Re: [dix] draft-merrells-use-cases-01

[John Merrells <merrells at sxip.com>]

On 11-Apr-06, at 10:08 AM, Tom Doman wrote:

> I have a question about use case B3.

Hmm, it's a bit brief isn't it. Maybe it needs to be beefed up.
It should probably suggest that geekdate.com verifies that
Beth does in fact own the identifier she provides.

> What is the "Identifier" being requested by geekdate.com and how  
> did Beth provide it?  She gave consent and the "data" was sent but,  
> what data?

The data is the identifier... and maybe whatever additional data is  
needed to verify that identifier.

> Maybe you're trying to be a bit vague here as in the "Identifier"  
> in B5, B6, etc. to leave it more open but could you perhaps provide  
> some examples of some of Beth's "Identifiers"?

Well there's are multiple possible solutions.
On the list, both URLs and email addresses have been suggested.
draft-merrells-dix suggests URLs, such as:

http:/www.home.com/beth

> I think that would clarify this for me.  I'm assuming that these  
> "Identifiers" are becoming "personas" in later use cases, is this  
> correct?

Yes, B7 introduces this:

Beth wants to have multiple identifiers, for different aspects of  
herself, her personas.
She wants to have a 'home' persona for identity data that she  
releases to her personal sites, such as geeknews.com.
She wants to have a separate 'work' persona for identity data that  
she releases to work-related sites, such as helpdesk.com.
She wants some of her identity data to be the same for her different  
personas, and other data to be different.

John



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