REPUTE WG, IETF 82, Wed., 15:10

* Note Well



* Status of drafts (Murray)

Murray: Authentication stuff in http draft not intended to be definitive

Model, media type, http query, vocab-email drafts: fairly strong hum in favor

Murray: reputation-model should die since it's based on a misunderstanding,

   ACTION:  hum favors letting it die

Document about management: worry about it later



* URI Templates

Dave,John: do we need the complexity of templates?

John: templates put complexity into clients, fixed syntax puts complexity into servers

Andrew Sullivan: Where are costs of complexity greater?  Don't put it
there.

   ACTION:  Decide on the list



* DNS vs. UDP

Dave: list has no support for UDP

Alexander Mayrhofer: could use COAP instead

Peter St Andre: COAP intended for constrained environments, e.g.,
switch to light socket. This would be an unanticipated use.

   ACTION:  Try and figure out what the requirements for lightweight
            transport are, on the list



* JSON vs. XML

Dave: arguments seemed to be about preference rather than technical advantage

Leif: if you want to sign, JSON better than XML

Alexander: XML signing is tough

Jeff Hodges: if you don't need the wild generality of XML, don't use it

Dave's summary: people with experience with both say that JSON is simpler
and easier to sign

Richard Barnes: is this about data formats or security around the data?  Dave:
about the data.

Hum: mild for JSON, none for XML, stronger for don't know enough