Re: [higgins-dev] Mapping at what level?

[andy.dale@xxxxxxxxx]

The question is neither out of place
nor ignorant, rather it is pragmatic and right on point. 

The pattern that I described is one
that we developed for a set of use cases that may or may not be relevant
here. This high level of abstraction in the xdi dictionary solution have
all of the benefits and draw backs of any abstraction... more work up front...
possible long term gains in terms of re-use, portability, scalability.
The up sides of this abstraction may not be meaningful for this effort
and that's why I was reticent to even bring it up.

I do like the idea of being able to
devise and 'publish' schema mappings such that others can simply reference
a trusted mapping and 'acquire' another mapping by simply knowing the xri
(uri) of the mapping definition. I don't understand enough about the js
model that you are proposing to know if it shares that quality. 

I don't want to lead anyone down a useless
rabbit hole here... I'm happy to keep discussing this if you think it might
have value, I'm also happy to let it drop  (for now) if it's just
too much overhead while trying to drive to an actual implementation.  Once
I have a better understanding of Higgins and IdAS I may turn around and
try to make a concerted argument for why I think this IS a good idea...
but I don't _know_ that it is yet.  We can work together on working
that out, or I'll try to work it out myself and come back with an evaluation
when I can :-)

All the best,

Andy Dale
ooTao, Inc.

Phone: 877-213-7935
Fax: 877-213-7935

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Please forgive my ignorance (this may be better suited
for another discussion) but that seems like a lot of work to map from an
IdAS attribute to a local attribute.  What value is the XDI adding
to the mapping process that js isn't? (I'm not questioning XDI frm a technical
or usefulness standpoint, just trying to understand what it does and how
it is adding to the process). 

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