Re: [apps-discuss] FW: I-D Action: draft-jones-appsawg-webfinger-06.txt

[elf Pavlik <[e-mail]>]

Hi Paul,

Excerpts from Paul E. Jones's message of 2012-06-18 15:13:53 +0000:
> Elf,
> 
> The intent is that the "acct" link relation would be a means of allowing one account to incorporate link relations from a different account URI.  So, let's suppose I have an account acct:[e-mail] and I also have an account that holds pictures on flickr.com.  Within my packetizer.com account, I could include a reference to my flickr.com account, like this:
>   <Link rel="acct" href="acct:[e-mail]"/>
> 
> I could include the particular link relations that Flickr might advertise from within my packetizer.com account.  However, that requires me to ensure I keep those references up-to-date.  A reference like the above helps simplify my life.
> 
> I added two new paragraphs following the first paragraph in that section to make it clearer in the -07 draft:
> 
> ===
> 7.1. Purpose for the “acct” Link Relation
> 
> Users of some services might have an “acct” URI that looks significantly different from his or her email address, perhaps using an entirely different domain name.  It is also possible for a user have multiple accounts that a user wants to advertise and that a WebFinger client may want to query.  To address both of these needs, this specification defines the “acct” link relation.
> 
> The "acct" link relation allows a WebFinger server to reference one or more other user account URIs from within a user account.  The "acct" link relation is intended to allow a client to incorporate additional link relations by reference to produce a complete set of link relations for a user.  Any newly discovered link relations found by querying the referenced account should be merged into the resource descriptor document at the point where the "acct" link relation was inserted.
> 
> Note that the "acct" link relation does not replace the use of standard HTTP 3xx response codes to indicate the new temporary or permanent location of a user account.  If a user account is moved to a different location, then a 3xx response code SHOULD be used.
> 
> ...
> ===
> 
> Do those additional paragraphs help?

That helped me with clarifying it, thank you!
:)
~ elf Pavlik ~