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==Internet Community Reaction on XRI==

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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; as such, the XRI specification was unnecessary and 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>

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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; as such, the XRI specification was unnecessary and 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 was untested and the registration process was 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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