RE: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-07-03 Thread Dirk Kutscher
Farrell Cc: Graham Klyne; ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard Hello Stephen, On 2012/06/26 20:26, Stephen Farrell wrote: Hi again Martin, On 06/26/2012 12:11 PM, Martin J. Dürst wrote: So the question is really

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-07-02 Thread Martin J. Dürst
Hello Stephen, On 2012/06/26 20:26, Stephen Farrell wrote: Hi again Martin, On 06/26/2012 12:11 PM, Martin J. Dürst wrote: So the question is really, what's the use case, and what's just a consequence of that use case. If confirmation of already available resources (e.g. like a fingerprint)

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-07-02 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi Martin, On 07/02/2012 12:07 PM, Martin J. Dürst wrote: Hello Stephen, On 2012/06/26 20:26, Stephen Farrell wrote: Hi again Martin, On 06/26/2012 12:11 PM, Martin J. Dürst wrote: So the question is really, what's the use case, and what's just a consequence of that use case. If

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-26 Thread Martin J. Dürst
Hello Stephen, On 2012/06/25 21:05, Stephen Farrell wrote: On 06/25/2012 11:35 AM, Martin J. Dürst wrote: Unfortunately, what I find is the following: The justification for using a URI scheme for this is that that might help a user agent for the speaker to better display the value, or

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-26 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi again Martin, On 06/26/2012 12:11 PM, Martin J. Dürst wrote: So the question is really, what's the use case, and what's just a consequence of that use case. If confirmation of already available resources (e.g. like a fingerprint) is the (main?) use case, and the greater weight on

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-26 Thread SM
Hi Stephen, At 14:20 22-06-2012, Stephen Farrell wrote: The issues raised but not so far obviously resolved on the list were I think: 1) inclusion of content type 2) nih as a URI scheme or not [snip] For (2) we've left nih in as a URI scheme in this version. We're still in favour of keeping

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-25 Thread Martin J. Dürst
Hello Stephen, others, On 2012/06/23 6:20, Stephen Farrell wrote: Hi All, I went back through the IETF LC comments and think that we've resolved them all on the list and have the changes in this version [1] of the draft, with the possible exception of those below. The issues raised but not

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-25 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi Martin, On 06/25/2012 11:35 AM, Martin J. Dürst wrote: Hello Stephen, others, On 2012/06/23 6:20, Stephen Farrell wrote: Hi All, I went back through the IETF LC comments and think that we've resolved them all on the list and have the changes in this version [1] of the draft, with

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-22 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi All, I went back through the IETF LC comments and think that we've resolved them all on the list and have the changes in this version [1] of the draft, with the possible exception of those below. The issues raised but not so far obviously resolved on the list were I think: 1) inclusion of

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-13 Thread Martin J. Dürst
Hello Stephen, On 2012/06/12 20:08, Stephen Farrell wrote: So would it work to add this: Note that relative ni URIs can occur, for example as shown in Figure 5. In such cases, user agents MUST construct the absolute URI as they would in the case of an HTTP URL, that is, in the

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-13 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 06/13/2012 07:28 AM, Martin J. Dürst wrote: Hello Stephen, On 2012/06/12 20:08, Stephen Farrell wrote: So would it work to add this: Note that relative ni URIs can occur, for example as shown in Figure 5. In such cases, user agents MUST construct the absolute URI as

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-13 Thread Jonathan A Rees
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Stephen Farrell stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie wrote: Hi Sam, On 06/09/2012 01:43 AM, Sam Hartman wrote: Add me as a +1 for the idea that content-type is important for this. I tend to agree with the arguments given so far. Namely, for some important use cases

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-12 Thread Martin J. Dürst
Hello Stephen, others, On 2012/06/08 20:21, Stephen Farrell wrote: Hiya, On 06/08/2012 01:35 AM, Jonathan A Rees wrote: On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Stephen Farrell stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie wrote: On 06/06/2012 09:33 PM, Jonathan A Rees wrote: -- Forwarded message

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-12 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi Martin, On 06/12/2012 10:49 AM, Martin J. Dürst wrote: Hello Stephen, others, On 2012/06/08 20:21, Stephen Farrell wrote: Hiya, On 06/08/2012 01:35 AM, Jonathan A Rees wrote: On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Stephen Farrell stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie wrote: On 06/06/2012 09:33 PM,

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-12 Thread Martin J. Dürst
Hello Stephen, On 2012/06/09 10:45, Stephen Farrell wrote: On 06/09/2012 01:43 AM, Sam Hartman wrote: It's a naming hierarchy. My main concern is whether the relative reference algorithm described in section 5/4.2 of RFC 3986. In particular take a look at the last part of section 1.2 of

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-12 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hiya, Ah, ok I get it now. I'll look back at that again, Ta, S On 06/12/2012 11:43 AM, Martin J. Dürst wrote: Hello Stephen, On 2012/06/09 10:45, Stephen Farrell wrote: On 06/09/2012 01:43 AM, Sam Hartman wrote: It's a naming hierarchy. My main concern is whether the relative

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-12 Thread Stephen Farrell
So would it work to add this: Note that relative ni URIs can occur, for example as shown in Figure 5. In such cases, user agents MUST construct the absolute URI as they would in the case of an HTTP URL, that is, in the example shown the absolute URI for this third document would be

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-12 Thread Worley, Dale R (Dale)
Having never heard of this proposal before, I found the concept interesting, but the exposition in the draft was difficult to grasp in certain places. I believe that it is because the text assumes that the reader already knows the underlying theory of what the process is intended to accomplish.

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-12 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi Dale, On 06/12/2012 03:04 PM, Worley, Dale R (Dale) wrote: Having never heard of this proposal before, I found the concept interesting, but the exposition in the draft was difficult to grasp in certain places. I believe that it is because the text assumes that the reader already knows

RE: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-12 Thread Worley, Dale R (Dale)
From: Stephen Farrell [stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie] For example, in section 3, the syntax of the ni URI scheme is spelled out with admirable clarity and exactness, including: Digest Value [Required] The digest value MUST be encoded using the base64url [RFC4648] encoding.

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-11 Thread SM
At 07:18 04-06-2012, The IESG wrote: The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'Naming Things with Hashes' draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final

Re: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-11 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 06/11/2012 01:30 PM, SM wrote: At 07:18 04-06-2012, The IESG wrote: The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'Naming Things with Hashes' draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-11 Thread Jonathan A Rees
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Stephen Farrell stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie wrote: On 06/06/2012 09:33 PM, Jonathan A Rees wrote: As requested I am sending comments on this last call draft to ietf@ietf.org. I sent them to the authors on 6 May but received no reply. Once again, sorry about

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-08 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hiya, On 06/08/2012 01:35 AM, Jonathan A Rees wrote: On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Stephen Farrell stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie wrote: On 06/06/2012 09:33 PM, Jonathan A Rees wrote: As requested I am sending comments on this last call draft to ietf@ietf.org. I sent them to the authors on 6

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-08 Thread Martin Thomson
One small comment, that I know the authors are aware of... On 6 June 2012 13:33, Jonathan A Rees r...@mumble.net wrote: I think using .well-known is a good idea. I think that using .well-known is a bad idea. This imposes an unnecessary restriction on the deployment of resources. /.well-known/

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-08 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi Martin, On 06/08/2012 10:54 PM, Martin Thomson wrote: One small comment, that I know the authors are aware of... On 6 June 2012 13:33, Jonathan A Rees r...@mumble.net wrote: I think using .well-known is a good idea. I think that using .well-known is a bad idea. Ok. Opinions vary.

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-08 Thread Sam Hartman
Add me as a +1 for the idea that content-type is important for this. I tend to agree with the arguments given so far. Namely, for some important use cases you're going to want to know the content type and guessing is really a bad idea. That said, there are security considerations associated with

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-08 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hi Sam, On 06/09/2012 01:43 AM, Sam Hartman wrote: Add me as a +1 for the idea that content-type is important for this. I tend to agree with the arguments given so far. Namely, for some important use cases you're going to want to know the content type and guessing is really a bad idea.

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-08 Thread hartmans
Stephen Farrell stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie wrote: Hi Sam, On 06/09/2012 01:43 AM, Sam Hartman wrote: Add me as a +1 for the idea that content-type is important for this. I tend to agree with the arguments given so far. Namely, for some important use cases you're going to want to know the

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-07 Thread Jonathan A Rees
As requested I am sending comments on this last call draft to ietf@ietf.org. I sent them to the authors on 6 May but received no reply. Jonathan Rees -- Forwarded message -- From: Jonathan A Rees r...@mumble.net Date: Sun, May 6, 2012 at 7:57 PM Subject: comments on

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-07 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 06/06/2012 09:33 PM, Jonathan A Rees wrote: As requested I am sending comments on this last call draft to ietf@ietf.org. I sent them to the authors on 6 May but received no reply. Oh crap - so you did. Apologies for missing that. In the middle of something now but will get back soon,

Re: [decade] FW: Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-07 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 06/06/2012 09:33 PM, Jonathan A Rees wrote: As requested I am sending comments on this last call draft to ietf@ietf.org. I sent them to the authors on 6 May but received no reply. Once again, sorry about that. No idea why I missed responding, your mail is in my client even. Ah well.

Last Call: draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt (Naming Things with Hashes) to Proposed Standard

2012-06-04 Thread The IESG
The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'Naming Things with Hashes' draft-farrell-decade-ni-07.txt as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send