Re: [widgets] dig sig and requirements ready for pub!

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org> wrote:
> On 4 May 2009, at 18:42, Marcos Caceres wrote:
>
>> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Frederick Hirsch
>> <Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The Identifier property is useful for audit and management in the
>>> backend.
>>>  I believe this should remain in the specification and should remain a
>>> normative section, agreeing with Thomas note in the chat. It was added
>>> based
>>> on requirements from WG members.
>>>
>>
>> I understand the use case, but i still don't understand why we are
>> mandating the use of the dsp:Identifier if it's not going to be used
>> by the UA? If a signer wants to use dsp:Identifier for whatever
>> reason, then are free to do so by using the Signature Properties spec.
>> Putting something in the spec that does not do anything doesn't make
>> sense to me.
>
> Some of these use cases may, in the future, affect distributor or user agent
> behavior.  Some (like revocation) might get broken if the identifier isn't
> universally deployed.
>
> Again, what's the cost?

I'm not debating is this is a good idea or not. Just trying to
understand the use case. Thanks for the explanation, makes more sense
to me now. As the cost is minimal, I don't have an issue.


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Marcos Caceres
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