3 Jan 23:06
[OpenID] XRD/YADIS validator?
From: Sam Ruby <rubys <at> intertwingly.net>
Subject: [OpenID] XRD/YADIS validator?
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.web.openid.general
Date: 2007-01-03 22:09:19 GMT
Subject: [OpenID] XRD/YADIS validator?
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.web.openid.general
Date: 2007-01-03 22:09:19 GMT
Would people on this list see value in a XRD/YADIS validator? If syndication is any guide, once the "unwashed masses" start adopting this, I see plenty of opportunities for errors: non-memorable namespace names, MiXeDcAsE Element names, etc. If there is value, what I would find helpful is suggestions in the form of test cases: documents which either are asserted to be valid, or documents which contain specified conditions that should produce a specific error or a warning. An example of a warnings could be "unknown Type": in theory, any URI is valid, but unknown Types may indicate a typo. Checks can also be made for the presence of elements such as openid:Delegate when Type is other than http://openid.net/signon/1.0. Given such tests, I can quickly build this logic on top of the foundation that is the Feed Validator: it already has logic for what constitutes a valid URI (or IRI, for that matter). - Sam Ruby
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