Well-known URI vs response headers? [ISSUE-81, ISSUE-47, ISSUE-80]

Hi Team,


from a simlicity perspective (one of our criteria), a well-known URI
with information that says
	'If you send me DNT headers, I will honor your wishes"
seems to be a simple solution for:
 # Measuring deployment of DNT
 # Transparency
 # Help users opt-back-in

The drawback that I see is that it is course-grained (yes/no per site).

I would like to gather information to decide whether we need the more
complex response-header-based solution that Roy has spelled out
  http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/drafts/tracking-dnt.html

In order to get there, I'd like you to give me
  Use cases / scenarios where response headers are needed that
    cannot easily be implemented with the well-known URI approach

Or assessments against our criteria:
  Disadvantages of either approach
  Advantages of either approach

Furthermore, since 'neither header nor well-known URI' is a option,
I'd like to learn how we can achieve our objective with this approach.

Once we collected more information, we should be in a position to
decide on what approach to use for the strawman.

I am looking forward to your input...


Regards,
matthias


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Dr. Matthias Schunter, MBA
IBM Zurich Research Laboratory,  Ph. +41 (44) 724-8329
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Received on Wednesday, 12 October 2011 22:04:00 UTC