RE: [xri] Avoid XRI!

Also, my interpretation is that XRI does not have to be 
centralized.  Our current use cases are all based on global registries, but 
I think there is no reason you couldn't have Peer-to-Peer XRI resolution. I 
can see many reasons why that would in fact be a plus.  There would be 
quite a few issues however.  

 

The point is that it's possible, the spec says that the 
root GCS authorities you use are implementation dependent though there are the 
standard globat authorities. You could have GCS authority implementation that is 
a peer in an authority resolution network for that GC.

 

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From: Paul Trevithick 
[mailto:] 
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:17 
PM
To: 'Gabe Wachob'; 'Markus Sabadello'
Cc: 

Subject: RE: [xri] Avoid 
XRI!

Members of the 
Eclipse Higgins project have very 
recently reviewed XRI from an IPR point of view and not found any issues that 
would prevent its being used in Higgins. 

 

-Paul

 

From: Gabe 
Wachob [mailto:] 
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:09 
PM
To: 'Markus Sabadello'
Cc: 
Subject: RE: [xri] Avoid 
XRI!

 

I don’t think there is. 
To the extent there ever was, we’ve tried very hard to address that uncertainty, 
and I think we’ve done a good job. 

 

When I see people take 
swipes at XRI based on rumors or without citing facts, I call it FUD. That’s 
what this is. 

 

            
-Gabe

 

From: 
 [mailto:] On Behalf Of Markus Sabadello
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:57 
AM
To: Gabe Wachob
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [xri] Avoid 
XRI!

 

XRI comes with a great deal of patent 
licensing uncertainty?

Why 
that?

Markus

On 7/26/07, Gabe Wachob < > 
wrote:

http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2007/06/ieee-ic-decentralized-identity-weitzner.html

 

It's a little disappointing to see 
FUD like this from Danny Weitzner, but I'm not surprised the drumbeat is 
continuing from the W3C… 

 

"Finally, 
avoid centralized registries. The Web's hallmark is that anyone cancreate a Web 
page, without payment, permission, or registration with any centralized entity. 
(Of course the Internet depends on the Domain Name System, which ICANN manages, 
but this single registry should be enough.) Some have proposed adding a newkind 
of URI, called an XRI , to the OpenID standards. XRIs require registration with 
a central authority, and the technology comes with a great deal of patent 
licensingun certainty. There's no reason to have to register XRIs with a new 
ICANN-like entity when we already have enough addressing services on the 
Internet to support other kinds of URIs. Such bottlenecks should be avoided at 
all costs."

 

 

 

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