Re: [webfinger] [apps-discuss] I-D Action: draft-ietf-appsawg-webfinger-08.txt

Paul

First off, thanks for all the effort in pulling this together -- it is much simpler and tighter than it was in the past.

One aspect that jumped out at me as a client implementor is that I am not sure what URI am supposed to query when I have an email address for a user. 
In 3.1 acct: is used, but then later there are mailto: and http: URIs that seem equivalent. i.e.:

1) acct:bob@example.com is used in 3.1, 3.2 
2) mailto:bob@example.com is used in 3.3
3) http://www.example.com/~bob/ in 3.1

As a mail client I can see that (3) may be a separate URI that has slightly different meaning that (1) or (2)

As a server implementor, would I need to support both (1) and (2)?

As a client, can I query either (1) or (2)?

Is (2) only for email configuration per 3.3?

Did I miss a reference somewhere that would clarify?

-- Dick

On Dec 21, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Paul E. Jones <paulej@packetizer.com> wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> I just posted a revised version of the WebFinger text.  Highlights include:
> * Change all queries to require HTTPS only
> * Forbid server redirection to HTTP URIs
> * Merged the "Introduction" and "Overview" sections
> * Moved some references to the informative references section
> * Removed instructions for the server to return specific
>   status codes (Tim successfully argued it was not needed)
>    * Retained one statement, though, in section 4.2 that
>      requires a server to return a 400.  However, the 
>      text was changed to refer to behavior in RFC 2616.
>      Same end result, though.
> * Moved section the "rel" parameter section before the
>   JRD section.
> * Made edits to the JRD section as discussed on the list
> * Various editorial changes
> 
> Please have a look at this text and suggest any changes we should make.
> 
> Paul
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Subject: [apps-discuss] I-D Action: draft-ietf-appsawg-webfinger-08.txt
>> 
>> 
>> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
>> directories.
>> This draft is a work item of the Applications Area Working Group
>> Working Group of the IETF.
>> 
>> 	Title           : WebFinger
>> 	Author(s)       : Paul E. Jones
>>                          Gonzalo Salgueiro
>>                          Joseph Smarr
>> 	Filename        : draft-ietf-appsawg-webfinger-08.txt
>> 	Pages           : 20
>> 	Date            : 2012-12-21
>> 
>> Abstract:
>>   This specification defines the WebFinger protocol, which can be used
>>   to discover information about people or other entities on the
>>   Internet using standard HTTP methods.
>> 
>> 
>> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-appsawg-webfinger
>> 
>> There's also a htmlized version available at:
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-appsawg-webfinger-08
>> 
>> A diff from the previous version is available at:
>> http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-appsawg-webfinger-08
>> 
>> 
>> Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
>> ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
>> 
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