Re: [weirds] Scrap Bootstrapping

["Hollenbeck, Scott" <[e-mail]>]

(Sorry, using a UI- constrained device)

Scott

> On Nov 12, 2013, at 10:25 AM, "Simon Perreault" <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Le 2013-11-12 06:59, Hollenbeck, Scott a écrit :
>> how do we bootstrap queries for entities?
> 
> There's no global namespace for entities, contrary to domain names and IP addresses. Entities are specific to a particular RDAP server. So IMHO bootstrapping entities is a non-issue.
> 
Actually, I think this is part of the whole issue. Bootstrapping as currently envisioned only works for a portion of the query space. What good is a partial solution?

>> Maybe it would be easier to create an IANA
>> registry of servers that includes a URL to the service, a text field
>> that identifies the server operator, and a text field that includes a
>> list of tokens that identify the objects for which the server
>> contains information. Clients can retrieve and parse the list,
>> present that information to a user or program, and let the
>> user/program pick the server to send the query to.
> 
> IMHO the proposal from draft-blanchet-weirds-bootstrap-ianaregistries is simpler and cleaner.

Perhaps it is. If one solution works for all query types it'll make client implementation much easier - but again, I don't see how this works for all query types.

Scott