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IndieAuth.net website code and IndieAuth Specification
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informal reference to RelMeAuth should explicitly reference XFN and rel=me per adoption #10

Closed tantek closed 6 years ago

tantek commented 6 years ago

Currently the spec notes:

"and others use alternative forms of authentication such as [RelMeAuth]."

This should be expanded to include an explicit reference to XFN 1.1 to make rel=me more discoverable, and optionally include some text (perhaps in a different section?) noting that rel=me is a widely deployed and supported authentication mechanism actively in use by IndieAuth implementations. E.g. at a minimum:

"and others use alternative forms of authentication such as [RelMeAuth] which uses [XFN11]’s simple rel=me markup."

where [XFN11] can use the URL https://gmpg.org/xfn/11