[Oops. You need to view this email in a fixed font. Sorry about that] On 3/16/09 6:23 PM, "Paul Trevithick" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Folks, > > I¹m just back from three days of Higgins meetings in France with the FC2 > consortium. The experience prompt the following proposed changes to the > site/wiki content: > > TODAY --> PROPOSED > ===== ======== > > Clients Selectors > ------- --------- > AIR Client & Server AIR Selector (including ICS) > Web Selector (including ICS) > ICM[missing!] merged into the above > RCP no change > GTK/Cocoa no change > FF-embedded no change > > Identity Services Identity Services > ----------------- ----------------- > WS-Trust IdP no change > SAML IdP no change > RP no change > Web Selector moved up above > XDI4J moved down below > > Identity Att. Svcs Attribute Services > ------------------ ------------------ > IDS - multiprotocol web service > XDI4J - now moved here > IdAS - today's Java framework > > Where IDS is short for "Identity Attribute Service," a multiprotocol > attribute data service (web service) based on IdAS framework. > > Advantages/Disadvantages > ------------------------ > + All three "doors" are now doors to multiple things (consistency) > + We differentiate between the IdAS Java interfaces and the IDS > + We use "selector" instead of "client" > + so we can include the "web selector" under "selectors" > + now all selectors are grouped together under "Selectors" > + XDI4J has a better home > + The missing WEB (GWT) I-Card Manager now has a home > + Now IDS can support Plaxo Portable Contacts, XDI, etc. without > being confused with the name of the underlying framework (IdAS) > - The client word was a less bias-proclaiming word than selector. > We switched to client when we thought contributions from > IDIB and/or Liberty (ECP, etc.) folks might be forthcoming. > Now we should just go back to making a "multi-protocol" selector > and be welcoming by our actions (true multi-protocol-ness). > > --Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > higgins-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/higgins-dev >
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