Talk:I-name

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In response to the suggestion that inumber be merged into the article on iname, I strongly disagree. Though the concept of iname is generally much better known than inumber, that is specifically because inames are the human-friendly form of XRIs intended for human consumption. By contrast, inumbers are the persistent form intended primarly for machines. However, architecturally inumbers may in fact be more important, as XRI is the first global identifier standard that incorporates both human-friendly reassignable identifiers and persistent identifiers in the same syntax and resolution protocol.

Further, the policies around iname and inumber management vary dramatically. To see just how significant this is, read sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the XDI.org Global Services Specifications (GSS).

    -DrummondReed, Co-Chair, OASIS XRI & XDI Technical Committees, [1]

[edit] iname syntax

I believe the example of "=@Example.Corp*Ecuador*Quito" is incorrect. The leading "=" should be removed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 143.127.131.4 (talk • contribs).

Yeah, from looking at some linked sites, you're right. Fixing it. Don't be afraid to fix errors in articles; being bold in removing mistakes is wikipedia policy *grin*. In such a technical article, typos are both likely and damaging. — Joel D. Reid 05:53, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] example formatting

I removed the double-quotes on all the examples. It was too confusing; they're examples of character syntax already including letters, numbers, and symbols. Short, non-word, examples of that calibre really don't need quotes anyway (see the tld article for a good sample of very clear, non-double-quoted examples). I did however make the inline examples italicized for legibility (so the bounds of the example text are obvious) and, sort-of, per wp italics style; the examples appear as meaningless character strings after all and are merely there to demonstrate syntax. — Joel D. Reid 07:02, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bad link

Not sure exactly what to do about it, but the last link at the bottom leads to a squatted domain, no longer relevant to the article.208.54.94.77 (talk) 08:47, 2 February 2008 (UTC)