Re: Web Credits Writeup

On 24 January 2012 14:57, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
> On 01/20/2012 02:47 PM, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
>>
>> Here's a quick writeup of what I previously posted as the opentabs
>> protocol.  I've codenamed it 'Web Credits' for now and put it on the
>> wiki.
>
>
> Looks good so far Melvin, some feedback on each section:
>
>
>> "The aim of this spec is not to exceed 2 pages"
>
>
> This is always a nice goal to have, but I have never seen a useful two
> page specification. Many short specifications build on other
> technologies and there isn't usually anything useful that they bring to
> the table... there are, of course, exceptions - but most useful
> technology specs can't be fit into two pages. Just food for thought.
>
>> Authentication
>
>
> I'd at least point to OAuth 2, Web ID, Web Keys here.
>
>> Displaying a Wallet
>
>
> Wallet doesn't seem to be the right terminology here. I see what you're
> going for... but what you're really talking about here is closer to a
> public transaction log. "Wallet" bends the definition to the point that
> it may not be recognizable to a lay person.
>
>> Adding Transfers
>
>
> I suggest just sticking with POST for now.
>
>> Storage
>
>
> Use JSON-LD compact form... it makes ones eyes bleed a little less. :)
> Your IOU vocabulary could be small enough that you could just use keywords?
>
> {
>  "@context": "http://purl.org/commerce/context",
>  "@id": "#1234567890",
>  "@type": http://purl.org/commerce#Transfer"
>  "source": "http://melvincarvalho.com#me",
>  "destination": "http://webr3.org/nathan#me",
>  "amount": "5.00",
>  "currency": "EUR",
>  "comment": "Just a test IOU",
>  "created": "2011-12-20T15:42:41.030Z",
> }

I've updated the doc now.

Question: com:source and com:destination currently have Domain of
com:Account.  Should it also be com:Transfer?

>
>> Alternative Currencies
>
>
> Good that they're supported... you're going to want to outline /how/
> they're supported since this is a spec. You could point to the PaySwarm
> spec to do so, since that has a section on alternative currencies.
>
>> ACL
>
>
> ACL and Authentication may need to be in the same section.
>
> -- manu
>
> --
> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny)
> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
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> http://manu.sporny.org/2011/web-payments-comparison/
>

Received on Sunday, 5 February 2012 12:51:49 UTC