hi Henry,

Why is X.509 Certificate replacement important? Personally, I've always
felt its ubiquity enables one solve Identity challenges by simply
hooking in the magical powers of resolvable URIs. 


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