[higgins-dev] Re: Fwd: XRI/XRDS and new IdASRegistry

["Markus Sabadello" <msabadello@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike,

Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to the F2F. Let's talk on IRC #higgins on Monday. How would 1pm eastern time work for you?

Markus

On 9/27/07, Michael McIntosh <mikemci@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Will you be at the Higgins F2F in Austin?

Otherwise Friday or Monday via IRC will work for me.

Thanks,
Mike

markus.sabadello@xxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/27/2007 08:26:50 AM:

> Hello Mike,
>
> I am sending this again.. I would really like to try and understand
> what changes need to be done to the IdASRegistry so that it can be
> used for your purposes too.
>
> I have heard your concerns from different perspectives and don't
> fully understand what needs to be done. I tried to summarize the
> issue as best as I could in the mail below. I don't understand what
> precisely is meant with "The IdASRegistry should be configured using
> the Configuration API". I think we should talk directly.
> Unfortunately I will not be able to be on the call today, but maybe
> the two of us can have a call (or IRC chat) about it next week? Monday
maybe?
>
> Markus
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Markus Sabadello < msabadello@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sep 20, 2007 6:58 PM
> Subject: XRI/XRDS and new IdASRegistry
> To: "Higgins (Trust Framework) Project developer discussions" <
> higgins-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hey,
>
> Okay I know not everyone is happy with the new IdASRegistry, and it
> doesn't make a lot of sense that some of us are using the new one,
> and some still the old one, right? So let's try to solve this..
>
> As far as I understand, one of the main concerns is that the
> IdASRegistry configures itself from an XRDS file (contextfactories.
> xrds). Let me point out that this is not really necessary, the
> IdASRegistry also has methods for manually registering context
> factories (in which case they already have to be configured).
>
> The IdASRegistry does NOT configure or register contexts itself. Is
> this a problem?
>
> In order to create (instantiate) a context, one needs an IContextId
> (which can be constructed from a local XRDS file, an XRI or a URL).
> Is this a problem?
>
> What else is a problem?
>
> I'd really like to do everything I can to make this work for everyone.
>
> Markus
>
> (sorry, I dropped a few times from the call today)
>