- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:35:09 -0500
- To: public-xg-webid@w3.org
- Message-ID: <4F0DBA3D.8070809@openlinksw.com>
On 1/10/12 6:20 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > All, > > Here is an important point I want to clear up re. de-referencable URIs > as they related to some of the long threads over the last few days re. > this matter. > > My fundamental position is this: > > 1. URIs in certificates should be de-referencable > 2. URIs do not necessarily have to be HTTP URIs to be de-referencable . > > There are WebID user profiles e.g. publishers, where placement of an > Address (a de-referencable URI or URL) in alternative slots to the SAN > still results in triangulation that's compatible with the goals of the > WebID verification protocol . > > This I will demonstrate later this week or early next week. The net > effect is all about allowing publisher to leverage the "cut and paste" > pattern of the Web while exploiting the prowess of WebID. > > I want billions of WebID users out there pronto! The way to do this is > via a pattern that taps into the Web's network effects. Thus, it has > to be HTML and cut and paste friendly. > > This effort will also bring Microformats (via hCard) into play as yet > another resource type that plays well with the WebID verification > protocol. > > Stay tuned :-) > Some additional information re., Webfinger and how it provides a mechanism for turning mailto: and acct: scheme URIs into de-referencable URI based Names: 1. http://code.google.com/p/webfinger/wiki/WebFingerProtocol -- Webfinger 2. http://hueniverse.com/2009/08/introducing-webfinger/ -- Nice post about goals of Webfinger (which isn't about replacing HTTP URI based names but offering an alternative ). -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder& CEO OpenLink Software Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen
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