Re: [w3c/webpayments-payment-apps-api] Payment apps and methods, are they the same? (#35)

I think we are in agreement here, actually. Yes, apps are not methods, but
a single URL can both identify a payment app and define a payment method.

On Sep 7, 2016 8:01 PM, "ianbjacobs" <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> Here is my model:
>
>    - Payment apps and payment methods are different animals. Apps are
>    software, methods are rules, etc.
>    - In many cases, the entity responsible for the payment method will
>    also create the payment app for that method. The responsible entity could
>    also authorize other parties to distribute apps that support the payment
>    method. We are calling these "proprietary" payment methods.
>    - After discussion with Zach, I am comfortable with payment method
>    identifiers designating manifest files that explain "how to use the payment
>    method in the ecosystem". We have not yet specified what can go in those
>    manifest files, but I am comfortable with "a variety of information"
>    including, for example, information about which origins are authorized to
>    distribute payment apps for a given proprietary payment method, where to
>    download those apps, etc. I imagine we will want to discuss how much
>    flexibility to support in manifest files between "inline data" and "data
>    available by reference."
>
> Thus, I would say "Payment methods are not the same things as payment
> apps." Payment method identifiers will point at manifest files that allow
> different parties the flexibility to say what they want about BOTH the
> payment method and the apps that support it.
>
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