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RE: attribute URIs


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  • From: Scott Cantor <>
  • To: 'Derek Atkins' <>, 'Walter Hoehn' <>
  • Cc: 'RL 'Bob' Morgan' <>, 'Keith Hazelton' <>, , 'Shib Design Team' <>
  • Subject: RE: attribute URIs
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:47:31 -0400
  • Importance: Normal
  • Organization: The Ohio State University

> The problem is that different documents define different ways
> to process a particular attribute. IIRC there are at least
> two ways to handle an X.509 DN.. Which one do Shib users
> use? And how do we agree to use DN from document A but
> something else from document B?

I think our point is, we have to do all that anyway. What's the point of not
also doing it in the URI and leaving it solely to the
documentation? Unless we plan to change from one interpretation to another,
and that seems like a bad idea best handled by changing
the URI...

-- Scott

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