Re: [OAUTH-WG] [apps-discuss] Web Finger vs. Simple Web Discovery (SWD)

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Sat, 21 April 2012 02:41 UTC

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Cc: Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com>, oauth@ietf.org, 'Apps Discuss' <apps-discuss@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] [apps-discuss] Web Finger vs. Simple Web Discovery (SWD)
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On 04/20/2012 03:40 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
> 
> Why not MUST ASN.1 while you're at it? JSON has won in case
> you'all haven't noticed it.

Well, I also remember when XML won over ASN.1, or
was that some RPC thing? Seems like a new format wins
about every five years or so, once the last winner
gets enough crap added. (JSON pointer seems like the
start of a nice slippery slope to me.)

I've no opinion as to what should be MTI here however,
just a side comment.

S

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