On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Mike Jones <michael.jo...@microsoft.com>wrote:
> There are two criteria that I would consider to be essential requirements > for any resulting general-purpose discovery specification: > > 1. Being able to always discover per-user information with a single GET > (minimizing user interface latency for mobile devices, etc.) > Clarification: Does this requirement still allow HTTP redirects? (Meaning the server is in control of whether there is a single GET or not, basically, but can always ensure a single GET to minimize latency.) > > 2. JSON should be required and it should be the only format required > (simplicity and ease of deployment/adoption) > > I think nobody would argue against JSON support (certainly not me), I think few would argue against making it required. I personally would be okay with actually standardizing on JSON as the only required format as it doesn't preclude anyone from supporting other formats if they wish (for legacy/etc. reasons). > SWD already meets those requirements. If the resulting spec meets those > requirements, it doesn't matter a lot whether we call it WebFinger or > Simple Web Discovery, but I believe that the requirements discussion is > probably the most productive one to be having at this point - not the > starting point document. > > -- Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: apps-discuss-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:apps-discuss-boun...@ietf.org] > On Behalf Of Murray S. Kucherawy > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 9:32 AM > To: oauth@ietf.org WG; Apps Discuss > Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] [OAUTH-WG] Web Finger vs. Simple Web Discovery > (SWD) > > By all means people should correct me if they think I'm wrong about this, > but so far from monitoring the discussion there seems to be general support > for focusing on WebFinger and developing it to meet the needs of those who > have deployed SWD, versus the opposite. > > Does anyone want to argue the opposite? > > -MSK, appsawg co-chair > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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