What is the deployment status of these two specs? Is either deployed much at all? -T
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Murray S. Kucherawy <m...@cloudmark.com> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: apps-discuss-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:apps-discuss-boun...@ietf.org] >> On Behalf Of Stephen Farrell >> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:23 AM >> To: oauth@ietf.org WG >> Cc: Apps Discuss >> Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] [OAUTH-WG] Web Finger vs. Simple Web Discovery >> (SWD) >> >> So Hannes and Derek and I have been discussing this with the Apps ADs >> and Apps-area WG chairs. I've also read the docs now, and after all >> that we've decided that this topic (what to do with swd and webfinger) >> is best handled in the apps area and not in the oauth WG. >> >> The logic for that is that 1) the two proposals are doing the same >> thing and we don't want two different standards for that, b) this is >> not an oauth-specific thing nor is it a general security thing, and c) >> there is clearly already interest in the topic in the apps area so its >> reasonable for the oauth wg to use that when its ready. >> >> The appsawg chairs and apps ADs are ok with the work being done there. >> >> So:- >> >> - I've asked the oauth chairs to take doing work on swd >> out of the proposed new charter >> - It may be that you want to add something saying that >> oauth will use the results of work in the applications >> area on a web discovery protocol as a basis for doing >> the dynamic client registration work here >> - Discussion of webfinger and swd should move over to >> the apps-discuss list >> - Note: this is not picking one or the other approach, >> the plan is that the apps area will do any selection >> needed and figure out the best starting point for a >> standards-track RFC on web discovery and we'll use their >> fine work for doing more with oauth. > > Thank you Stephen, I think. :-) > > So the discussion on apps-discuss now should be focused on which of the two > should be the basis for forward progress. I've placed both documents in > "Call for Adoption" state in the datatracker for appsawg. > > Let the games begin. > > -MSK > _______________________________________________ > apps-discuss mailing list > apps-disc...@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/apps-discuss _______________________________________________ OAuth mailing list OAuth@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/oauth
