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==Internet Community Reaction on XRI==

The introduction of XRI stirred discussion within the Internet community. [[Tim Berners-Lee]] and [[Stuart Williams]], co-chairs of the [[W3C]] Technical Architecture Group, expressed their dissatisfaction with the XRI Technology. Berners-Lee and Williams explained that they reviewed XRI and found that ~~is has~~ functionality ~~that is~~ not readily available from ~~[[HTTP]]: [[URI]]s~~. According to them the XRI specification should not be supported.<ref>[http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2008May/0078 TAG recommends against XRI]</ref> Some members of the Internet community expressed that the technology is untested and the registration process is confusing.<ref>

The introduction of XRI stirred discussion within the Internet community. [[Tim Berners-Lee]] and [[Stuart Williams]], co-chairs of the [[W3C]] Technical Architecture Group, expressed their dissatisfaction with the XRI Technology. Berners-Lee and Williams explained that they reviewed XRI and had not found that XRIs had functionality not readily available from URIs. According to them the XRI specification should not be supported.<ref>[http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2008May/0078 TAG recommends against XRI]</ref> Some members of the Internet community expressed that the technology is untested and the registration process is confusing.<ref>

[http://lists.openid.net/pipermail/openid-general/2007-January/010335.html why is xri so obtuse?]</ref> Others advised consumers to avoid the service and commented that the Internet community did not need another centralized body to manage Internet addressing services.<ref>[http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/xri/200707/msg00021.html Avoid XRI]</ref>

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 ==Internet Community Reaction on XRI==
-The introduction of XRI stirred discussion within the Internet community. [[Tim Berners-Lee]] and [[Stuart Williams]], co-chairs of the [[W3C]] Technical Architecture Group, expressed their dissatisfaction with the XRI Technology. Berners-Lee and Williams explained that they reviewed XRI and found that is has functionality that is not readily available from [[HTTP]]: [[URI]]s. According to them the XRI specification should not be supported.<ref>[http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2008May/0078 TAG recommends against XRI]</ref> Some members of the Internet community expressed that the technology is untested and the registration process is confusing.<ref>
+The introduction of XRI stirred discussion within the Internet community. [[Tim Berners-Lee]] and [[Stuart Williams]], co-chairs of the [[W3C]] Technical Architecture Group, expressed their dissatisfaction with the XRI Technology. Berners-Lee and Williams explained that they reviewed XRI and had not found that XRIs had functionality not readily available from URIs. According to them the XRI specification should not be supported.<ref>[http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2008May/0078 TAG recommends against XRI]</ref> Some members of the Internet community expressed that the technology is untested and the registration process is confusing.<ref>
 [http://lists.openid.net/pipermail/openid-general/2007-January/010335.html why is xri so obtuse?]</ref> Others advised consumers to avoid the service and commented that the Internet community did not need another centralized body to manage Internet addressing services.<ref>[http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/xri/200707/msg00021.html Avoid XRI]</ref>