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

On 21 December 2012 18:38, 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.
>

I've also just realized that webfinger can also have 100s or even 1000s of
extra deployments via SPARQL endpoints using mod_rewrite.

For those that done know, SPARQL is a general purpose query language for
the Web currently at REC status.

Webfinger amounts to a named SPARQL query with a shorthand syntax.  As such
you can translate between the two using a simple mod rewrite rule in your
.htaccess.

The query would amount to something like:

SELECT * FROM { <resource> $attribute $value }

Which actually can be URI encoded.  Ive proposed /.well-known/sparql as of
today which could facilitate 100s of extra webfinger deployments with a few
lines of code.

>
> Paul
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: apps-discuss-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:apps-discuss-
> > bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of internet-drafts@ietf.org
> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 12:21 PM
> > To: i-d-announce@ietf.org
> > Cc: apps-discuss@ietf.org
> > 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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