Re: [webfinger] Registration of a URN for WebFinger Properties

That was my assumption as well.   There is no requirement for a URN namespace,.

Documenting the usage of the agreed http URI keys is the task that needs to undertaken by someone,

John B.

On 2013-10-06, at 2:19 PM, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 5 October 2013 03:22, Paul E. Jones <paulej@packetizer.com> wrote:
> Folks,
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> As you know, properties (both link and subject-specific properties) are identified via a URI.  For applications that are defined outside the IETF, those organizations are able to define any URI they wish to use.  For any we might define within the IETF, however, we need something.
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> In anticipation of having such a need, I think we should create a document along the lines of RFC 6755 for WebFinger.  Specifically, we would define a URN sub-namespace as:
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>    urn:ietf:params:webfinger
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> One such potentially-useful subject-specific properties are "name", which would be the the subject's name intended for human consumption.  If you've queried my WebFinger server, you would know I currently advertise my name in English and Chinese.  For the "default" name, the URN might be:
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>    urn:ietf:params:webfinger:name
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> For language-specific variants, it might be:
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>    urn:ietf:params:webfinger:name:zh-CN
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> Defining the various properties and their meaning is an exercise for another day, but I hope you see the value in defining the URN sub-namespace.
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> Cant this be done using traditional HTTP keys.  The advantage being that they can be systematically dereferenced using http GET, rather than having to look it up in a central registry in a non machine readable way.  This is what has been going on for 10+ years, with FOAF, schema.org, open graph protocol and others.  Have I missed something?
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> Thoughts?
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> Paul
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Re: [webfinger] Registration of a URN for WebFinger Properties

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