- From: Frederick Hirsch <hirsch@zolera.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:56:37 -0500
- To: <www-xkms@w3.org>
- Cc: "Frederick Hirsch" <hirsch@zolera.com>
Received on Thursday, 24 January 2002 12:48:09 UTC
Based on yesterday's discussion I drafted a requirement for 4-corner support. How is this: "XKMS MUST be usable in a 4-corner application model. Specifically, an XKMS server should be able to pass requests to another XKMS server for processing without excessive overhead. Although the definition of server chaining and referral mechanisms are out of scope for the first XKMS requirements, such mechanisms should not be precluded by the XKMS protocol or processing specifications" Also for a definition of 4-corner in the definitions section: 4-corner model A model where clients interact with a single point of contact, such as a local bank for example, submitting requests and obtaining responses. This point of contact may interact through a backend mechanism with the point of contact for another participant in the system, enabling a consistent and simple interface for interactions across a large system population. For more information see the Identrus documentation (http://www.identrus.com/"). --- Frederick Hirsch Zolera Systems, http://www.zolera.com/ Information Integrity, XML Security
Received on Thursday, 24 January 2002 12:48:09 UTC