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Replying to myself here ... I'll have to reread the charter and get deeper into the draft but, perhaps the intent here is not to worry about the data model, just how to pass "whatever it is" around.
Tom
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/24/2006 10:23:03 am >>> Yes, Leslie, taking your thought further, it makes me wonder, how does the DIX protocol end up being much different from SAML? Dick, I know you like to discount SAML due to RSA licensing issues (which is a very relevant point), but I'd like to have you weigh in on the other material differences you might anticipate in the DIX protocol itself. In other words, where else do you think SAML is lacking or perhaps inappropriate for digital identity information exchange?
Regards,
Tom
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/20/2006 12:18:40 pm >>> It is clearer, but I think the charter still needs to be clearer about what is meant by "digital identity". Is the purpose to be able to access *any* stored data about a person, or *specific* stored data? In many regards, saying "any" is easier; sort out the format for expressing attribute/values, and you're done. However, then there are issues of interoperability (is there a minimum set of identity data that is mandatory to provide?). And, if it is "any", then how is this not a directory service with additional labelling (addresses/names/identifiers) on top? Leslie. Peter Davis wrote: > On 1/19/2006 3:06 PM, "John Merrells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>On 19-Jan-06, at 8:32 AM, Peter Davis wrote: >> >> >>>>The goal of this group is to specify a protocol for moving identity >>>>information between parties and a system architecture that enables >>>>the development of software agents to manage a user¹s identity >>>>information. >> >>>Perhaps you mean management of the exchange of user attributes and >>>authentication states between parties. 'managing identities' >>>implies to my >>>read as a sw which manages the storage of user data >> >>A subtle point, but a good one. It will enable 'storage of', but that's >>not the only thing, and not the main thing. How about... >> >>"The goal of this group is to specify a protocol for moving identity >>information between parties and a system architecture that enables >>the development of software agents to manage _the_exchange_of_ a >>user¹s identity information." > > > Yes, improved. > > =peterd (http://public.xdi.org/=peterd) > > > _______________________________________________ > dix mailing list > [email protected] > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dix > _______________________________________________ dix mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dix |
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