On Feb 28, 2006, at 12:46, Lisa Dusseault wrote:
On Feb 27, 2006, at 10:51 PM, Dave Crocker wrote:
An identity is a globally unique reference to an online user or
agent. The form
of the reference is a URI. <<There are some serious dragons in a
statement that
general, but they will hold their breath, for now. /d>> Associated
with an
identity is a collection of information that describes
characteristics of the
identity and/or privileges imparted to the identity. The
information about an
identity can be divided into subsets, according to the different
functional
roles performed by the user or agent.
This is very useful text. I'd be happy to see such text in a draft
introducing a particular identity system, but I think it's also
appropriate for the charter provided it doesn't contradict too many
models. It does pre-suppose some part of a solution but that may
even be appropriate if we all agree on that part of a solution even
before chartering.
Minus whether the term is "identity" or "identifier", the above
paragraph sounds like a description of LID ... its the basic design
principle is that URLs are used to identify people (or software
agents), and that methods are associated by which information can be
obtained that is held "behind" the URL, e.g.
URL?xpath=/VCARD
gets you the person's VCard info,
URL?xpath=/VCARD/TEL[descendant::WORK][descendant::VOICE]
gets you the person's work phone number (only)
URL?xpath=/FOAF
gets you the person's FOAF file, potentially filtered by who is doing
the asking and how they prove it.
Just thought I point that out ... more info at http://lid.netmesh.org/
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