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+<div class="head">
+<p>
+</p>
+<h1 rel="dcterms:title" class="title" id="title">
+WebID
+1.0
+</h1>
+<h2 rel="bibo:subtitle" id="subtitle">
+Web
+Identification
+and
+Discovery
+</h2>
+<h2 property="dcterms:issued" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-07-25T22:59:59+0000" id="unofficial-draft-25-july-2010">
+Unofficial
+Draft
+<del class="diff-old">18
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">25
+</ins>
+July
+2010
+</h2>
+<dl>
+<dt>
+Editor:
+</dt>
+<dd rel="bibo:editor">
+<span typeof="foaf:Person">
+<span property="foaf:name">
+Manu
+Sporny
+</span>,
+<a rel="foaf:workplaceHomepage" href="http://blog.digitalbazaar.com/">
+Digital
+Bazaar,
+Inc.
+</a>
+<a rel="foaf:mbox" href="mailto:msporny@digitalbazaar.com">
+msporny@digitalbazaar.com
+</a>
+</span>
+</dd>
+<dt>
+Authors:
+</dt>
+<dd>
+<span>
+<a content="Toby Inkster" href="http://tobyinkster.co.uk/">
+Toby
+Inkster
+</a>
+</span>
+</dd>
+<dd>
+<span>
+<a content="Henry Story" href="http://bblfish.net/">
+Henry
+Story
+</a>
+</span>
+</dd>
+<dd>
+<span>
+<a content="Bruno Harbulot" href="http://blog.distributedmatter.net/">
+Bruno
+Harbulot
+</a>
+</span>
+</dd>
+<dd>
+<span>
+<a content="Reto Bachmann-Gmür" href="http://www.facebook.com/farewellutopia">
+Reto
+Bachmann-Gmür
+</a>
+</span>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<p>
+This
+document
+is
+also
+available
+in
+this
+non-normative
+format:
+<a href="diff-20100711.html">
+Diff
+from
+previous
+Editors
+Draft
+</a>.
+</p>
+<p class="copyright">
+This
+document
+is
+licensed
+under
+a
+<a class="subfoot" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="license">
+Creative
+Commons
+Attribution
+3.0
+License
+</a>.
+</p>
+<hr>
+</hr>
+</div>
+<div id="abstract" class="introductory section" property="dcterms:abstract" datatype="" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#abstract">
+<h2>
+Abstract
+</h2>
+<p>
+Social
+networking,
+identity
+and
+privacy
+have
+been
+at
+the
+center
+of
+how
+we
+interact
+with
+the
+Web
+in
+the
+last
+decade.
+The
+explosion
+of
+social
+networking
+sites
+has
+brought
+the
+world
+closer
+together
+as
+well
+as
+created
+new
+points
+of
+pain
+regarding
+ease
+of
+use
+and
+the
+Web.
+Remembering
+login
+details,
+passwords,
+and
+sharing
+private
+information
+across
+the
+many
+websites
+and
+social
+groups
+that
+we
+are
+a
+part
+of
+has
+become
+more
+difficult
+and
+complicated
+than
+necessary.
+The
+Social
+Web
+is
+designed
+to
+ensure
+that
+control
+of
+identity
+and
+privacy
+settings
+is
+always
+simple
+and
+under
+one's
+control.
+WebID
+is
+a
+key
+enabler
+of
+the
+Social
+Web.
+This
+specification
+outlines
+a
+simple
+universal
+identification
+mechanism
+that
+is
+distributed,
+openly
+extensible,
+improves
+privacy,
+security
+and
+control
+over
+how
+one
+can
+identify
+themselves
+and
+control
+access
+to
+their
+information
+on
+the
+Web.
+</p>
+<div typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#how-to-read-this-document" class="section">
+<h3 id="how-to-read-this-document">
+How
+to
+Read
+this
+Document
+</h3>
+<p>
+There
+are
+a
+number
+of
+concepts
+that
+are
+covered
+in
+this
+document
+that
+the
+reader
+may
+want
+to
+be
+aware
+of
+before
+continuing.
+General
+knowledge
+of
+<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_cryptography">
+public
+key
+cryptography
+</a>
+and
+RDF
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-PRIMER">
+RDF-PRIMER
+</a>
+]
+and
+RDFa
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDFA-CORE">
+RDFA-CORE
+</a>
+]
+is
+necessary
+to
+understand
+how
+to
+implement
+this
+specification.
+WebID
+uses
+a
+number
+of
+specific
+technologies
+like
+HTTP
+over
+TLS
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-HTTP-TLS">
+HTTP-TLS
+</a>
+],
+X.509
+certificates
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-X509V3">
+X509V3
+</a>
+],
+RDF/XML
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR">
+RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR
+</a>
+]
+and
+XHTML+RDFa
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-XHTML-RDFA">
+XHTML-RDFA
+</a>
+].
+</p>
+<p>
+A
+general
+<a href="#introduction">
+Introduction
+</a>
+is
+provided
+for
+all
+that
+would
+like
+to
+understand
+why
+this
+specification
+is
+necessary
+to
+simplify
+usage
+of
+the
+Web.
+</p>
+<p>
+The
+terms
+used
+throughout
+this
+specification
+are
+listed
+in
+the
+section
+titled
+<a href="#terminology">
+Terminology
+</a>.
+</p>
+<p>
+Developers
+that
+are
+interested
+in
+implementing
+this
+specification
+will
+be
+most
+interested
+in
+the
+sections
+titled
+<a href="#authentication-sequence">
+Authentication
+Sequence
+</a>
+and
+<a href="#authentication-sequence-details">
+Authentication
+Sequence
+Details
+</a>.
+</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div id="sotd" class="introductory section" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#sotd">
+<h2>
+Status
+of
+This
+Document
+</h2>
+<p>
+This
+document
+is
+merely
+a
+public
+working
+draft
+of
+a
+potential
+specification.
+It
+has
+no
+official
+standing
+of
+any
+kind
+and
+does
+not
+represent
+the
+support
+or
+consensus
+of
+any
+standards
+organisation.
+</p>
+The
+source
+code
+for
+this
+document
+is
+available
+via
+Github
+at
+the
+following
+URL:
+<a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec">
+http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec
+</a>
+</div>
+<div id="toc" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#toc" class="section">
+<h2 class="introductory">
+Table
+of
+Contents
+</h2>
+<ul class="toc">
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#introduction" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+1.
+</span>
+Introduction
+</a>
+<ul class="toc">
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#motivation" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+1.1
+</span>
+Motivation
+</a>
+</li>
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#relation-to-openid" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+1.2
+</span>
+Relation
+to
+OpenID
+</a>
+</li>
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#relation-to-oauth" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+1.3
+</span>
+Relation
+to
+OAuth
+</a>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#the-webid-protocol" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+2.
+</span>
+The
+WebID
+Protocol
+</a>
+<ul class="toc">
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#terminology" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+2.1
+</span>
+Terminology
+</a>
+</li>
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#authentication-sequence" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+2.2
+</span>
+Authentication
+Sequence
+</a>
+</li>
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#authentication-sequence-details" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+2.3
+</span>
+Authentication
+Sequence
+Details
+</a>
+<ul class="toc">
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#initiating-a-tls-connection" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+2.3.1
+</span>
+Initiating
+a
+TLS
+Connection
+</a>
+</li>
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#exchanging-the-identification-certificate" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+2.3.2
+</span>
+Exchanging
+the
+Identification
+Certificate
+</a>
+</li>
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#processing-the-webid-profile" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+2.3.3
+</span>
+Processing
+the
+WebID
+Profile
+</a>
+</li>
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#extracting-webid-url-details" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+2.3.4
+</span>
+Extracting
+WebID
+URL
+Details
+</a>
+</li>
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#authorization" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+2.3.5
+</span>
+<del class="diff-old">Determining
+Access
+Privileges
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">Authorization
+</ins></a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#secure-communication" class="tocxref"><span class="secno"><ins class="diff-chg">
+2.3.6
+</ins></span><ins class="diff-chg">
+Secure
+Communication
+</ins></a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#the-webid-profile" class="tocxref"><span class="secno"><ins class="diff-chg">
+2.4
+</ins></span><ins class="diff-chg">
+The
+WebID
+Profile
+</ins></a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#personal-information" class="tocxref"><span class="secno"><ins class="diff-chg">
+2.4.1
+</ins></span><ins class="diff-chg">
+Personal
+Information
+</ins></a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#cryptographic-details" class="tocxref"><span class="secno"><ins class="diff-chg">
+2.4.2
+</ins></span><ins class="diff-chg">
+Cryptographic
+Details
+</ins>
+</a>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#references" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+A.
+</span>
+References
+</a>
+<ul class="toc">
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#normative-references" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+A.1
+</span>
+Normative
+references
+</a>
+</li>
+<li class="tocline">
+<a href="#informative-references" class="tocxref">
+<span class="secno">
+A.2
+</span>
+Informative
+references
+</a>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+<div class="informative section" id="introduction" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#introduction">
+<h2>
+<span class="secno">
+1.
+</span>
+Introduction
+</h2>
+<p>
+<em>
+This
+section
+is
+non-normative.
+</em>
+</p>
+<p>
+The
+WebID
+specification
+is
+designed
+to
+help
+alleviate
+the
+difficultly
+that
+remembering
+different
+logins,
+passwords
+and
+settings
+for
+websites
+has
+created.
+It
+is
+also
+designed
+to
+provide
+a
+universal
+and
+extensible
+mechanism
+to
+express
+public
+and
+private
+information
+about
+yourself.
+This
+section
+outlines
+the
+motivation
+behind
+the
+specification
+and
+the
+relationship
+to
+other
+similar
+specifications
+that
+are
+in
+active
+use
+today.
+</p>
+<div class="informative section" id="motivation" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#motivation">
+<h3>
+<span class="secno">
+1.1
+</span>
+Motivation
+</h3>
+<p>
+<em>
+This
+section
+is
+non-normative.
+</em>
+</p>
+<p>
+It
+is
+a
+fundamental
+design
+criteria
+of
+the
+Web
+to
+enable
+individuals
+and
+organizations
+to
+control
+how
+they
+interact
+with
+the
+rest
+of
+society.
+This
+includes
+how
+one
+expresses
+their
+identity,
+public
+information
+and
+personal
+details
+to
+social
+networks,
+Web
+sites
+and
+services.
+</p>
+<p>
+Semantic
+Web
+vocabularies
+such
+as
+Friend-of-a-Friend
+(FOAF)
+permit
+distributed
+hyperlinked
+social
+networks
+to
+exist.
+This
+vocabulary,
+along
+with
+other
+vocabularies,
+allow
+one
+to
+add
+information
+and
+services
+protection
+to
+distributed
+social
+networks.
+</p>
+<p>
+One
+major
+criticism
+of
+open
+networks
+is
+that
+they
+seem
+to
+have
+no
+way
+of
+protecting
+the
+personal
+information
+distributed
+on
+the
+web
+or
+limiting
+access
+to
+resources.
+Few
+people
+are
+willing
+to
+make
+all
+their
+personal
+information
+public,
+many
+would
+like
+large
+pieces
+to
+be
+protected,
+making
+it
+available
+only
+to
+a
+select
+group
+of
+agents.
+Giving
+access
+to
+information
+is
+very
+similar
+to
+giving
+access
+to
+services.
+There
+are
+many
+occasions
+when
+people
+would
+like
+services
+to
+only
+be
+accessible
+to
+members
+of
+a
+group,
+such
+as
+allowing
+only
+friends,
+family
+members,
+colleagues
+to
+post
+an
+article,
+photo
+or
+comment
+on
+a
+blog.
+How
+does
+one
+do
+this
+in
+a
+flexible
+way,
+without
+requiring
+a
+central
+point
+of
+access
+control?
+</p>
+<p>
+Using
+an
+process
+made
+popular
+by
+OpenID,
+we
+show
+how
+one
+can
+tie
+a
+User
+Agent
+to
+a
+URL
+by
+proving
+that
+one
+has
+write
+access
+to
+the
+URL.
+WebID
+is
+a
+simpler
+alternative
+to
+OpenID
+(fewer
+connections),
+that
+uses
+X.509
+certificates
+to
+tie
+a
+User
+Agent
+(Browser)
+to
+a
+Person
+identified
+via
+a
+URL.
+WebID
+also
+provides
+a
+few
+additional
+features
+to
+OpenID.
+These
+features
+include
+trust
+management,
+via
+digital
+signatures,
+and
+free-form
+extensibility
+via
+RDFa.
+By
+using
+the
+existing
+SSL
+certificate
+exchange
+mechanism,
+WebID
+integrates
+more
+smoothly
+with
+existing
+Web
+browsers,
+including
+browsers
+on
+mobile
+devices.
+WebID
+also
+permits
+automated
+session
+login
+in
+addition
+to
+interactive
+session
+login.
+Additionally,
+all
+data
+is
+encrypted
+and
+guaranteed
+to
+only
+be
+received
+by
+the
+person
+or
+organization
+that
+was
+intended
+to
+receive
+it.
+</p>
+</div>
+<div class="informative section" id="relation-to-openid" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#relation-to-openid">
+<h3>
+<span class="secno">
+1.2
+</span>
+Relation
+to
+OpenID
+</h3>
+<p>
+<em>
+This
+section
+is
+non-normative.
+</em>
+</p>
+<p class="issue">
+This
+section
+needs
+to
+be
+re-written.
+The
+flow
+and
+grammar
+leaves
+much
+to
+be
+desired.
+--
+manu
+</p>
+<p>
+WebID
+is
+compatible
+with
+OpenID.
+Both
+protocols
+use
+a
+URL
+that
+dereferences
+to
+a
+Personal
+Profile
+Document.
+This
+Personal
+Profile
+Document
+is
+where
+further
+information
+about
+an
+identity
+can
+be
+discovered.
+This
+mechanism
+is
+compatible
+with
+both
+WebID
+and
+OpenID.
+Therefore,
+WebID
+does
+not
+intend
+to
+replace
+OpenID,
+but
+can
+work
+beside
+OpenID
+by
+sharing
+the
+content
+in
+the
+Personal
+Profile
+Document.
+</p>
+<p>
+That
+said,
+there
+are
+a
+number
+of
+benefits
+that
+WebID
+achieves
+over
+OpenID:
+</p>
+<p>
+WebID
+gives
+people
+and
+other
+agents
+a
+WebID
+URL
+for
+identification.
+OpenID
+also
+provides
+a
+URL
+to
+a
+Personal
+Profile
+Document.
+However,
+in
+the
+case
+of
+WebID,
+one
+does
+not
+need
+to
+remember
+the
+URL
+since
+the
+User
+Agent
+remembers
+the
+URL
+on
+behalf
+of
+the
+person
+browsing.
+To
+log
+in
+on
+a
+WebID
+web
+site
+there
+is
+no
+need
+to
+enter
+any
+identifier
+like
+one
+has
+to
+do
+for
+OpenID.
+Just
+one
+click
+tells
+the
+browser
+to
+send
+the
+WebID
+URL.
+The
+person
+that
+is
+browsing
+does
+not
+need
+to
+remember
+either
+their
+WebID
+URL
+or
+the
+website
+password.
+The
+only
+password
+one
+may
+need
+to
+remember
+is
+the
+one
+that
+is
+used
+to
+access
+their
+collection
+of
+WebIDs
+in
+their
+browser,
+and
+that's
+only
+if
+they
+opt-in
+to
+password
+protect
+their
+WebIDs.
+</p>
+<p>
+<ins class="diff-new">While
+</ins>
+WebID
+<del class="diff-old">gives
+people
+and
+other
+agents
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">works
+well
+in
+</ins>
+a
+<del class="diff-old">Web
+ID
+URL
+for
+identification.
+OpenID
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">browser
+environment,
+it
+is
+</ins>
+also
+<del class="diff-old">provides
+a
+URL
+to
+a
+Personal
+Profile
+Document.
+However,
+in
+the
+case
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">very
+useful
+outside
+</ins>
+of
+<del class="diff-old">WebID,
+the
+user
+does
+not
+need
+to
+remember
+the
+URL,
+</del>
+the
+browser
+<del class="diff-old">or
+User
+Agent
+does.
+A
+login
+button
+on
+a
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">environment.
+</ins>
+WebID
+<del class="diff-old">web
+site
+is
+just
+a
+button.
+No
+need
+to
+enter
+any
+identifier
+like
+one
+has
+to
+for
+OpenID.
+Just
+click
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">can
+also
+operate
+without
+requiring
+</ins>
+the
+<del class="diff-old">button.
+Your
+browser
+will
+then
+ask
+you
+what
+identity
+you
+wish
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">use
+of
+any
+passwords.
+This
+is
+useful
+</ins>
+to
+<del class="diff-old">use.
+The
+person
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">developers
+</ins>
+that
+<del class="diff-old">is
+browsing
+does
+not
+need
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">may
+want
+</ins>
+to
+<del class="diff-old">remember
+either
+the
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">use
+</ins>
+WebID
+<del class="diff-old">URL
+or
+the
+website
+password.
+The
+only
+password
+one
+needs
+</del>
+to
+<del class="diff-old">remember
+is
+the
+one
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">perform
+server-to-server
+or
+peer-to-peer
+verification
+of
+identity.
+WebID
+works
+for
+automated
+agents
+such
+as
+Search
+Agents,
+API
+Agents,
+and
+other
+automated
+mechanisms
+</ins>
+that
+<del class="diff-old">is
+used
+to
+access
+their
+collection
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">are
+often
+found
+outside
+</ins>
+of
+<del class="diff-old">WebIDs
+in
+their
+browser.
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">the
+browser
+environment.
+</ins>
+</p>
+<p>
+The
+WebID
+protocol
+requires
+just
+one
+direct
+network
+connection
+to
+establish
+identity
+via
+the
+client.
+The
+server
+requires
+one
+connection
+to
+the
+client
+and
+one
+connection
+to
+retrieve
+the
+WebID
+Profile
+if
+it
+does
+not
+have
+the
+credential
+information
+cached.
+Compare
+this
+to
+the
+much
+more
+complex
+OpenID
+sequence,
+which
+requires
+six
+connections
+by
+the
+client
+to
+establish
+a
+login.
+In
+a
+world
+of
+distributed
+data
+where
+each
+site
+can
+point
+to
+data
+on
+any
+other
+site,
+multiple
+connections
+become
+costly
+to
+manage.
+</p>
+<p>
+WebID
+builds
+on
+a
+number
+of
+well
+established
+Internet
+and
+Web
+standards;
+<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST">
+REST
+</a>,
+RDF
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-PRIMER">
+RDF-PRIMER
+</a>
+],
+RDFa
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDFA-CORE">
+RDFA-CORE
+</a>
+],
+RDF/XML
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR">
+RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR
+</a>
+],
+TLS
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-HTTP-TLS">
+HTTP-TLS
+</a>
+],
+and
+X.509
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-X509V3">
+X509V3
+</a>
+].
+By
+building
+on
+previous
+standards,
+it
+makes
+both
+explaining
+and
+implementing
+WebID
+easier
+on
+developers.
+</p>
+<p>
+Since
+WebID
+is
+RESTful,
+you
+can
+perform
+basic
+HTTP
+operations
+to
+<code>
+GET
+</code>
+your
+WebID,
+and
+if
+you
+needed
+update
+it,
+you
+can
+use
+HTTP
+<code>
+PUT
+</code>
+semantics.
+You
+can
+also
+create
+a
+WebID
+via
+<code>
+POST
+</code>.
+This
+is
+improved
+from
+the
+OpenID
+specification,
+which
+requires
+a
+new
+set
+of
+operations
+described
+in
+the
+OpenID
+Attribute
+Exchange
+specification.
+</p>
+<p>
+WebID
+is
+built
+on
+RDF
+and
+thus
+enables
+all
+of
+the
+advanced
+semantic
+web
+concepts
+that
+RDF
+enables.
+For
+example,
+a
+developer
+may
+perform
+machine
+reasoning
+with
+a
+WebID.
+One
+can
+construct
+machine-executable
+statements
+like
+"If
+this
+WebID
+claims
+to
+be
+a
+friend
+of
+one
+of
+our
+partner
+WebIDs
+that
+is
+trusted
+and
+the
+relationship
+is
+bi-directional,
+trust
+the
+WebID."
+While
+OpenID
+attempts
+to
+support
+this
+use
+case
+by
+mapping
+OpenID
+to
+RDF,
+it's
+far
+easier
+to
+do
+with
+WebID
+because
+WebID
+is
+natively
+RDF-aware.
+</p>
+<p>
+It
+is
+easy
+to
+extend
+a
+WebID
+with
+new
+attributes
+via
+RDF.
+The
+power
+of
+RDF
+allows
+developers
+to
+add
+extensions
+to
+WebID
+by
+defining
+new
+vocabularies
+that
+they
+publish.
+There
+is
+no
+authorization
+process
+necessary
+and
+thus
+WebID
+allows
+for
+distributed
+innovation.
+Every
+WebID
+property
+is
+a
+URI,
+which
+when
+clicked,
+can
+give
+you
+yet
+more
+information
+about
+what
+the
+property
+means.
+A
+developer
+can
+create
+new
+usage
+classes
+by
+extending
+their
+vocabulary
+at
+will.
+A
+developer
+can
+add
+relationships
+to
+a
+WebID
+by
+simply
+adding
+more
+HTML
+to
+the
+developer's
+page.
+OpenID
+does
+not
+provide
+any
+type
+of
+distributed
+innovation
+akin
+to
+RDF.
+</p>
+<p>
+Implementing
+WebID
+is
+easier
+than
+OpenID
+because
+all
+of
+the
+basic
+technologies
+have
+been
+working
+and
+integrated
+into
+Web
+browsers
+for
+many
+years.
+There
+were
+already
+three
+interoperable
+implementations
+of
+WebID
+before
+this
+specification
+was
+written.
+</p>
+<p>
+WebID
+is
+truly
+decentralized
+-
+with
+WebID
+you
+get
+a
+web
+of
+trust.
+OpenID
+only
+supports
+the
+Web
+of
+Trust
+model
+if
+you
+indirectly
+trust
+the
+OpenID
+provider.
+In
+other
+words
+-
+OpenID
+is
+not
+truly
+decentralized.
+In
+OpenID
+you
+must
+trust
+OpenID
+providers.
+With
+WebID
+you
+only
+have
+to
+trust
+the
+people
+and
+the
+organizations
+with
+which
+you
+are
+communicating.
+In
+other
+words,
+you
+don't
+have
+to
+ask
+anyone
+whether
+or
+not
+you
+can
+trust
+your
+friends.
+You
+can
+query
+people
+that
+you
+trust
+directly
+to
+see
+if
+someone
+is
+trustworthy
+or
+not.
+There
+is
+no
+need
+for
+a
+central
+WebID
+authority.
+</p>
+<p>
+WebID
+is
+fully
+distributed,
+anyone
+can
+setup
+a
+WebID
+by
+placing
+a
+single
+file
+on
+a
+web
+server
+of
+their
+choosing.
+There
+is
+no
+need
+for
+a
+special
+OpenID-like
+provider
+service.
+The
+only
+thing
+anyone
+that
+wants
+a
+WebID
+needs
+is
+a
+web
+account
+where
+you
+can
+post
+your
+WebID
+file,
+ideally
+on
+your
+own
+domain
+name.
+You
+can
+also
+use
+a
+WebID
+hosting
+provider,
+but
+it's
+not
+necessary
+for
+WebID
+to
+work.
+While
+it
+is
+possible
+to
+run
+an
+OpenID
+server,
+other
+OpenID
+applications
+may
+not
+trust
+you
+and
+thus
+you
+won't
+be
+able
+to
+fully
+utilize
+your
+private
+OpenID
+credentials.
+The
+reason
+that
+there
+are
+a
+few
+large
+OpenID
+providers
+and
+very
+few
+small
+OpenID
+providers
+is
+because
+of
+this
+trust
+design
+issue
+related
+to
+OpenID.
+</p>
+<p>
+WebID
+does
+not
+require
+HTTP
+redirects.
+Redirects
+are
+problematic
+on
+many
+cell
+phones,
+because
+telecoms
+heavily
+rely
+on
+proxys,
+which
+selectively
+block
+redirects.
+</p>
+<p>
+A
+WebID
+provider
+is
+100%
+compatible
+with
+an
+OpenID
+provider
+and
+thus
+can
+inter-operate
+with
+OpenID-powered
+networks.
+</p>
+</div>
+<div class="informative section" id="relation-to-oauth" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#relation-to-oauth">
+<h3>
+<span class="secno">
+1.3
+</span>
+Relation
+to
+OAuth
+</h3>
+<p>
+<em>
+This
+section
+is
+non-normative.
+</em>
+</p>
+<p>
+OAuth
+and
+WebID
+are
+mutually
+beneficial
+when
+used
+together.
+WebID
+can
+be
+used
+to
+provide
+RSA
+parameters
+to
+the
+RSA-SHA1
+signature
+method
+required
+by
+OAuth
+1.0.
+WebID
+can
+also
+be
+used
+to
+establish
+the
+consumer_key
+and
+HTTPS
+connection
+that
+will
+be
+used
+to
+transmit
+OAuth
+Tokens
+in
+OAuth
+2.0.
+</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="normative section" id="the-webid-protocol" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#the-webid-protocol">
+<h2>
+<span class="secno">
+2.
+</span>
+The
+WebID
+Protocol
+</h2>
+<div class="normative section" id="terminology" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#terminology">
+<h3>
+<span class="secno">
+2.1
+</span>
+Terminology
+</h3>
+<dl>
+<dt>
+<dfn title="Verification_Agent" id="dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</dfn>
+</dt>
+<dd>
+Performs
+authentication
+on
+provided
+WebID
+credentials
+and
+determines
+if
+an
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">
+Identification
+Agent
+</a>
+can
+have
+access
+to
+a
+particular
+resource.
+A
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</a>
+is
+typically
+a
+Web
+server,
+but
+may
+also
+be
+a
+peer
+on
+a
+peer-to-peer
+network.
+</dd>
+<dt>
+<dfn title="Identification_Agent" id="dfn-identification_agent">
+Identification
+Agent
+</dfn>
+</dt>
+<dd>
+Provides
+identification
+credentials
+to
+a
+Verification
+Agent.
+The
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">
+Identification
+Agent
+</a>
+is
+typically
+also
+a
+User
+Agent.
+</dd>
+<dt>
+<dfn title="Identification_Certificate" id="dfn-identification_certificate">
+Identification
+Certificate
+</dfn>
+</dt>
+<dd>
+An
+X.509
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-X509V3">
+X509V3
+</a>
+]
+Certificate
+that
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">
+must
+</em>
+contain
+a
+<code>
+Subject
+Alternative
+Name
+</code>
+extension
+with
+a
+URI
+entry.
+The
+URI
+<em class="rfc2119" title="should">
+should
+</em>
+be
+a
+URL,
+and
+<em class="rfc2119" title="should not">
+should
+not
+</em>
+be
+a
+URN.
+The
+URL
+identifies
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">
+Identification
+Agent
+</a>.
+The
+URL
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">
+must
+</em>
+be
+dereference-able
+and
+result
+in
+a
+document
+containing
+RDF
+data.
+For
+example,
+the
+certificate
+would
+contain
+<code>
+http://example.org/webid#public
+</code>,
+known
+as
+a
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">
+WebID
+URL
+</a>,
+as
+the
+<code>
+Subject
+Alternative
+Name
+</code>:
+<code><pre>
+X509v3 extensions:
+   ...
+   X509v3 Subject Alternative Name:
+      URI:http://example.org/webid#public
+</pre>
+</code>
+</dd>
+<dt>
+<dfn title="WebID_URL" id="dfn-webid_url">
+WebID
+URL
+</dfn>
+</dt>
+<dd>
+A
+URL
+specified
+via
+the
+<code>
+Subject
+Alternative
+Name
+</code>
+extension
+of
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">
+Identification
+Certificate
+</a>
+that
+identifies
+an
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">
+Identification
+Agent
+</a>.
+</dd>
+<dt>
+<dfn title="public_key" id="dfn-public_key">
+public
+key
+</dfn>
+</dt>
+<dd>
+A
+widely
+distributed
+crytographic
+key
+that
+can
+be
+used
+to
+verify
+digital
+signatures
+and
+encrypt
+data
+between
+a
+sender
+and
+a
+receiver.
+A
+public
+key
+is
+always
+included
+in
+an
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">
+Identification
+Certificate
+</a>
+</dd>
+<dt>
+<dfn title="WebID_Profile" id="dfn-webid_profile">
+WebID
+Profile
+</dfn>
+</dt>
+<dd>
+A
+structured
+document
+that
+contains
+identification
+credentials
+for
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">
+Identification
+Agent
+</a>
+expressed
+using
+the
+Resource
+Description
+Framework
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-CONCEPTS">
+RDF-CONCEPTS
+</a>
+].
+Either
+the
+XHTML+RDFa
+1.1
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-XHTML-RDFA">
+XHTML-RDFA
+</a>
+]
+serialization
+format
+or
+the
+RDF/XML
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR">
+RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR
+</a>
+]
+serialization
+format
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">
+must
+</em>
+be
+supported
+by
+the
+mechanism,
+e.g.
+a
+Web
+Service,
+providing
+the
+WebID
+Profile
+document.
+Alternate
+RDF
+serialization
+formats,
+such
+as
+N3
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-N3">
+N3
+</a>
+]
+or
+Turtle
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-TURTLE">
+TURTLE
+</a>
+],
+<em class="rfc2119" title="may">
+may
+</em>
+be
+supported
+by
+the
+mechanism
+providing
+the
+WebID
+Profile
+document.
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<p class="issue">
+Whether
+or
+not
+RDF/XML,
+XHTML+RDFa
+1.1,
+both
+or
+neither
+serialization
+of
+RDF
+should
+be
+required
+serialization
+formats
+in
+the
+specification
+is
+currently
+under
+heavy
+debate.
+</p>
+</div>
+<div class="normative section" id="authentication-sequence" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#authentication-sequence">
+<h3>
+<span class="secno">
+2.2
+</span>
+Authentication
+Sequence
+</h3>
+<p>
+The
+following
+steps
+are
+executed
+by
+Verification
+Agents
+and
+Identification
+Agents
+to
+determine
+if
+access
+should
+be
+granted
+to
+a
+particular
+resource.
+</p>
+<ol>
+<li>
+The
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">
+Identification
+Agent
+</a>
+attempts
+to
+access
+a
+resource
+using
+HTTP
+over
+TLS
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-HTTP-TLS">
+HTTP-TLS
+</a>
+]
+via
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</a>.
+</li>
+<li>
+The
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</a>
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">
+must
+</em>
+request
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">
+Identification
+Certificate
+</a>
+of
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">
+Identification
+Agent
+</a>
+as
+a
+part
+of
+the
+TLS
+client-cerificate
+retrieval
+protocol.
+</li>
+<li>
+The
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</a>
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">
+must
+</em>
+extract
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">
+public
+key
+</a>
+and
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">
+WebID
+URL
+</a>
+contained
+in
+the
+<code>
+Subject
+Alternative
+Name
+</code>
+extension
+of
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">
+Identification
+Certificate
+</a>.
+</li>
+<li>
+The
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">
+public
+key
+</a>
+information
+associated
+with
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">
+WebID
+URL
+</a>
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">
+must
+</em>
+be
+<del class="diff-old">verified
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">checked
+</ins>
+by
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</a>.
+This
+<del class="diff-old">must
+be
+performed
+by
+validating
+the
+public
+key
+associated
+with
+the
+WebID
+URL
+.
+This
+</del>
+process
+<em class="rfc2119" title="should">
+should
+</em>
+occur
+either
+by
+dereferencing
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">
+WebID
+URL
+</a>
+and
+extracting
+RDF
+data
+from
+the
+resulting
+document,
+or
+by
+utilizing
+a
+cached
+version
+of
+the
+RDF
+data
+contained
+in
+the
+document
+or
+other
+data
+source
+that
+is
+up-to-date
+and
+trusted
+by
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</a>.
+The
+processing
+and
+extraction
+mechanism
+is
+further
+detailed
+in
+the
+sections
+titled
+<a href="#processing-the-webid-profile">
+Processing
+the
+WebID
+Profile
+</a>
+and
+<a href="#extracting-webid-url-details">
+Extracting
+WebID
+URL
+Details
+</a>.
+</li>
+<li>
+If
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">
+public
+key
+</a>
+in
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">
+Identification
+Certificate
+</a>
+is
+found
+in
+the
+list
+of
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">
+public
+key
+</a>
+s
+associated
+with
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">
+WebID
+URL
+</a>,
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</a>
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">
+must
+</em>
+assume
+that
+the
+client
+<del class="diff-old">has
+write
+access
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">intends
+</ins>
+to
+<ins class="diff-new">use
+</ins>
+the
+<del class="diff-old">WebID
+Profile
+</del>
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">
+<ins class="diff-chg">public
+key
+</ins>
+</a>
+<del class="diff-old">and
+therefore
+owns
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">to
+verify
+their
+ownership
+of
+</ins>
+the
+<del class="diff-old">document.
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">WebID
+URL.
+</ins>
+</li>
+<li>
+<del class="diff-old">If
+the
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">The
+</ins>
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</a>
+<del class="diff-old">has
+verified
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">verifies
+</ins>
+that
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">
+<ins class="diff-new">Identification
+Agent
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+owns
+the
+</ins>
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">
+WebID
+Profile
+</a>
+<del class="diff-old">is
+owned
+</del>
+by
+<ins class="diff-new">using
+the
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key"><ins class="diff-new">
+public
+key
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+to
+create
+a
+cryptographic
+challenge.
+The
+challenge
+</ins><em class="rfc2119" title="should"><ins class="diff-new">
+should
+</ins></em><ins class="diff-new">
+be
+fulfilled
+by
+performing
+TLS
+mutual-authentication
+between
+the
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent"><ins class="diff-new">
+Verification
+Agent
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+and
+</ins>
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">
+Identification
+Agent
+<del class="diff-old">,
+</del>
+</a>.
+<ins class="diff-chg">If
+</ins>
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</a>
+<ins class="diff-new">does
+not
+have
+access
+to
+the
+TLS
+layer,
+a
+digital
+signature
+challenge
+</ins>
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">
+must
+</em>
+<del class="diff-old">use
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">be
+provided
+by
+</ins>
+the
+<del class="diff-old">verified
+public
+key
+contained
+</del>
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+<ins class="diff-chg">Verification
+Agent
+</ins></a>.<ins class="diff-chg">
+These
+processes
+are
+detailed
+</ins>
+in
+the
+<del class="diff-old">Identification
+Certificate
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">sections
+titled
+</ins><a href="#authorization"><ins class="diff-chg">
+Authorization
+</ins>
+</a>
+<del class="diff-old">for
+all
+TLS-based
+communication
+with
+the
+Identification
+Agent
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">and
+</ins><a href="#secure-communication"><ins class="diff-chg">
+Secure
+Communication
+</ins>
+</a>.
+</li>
+</ol>
+<p>
+The
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">
+Identification
+Agent
+</a>
+<em class="rfc2119" title="may">
+may
+</em>
+re-establish
+a
+different
+identity
+at
+any
+time
+by
+executing
+all
+of
+the
+steps
+in
+the
+Authentication
+Sequence
+again.
+Additional
+algorithms,
+detailed
+in
+the
+next
+section,
+<em class="rfc2119" title="may">
+may
+</em>
+be
+performed
+to
+determine
+if
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</a>
+can
+access
+a
+particular
+resource
+after
+the
+last
+step
+of
+the
+Authentication
+Sequence
+has
+been
+completed.
+</p>
+</div>
+<div class="normative section" id="authentication-sequence-details" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#authentication-sequence-details">
+<h3>
+<span class="secno">
+2.3
+</span>
+Authentication
+Sequence
+Details
+</h3>
+<p>
+This
+section
+covers
+details
+about
+each
+step
+in
+the
+authentication
+process.
+</p>
+<div class="normative section" id="initiating-a-tls-connection" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#initiating-a-tls-connection">
+<h4>
+<span class="secno">
+2.3.1
+</span>
+Initiating
+a
+TLS
+Connection
+</h4>
+<p class="issue">
+This
+section
+will
+detail
+how
+the
+TLS
+connection
+process
+is
+started
+and
+used
+by
+WebID
+to
+create
+a
+secure
+channel
+between
+the
+Identification
+Agent
+and
+the
+Verification
+Agent.
+</p>
+</div>
+<div class="normative section" id="exchanging-the-identification-certificate" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#exchanging-the-identification-certificate">
+<h4>
+<span class="secno">
+2.3.2
+</span>
+Exchanging
+the
+Identification
+Certificate
+</h4>
+<p class="issue">
+This
+section
+will
+detail
+how
+the
+certificate
+is
+selected
+and
+sent
+to
+the
+Verification
+Agent.
+</p>
+</div>
+<div class="normative section" id="processing-the-webid-profile" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#processing-the-webid-profile">
+<h4>
+<span class="secno">
+2.3.3
+</span>
+Processing
+the
+WebID
+Profile
+</h4>
+<p>
+A
+Verification
+Agent
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">
+must
+</em>
+be
+able
+to
+process
+documents
+in
+RDF/XML
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR">
+RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR
+</a>
+]
+and
+XHTML+RDFa
+[
+<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-XHTML-RDFA">
+XHTML-RDFA
+</a>
+].
+A
+server
+responding
+to
+a
+WebID
+Profile
+request
+<em class="rfc2119" title="should">
+should
+</em>
+support
+HTTP
+content
+negotiation.
+The
+server
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">
+must
+</em>
+return
+a
+representation
+in
+RDF/XML
+for
+media
+type
+<code>
+application/rdf+xml
+</code>.
+The
+server
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">
+must
+</em>
+return
+a
+representation
+in
+XHTML+RDFa
+for
+media
+type
+<code>
+text/html
+</code>
+or
+media
+type
+<code>
+application/xhtml+xml
+</code>.
+<a class="tref" title="Verification_Agents">
+Verification
+Agents
+</a>
+and
+<a class="tref" title="Identification_Agents">
+Identification
+Agents
+</a>
+<em class="rfc2119" title="may">
+may
+</em>
+support
+any
+other
+RDF
+format
+via
+HTTP
+content
+negotiation.
+</p>
+<p class="issue">
+This
+section
+will
+explain
+how
+a
+Verification
+Agent
+extracts
+semantic
+data
+describing
+the
+identification
+credentials
+from
+a
+WebID
+Profile.
+</p>
+</div>
+<div class="normative section" id="extracting-webid-url-details" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#extracting-webid-url-details">
+<h4>
+<span class="secno">
+2.3.4
+</span>
+Extracting
+WebID
+URL
+Details
+</h4>
+<p>
+The
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">
+Verification
+Agent
+</a>
+may
+use
+a
+number
+of
+different
+methods
+to
+extract
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">
+public
+key
+</a>
+information
+from
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">
+WebID
+Profile
+</a>.
+</p>
+The
+following
+SPARQL
+query
+outlines
+one
+way
+in
+which
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">
+public
+key
+</a>
+could
+be
+extracted
+from
+the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">
+WebID
+Profile
+</a>:
+<code><pre>
+PREFIX cert: &lt;http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/cert#&gt;
+PREFIX rsa: &lt;http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/rsa#&gt;
+SELECT ?modulus ?exp
+WHERE {
+   ?key cert:identity &lt;http://example.org/webid#public&gt;;
+      a rsa:RSAPublicKey;
+      rsa:modulus [ cert:hex ?modulus; ];
+      rsa:public_exponent [ cert:decimal ?exp ] .
+}
+</pre>
+</code>
+<p class="issue">
+This
+section
+still
+needs
+more
+information.
+</p>
+</div>
+<div class="normative section" id="authorization" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#authorization">
+<h4>
+<span class="secno">
+2.3.5
+</span>
+<del class="diff-old">Determining
+Access
+Privileges
+</del>
+<ins class="diff-chg">Authorization
+</ins>
+</h4>
+<p class="issue">
+This
+section
+will
+explain
+how
+a
+Verification
+Agent
+may
+use
+the
+information
+discovered
+via
+a
+WebID
+URL
+to
+determine
+if
+one
+should
+be
+able
+to
+access
+a
+particular
+resource.
+It
+will
+explain
+how
+a
+Verification
+Agent
+can
+use
+links
+to
+other
+RDFa
+documents
+to
+build
+knowledge
+about
+the
+given
+WebID.
+</p>
+</div>
+<div class="normative section" id="secure-communication" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#secure-communication">
+<h4>
+<span class="secno">
+<ins class="diff-new">2.3.6
+</ins></span><ins class="diff-new">
+Secure
+Communication
+</ins></h4><p class="issue"><ins class="diff-new">
+This
+section
+will
+explain
+how
+an
+Identification
+Agent
+and
+a
+Verification
+Agent
+may
+communicate
+securely
+using
+a
+set
+of
+verified
+identification
+credentials.
+</ins></p><p><ins class="diff-new">
+If
+the
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent"><ins class="diff-new">
+Verification
+Agent
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+has
+verified
+that
+the
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile"><ins class="diff-new">
+WebID
+Profile
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+is
+owned
+by
+the
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent"><ins class="diff-new">
+Identification
+Agent
+</ins></a>,<ins class="diff-new">
+the
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent"><ins class="diff-new">
+Verification
+Agent
+</ins></a><em class="rfc2119" title="should"><ins class="diff-new">
+should
+</ins></em><ins class="diff-new">
+use
+the
+verified
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key"><ins class="diff-new">
+public
+key
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+contained
+in
+the
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate"><ins class="diff-new">
+Identification
+Certificate
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+for
+all
+TLS-based
+communication
+with
+the
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent"><ins class="diff-new">
+Identification
+Agent
+</ins></a>.<ins class="diff-new">
+This
+ensures
+that
+both
+the
+</ins><a class="tref" title="Authorization_Agent"><ins class="diff-new">
+Authorization
+Agent
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+and
+the
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent"><ins class="diff-new">
+Identification
+Agent
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+are
+communicating
+in
+a
+secure
+manner,
+ensuring
+cryptographically
+protected
+privacy
+for
+both
+sides.
+</ins></p></div></div><div class="normative section" id="the-webid-profile" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#the-webid-profile"><h3><span class="secno"><ins class="diff-new">
+2.4
+</ins></span><ins class="diff-new">
+The
+WebID
+Profile
+</ins></h3><p><ins class="diff-new">
+The
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile"><ins class="diff-new">
+WebID
+Profile
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+is
+a
+structured
+document
+that
+contains
+identification
+credentials
+for
+the
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent"><ins class="diff-new">
+Identification
+Agent
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+expressed
+using
+the
+Resource
+Description
+Framework
+[
+</ins><a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-CONCEPTS"><ins class="diff-new">
+RDF-CONCEPTS
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+].
+The
+following
+sections
+describe
+how
+to
+express
+certain
+common
+properties
+that
+could
+be
+used
+by
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent"><ins class="diff-new">
+Verification
+Agent
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+s
+and
+other
+entities
+that
+consume
+a
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile"><ins class="diff-new">
+WebID
+Profile
+</ins></a>.</p><p><ins class="diff-new">
+The
+following
+vocabularies
+are
+used
+in
+their
+shortened
+form
+in
+the
+subsequent
+sections:
+</ins></p><dl><dt><ins class="diff-new">
+foaf
+</ins></dt><dd><ins class="diff-new">
+http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
+</ins></dd><dt><ins class="diff-new">
+cert
+</ins></dt><dd><ins class="diff-new">
+http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/cert#
+</ins></dd><dt><ins class="diff-new">
+rsa
+</ins></dt><dd><ins class="diff-new">
+http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/rsa#
+</ins></dd></dl><div class="normative section" id="personal-information" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#personal-information"><h4><span class="secno"><ins class="diff-new">
+2.4.1
+</ins></span><ins class="diff-new">
+Personal
+Information
+</ins></h4><p><ins class="diff-new">
+Personal
+details
+are
+the
+most
+common
+requirement
+when
+registering
+an
+account
+with
+a
+website.
+Some
+of
+these
+pieces
+of
+information
+include
+an
+e-mail
+address,
+a
+name
+and
+perhaps
+an
+avatar
+image.
+This
+section
+includes
+properties
+that
+</ins><em class="rfc2119" title="should"><ins class="diff-new">
+should
+</ins></em><ins class="diff-new">
+be
+used
+when
+conveying
+key
+pieces
+of
+personal
+information
+but
+are
+</ins><em class="rfc2119" title="not required"><ins class="diff-new">
+not
+required
+</ins></em><ins class="diff-new">
+to
+be
+present
+in
+a
+WebID
+Profile:
+</ins></p><dl><dt><ins class="diff-new">
+foaf:mbox
+</ins></dt><dd><ins class="diff-new">
+The
+e-mail
+address
+that
+is
+associated
+with
+the
+WebID
+URL.
+</ins></dd><dt><ins class="diff-new">
+foaf:name
+</ins></dt><dd><ins class="diff-new">
+The
+name
+that
+is
+most
+commonly
+used
+to
+refer
+to
+the
+individual
+or
+agent.
+</ins></dd><dt><ins class="diff-new">
+foaf:depiction
+</ins></dt><dd><ins class="diff-new">
+An
+image
+representation
+of
+the
+individual
+or
+agent.
+</ins></dd></dl></div><div class="normative section" id="cryptographic-details" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#cryptographic-details"><h4><span class="secno"><ins class="diff-new">
+2.4.2
+</ins></span><ins class="diff-new">
+Cryptographic
+Details
+</ins></h4><p><ins class="diff-new">
+Cryptographic
+details
+are
+important
+when
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent"><ins class="diff-new">
+Verification
+Agent
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+s
+and
+</ins><a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent"><ins class="diff-new">
+Identification
+Agent
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+s
+interact.
+The
+following
+properties
+</ins><em class="rfc2119" title="should"><ins class="diff-new">
+should
+</ins></em><ins class="diff-new">
+be
+used
+when
+conveying
+cryptographic
+information
+in
+WebID
+Profile
+documents:
+</ins></p><dl><dt><ins class="diff-new">
+rsa:RSAPublicKey
+</ins></dt><dd><ins class="diff-new">
+Expresses
+an
+RSA
+public
+key.
+The
+RSAPublicKey
+</ins><em class="rfc2119" title="must"><ins class="diff-new">
+must
+</ins></em><ins class="diff-new">
+specify
+the
+rsa:modulus
+and
+rsa:public_exponent
+properties.
+</ins></dd><dt><ins class="diff-new">
+cert:identity
+</ins></dt><dd><ins class="diff-new">
+Used
+to
+associate
+an
+RSAPublicKey
+with
+a
+WebID
+URL.
+A
+WebID
+Profile
+</ins><em class="rfc2119" title="must"><ins class="diff-new">
+must
+</ins></em><ins class="diff-new">
+contain
+at
+least
+one
+RSAPublicKey
+that
+is
+associated
+with
+the
+corresponding
+WebID
+URL.
+</ins></dd></dl></div>
+</div>
+<div id="appendix" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#appendix" class="section">
+<div class="informative section" id="history" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#history">
+<h4>
+Change
+History
+</h4>
+<p>
+<em>
+This
+section
+is
+non-normative.
+</em>
+</p>
+<p>
+<a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/b19d2812901b4511fdf9876c1be53bb36ee3201e">
+<ins class="diff-new">2010-07-25
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+Added
+WebID
+Profile
+section.
+</ins></p><p><a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/211d197510ca119c21ae48f3e5aa3f931ea88672"><ins class="diff-new">
+2010-07-18
+</ins></a><ins class="diff-new">
+Updates
+from
+WebID
+community
+related
+to
+RDF/XML
+support,
+authentication
+sequence
+corrections,
+abstract
+and
+introduction
+updates.
+</ins></p><p><a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/a54dee9c242b08edaac617d678215b389dd3556d">
+2010-07-11
+</a>
+Initial
+version.
+</p>
+</div>
+<div class="informative section" id="acknowledgements" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#acknowledgements">
+<h4>
+Acknowledgments
+</h4>
+<p>
+<em>
+This
+section
+is
+non-normative.
+</em>
+</p>
+<p>
+The
+following
+people
+have
+been
+instrumental
+in
+providing
+thoughts,
+feedback,
+reviews,
+criticism
+and
+input
+in
+the
+creation
+of
+this
+specification:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+Melvin
+Carvalho
+</li>
+<li>
+Bruno
+Harbulot
+</li>
+<li>
+Toby
+Inkster
+</li>
+<li>
+Ian
+Jacobi
+</li>
+<li>
+Jeff
+Sayre
+</li>
+<li>
+Henry
+Story
+</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div id="references" class="appendix section" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#references">
+<h2>
+<span class="secno">
+A.
+</span>
+References
+</h2>
+<div id="normative-references" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#normative-references" class="section">
+<h3>
+<span class="secno">
+A.1
+</span>
+Normative
+references
+</h3>
+<dl class="bibliography" about="">
+<dt id="bib-HTTP-TLS">
+[HTTP-TLS]
+</dt>
+<dd rel="dcterms:requires">
+E.
+Rescorla.
+<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2818.txt">
+<cite>
+HTTP
+Over
+TLS.
+</cite>
+</a>
+May
+2000.
+Internet
+RFC
+2818.
+URL:
+<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2818.txt">
+http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2818.txt
+</a>
+</dd>
+<dt id="bib-N3">
+[N3]
+</dt>
+<dd rel="dcterms:requires">
+Tim
+Berners-Lee;
+Dan
+Connolly.
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/2008/SUBM-n3-20080114/">
+<cite>
+Notation3
+(N3):
+A
+readable
+RDF
+syntax.
+</cite>
+</a>
+14
+January
+2008.
+W3C
+Team
+Submission.
+URL:
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/2008/SUBM-n3-20080114/">
+http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/2008/SUBM-n3-20080114/
+</a>
+</dd>
+<dt id="bib-RDF-PRIMER">
+[RDF-PRIMER]
+</dt>
+<dd rel="dcterms:requires">
+Frank
+Manola;
+Eric
+Miller.
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/">
+<cite>
+RDF
+Primer.
+</cite>
+</a>
+10
+February
+2004.
+W3C
+Recommendation.
+URL:
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/">
+http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/
+</a>
+</dd>
+<dt id="bib-RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR">
+[RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR]
+</dt>
+<dd rel="dcterms:requires">
+Dave
+Beckett.
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210">
+<cite>
+RDF/XML
+Syntax
+Specification
+(Revised).
+</cite>
+</a>
+10
+February
+2004.
+W3C
+Recommendation.
+URL:
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210">
+http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210
+</a>
+</dd>
+<dt id="bib-RDFA-CORE">
+[RDFA-CORE]
+</dt>
+<dd rel="dcterms:requires">
+Shane
+McCarron;
+et
+al.
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-rdfa-core-20100422">
+<cite>
+RDFa
+Core
+1.1:
+Syntax
+and
+processing
+rules
+for
+embedding
+RDF
+through
+attributes.
+</cite>
+</a>
+22
+April
+2010.
+W3C
+Working
+Draft.
+URL:
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-rdfa-core-20100422">
+http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-rdfa-core-20100422
+</a>
+</dd>
+<dt id="bib-TURTLE">
+[TURTLE]
+</dt>
+<dd rel="dcterms:requires">
+David
+Beckett,
+Tim
+Berners-Lee.
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/turtle/">
+Turtle:
+Terse
+RDF
+Triple
+Language
+</a>
+January
+2008.
+W3C
+Team
+Submission.
+URL:
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/turtle/">
+http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/turtle/
+</a>
+</dd>
+<dt id="bib-X509V3">
+[X509V3]
+</dt>
+<dd rel="dcterms:requires">
+<cite>
+ITU-T
+Recommendation
+X.509
+version
+3
+(1997).
+"Information
+Technology
+-
+Open
+Systems
+Interconnection
+-
+The
+Directory
+Authentication
+Framework"
+ISO/IEC
+9594-8:1997
+</cite>.
+</dd>
+<dt id="bib-XHTML-RDFA">
+[XHTML-RDFA]
+</dt>
+<dd rel="dcterms:requires">
+Shane
+McCarron;
+et.
+al.
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xhtml-rdfa-20100422">
+<cite>
+XHTML+RDFa
+1.1.
+</cite>
+</a>
+22
+April
+2010.
+W3C
+Working
+Draft.
+URL:
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xhtml-rdfa-20100422">
+http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xhtml-rdfa-20100422
+</a>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+<div id="informative-references" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#informative-references" class="section">
+<h3>
+<span class="secno">
+A.2
+</span>
+Informative
+references
+</h3>
+<dl class="bibliography" about="">
+<dt id="bib-RDF-CONCEPTS">
+[RDF-CONCEPTS]
+</dt>
+<dd rel="dcterms:references">
+Graham
+Klyne;
+Jeremy
+J.
+Carroll.
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210">
+<cite>
+Resource
+Description
+Framework
+(RDF):
+Concepts
+and
+Abstract
+Syntax.
+</cite>
+</a>
+10
+February
+2004.
+W3C
+Recommendation.
+URL:
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210">
+http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210
+</a>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>

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+</dd>
+<dt>Authors:</dt><dd><span><a content="Toby Inkster" href="http://tobyinkster.co.uk/">Toby Inkster</a></span>
+</dd>
+<dd><span><a content="Henry Story" href="http://bblfish.net/">Henry Story</a></span>
+</dd>
+<dd><span><a content="Bruno Harbulot" href="http://blog.distributedmatter.net/">Bruno Harbulot</a></span>
+</dd>
+<dd><span><a content="Reto Bachmann-Gmür" href="http://www.facebook.com/farewellutopia">Reto Bachmann-Gmür</a></span>
+</dd>
+</dl><p>This document is also available in this non-normative format: <a href="diff-20100718.html">Diff from previous Editors Draft</a>.</p><p class="copyright">This document is licensed under a <a class="subfoot" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="license">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License</a>.</p><hr></hr></div>
+    <div id="abstract" class="introductory section" property="dcterms:abstract" datatype="" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#abstract"><h2>Abstract</h2>
+
+<p>Social networking, identity and privacy have been at the center of how we 
+interact with the Web in the last decade. The explosion of social networking 
+sites has brought the world closer together as well as created new points of
+pain regarding ease of use and the Web. Remembering login details, passwords,
+and sharing private information across the many websites and social groups
+that we are a part of has become more difficult and complicated than necessary. 
+The Social Web is designed to ensure that control of identity and privacy 
+settings is always simple and under one's control. WebID is a key enabler of the 
+Social Web. This specification outlines a simple universal identification 
+mechanism that is distributed, openly extensible, improves privacy, security 
+and control over how one can identify themselves and control access to their 
+information on the Web.
+</p>
+  
+<div typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#how-to-read-this-document" class="section">
+<h3 id="how-to-read-this-document">How to Read this Document</h3>
+  
+<p>There are a number of concepts that are covered in this document that the
+reader may want to be aware of before continuing. General knowledge of
+<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_cryptography">public key cryptography</a> 
+and RDF [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-PRIMER">RDF-PRIMER</a>] and RDFa [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDFA-CORE">RDFA-CORE</a>] is necessary to understand how 
+to implement this specification. WebID uses a number of specific technologies 
+like HTTP over TLS [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-HTTP-TLS">HTTP-TLS</a>], X.509 certificates [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-X509V3">X509V3</a>], 
+RDF/XML [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR">RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR</a>] and XHTML+RDFa [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-XHTML-RDFA">XHTML-RDFA</a>].</p>
+
+<p>A general <a href="#introduction">Introduction</a> is provided for all that
+would like to understand why this specification is necessary to simplify usage
+of the Web.</p>
+
+<p>The terms used throughout this specification are listed in the section
+titled <a href="#terminology">Terminology</a>.</p>
+
+<p>Developers that are interested in implementing this specification will be
+most interested in the sections titled 
+<a href="#authentication-sequence">Authentication Sequence</a> and 
+<a href="#authentication-sequence-details">Authentication Sequence Details</a>.
+  
+</p></div>
+</div><div id="sotd" class="introductory section" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#sotd"><h2>Status of This Document</h2><p>This document is merely a public working draft of a potential specification. It has no official standing of any kind and does not represent the support or consensus of any standards organisation.</p>
+
+<!--  <p>This document has been reviewed by W3C Members, by software
+developers, and by other W3C groups and interested parties, and is
+endorsed by the Director as a W3C Recommendation. It is a stable
+document and may be used as reference material or cited from another
+document. W3C's role in making the Recommendation is to draw attention
+to the specification and to promote its widespread deployment. This
+enhances the functionality and interoperability of the Web.</p>  -->
+
+
+The source code for this document is available via Github at the following
+URL: <a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec">http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec</a>
+
+</div><div id="toc" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#toc" class="section"><h2 class="introductory">Table of Contents</h2><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#introduction" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1. </span>Introduction</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#motivation" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1.1 </span>Motivation</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#relation-to-openid" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1.2 </span>Relation to OpenID</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#relation-to-oauth" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1.3 </span>Relation to OAuth</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#the-webid-protocol" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2. </span>The WebID Protocol</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#terminology" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.1 </span>Terminology</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#authentication-sequence" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.2 </span>Authentication Sequence</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#authentication-sequence-details" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3 </span>Authentication Sequence Details</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#initiating-a-tls-connection" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.1 </span>Initiating a TLS Connection</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#exchanging-the-identification-certificate" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.2 </span>Exchanging the Identification Certificate</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#processing-the-webid-profile" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.3 </span>Processing the WebID Profile</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#extracting-webid-url-details" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.4 </span>Extracting WebID URL Details</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#authorization" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.5 </span>Authorization</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#secure-communication" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.6 </span>Secure Communication</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#the-webid-profile" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.4 </span>The WebID Profile</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#personal-information" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.4.1 </span>Personal Information</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#cryptographic-details" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.4.2 </span>Cryptographic Details</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#references" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">A. </span>References</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#normative-references" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">A.1 </span>Normative references</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#informative-references" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">A.2 </span>Informative references</a></li></ul></li></ul></div>
+
+
+
+<div class="informative section" id="introduction" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#introduction">
+
+<!-- OddPage -->
+<h2><span class="secno">1. </span>Introduction</h2><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
+
+<p>
+The WebID specification is designed to help alleviate the difficultly that
+remembering different logins, passwords and settings for websites has created. 
+It is also designed to provide a universal and extensible mechanism to express 
+public and private information about yourself. This section outlines the 
+motivation behind the specification and the relationship to other similar 
+specifications that are in active use today.
+</p>
+
+<div class="informative section" id="motivation" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#motivation">
+<h3><span class="secno">1.1 </span>Motivation</h3><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
+
+<p>
+It is a fundamental design criteria of the Web to enable individuals and
+organizations to control how they interact with the rest of society. This
+includes how one expresses their identity, public information and personal 
+details to social networks, Web sites and services.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Semantic Web vocabularies such as Friend-of-a-Friend (FOAF) permit distributed 
+hyperlinked social networks to exist. This vocabulary, along with other 
+vocabularies, allow one to add information and services protection to 
+distributed social networks.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+One major criticism of open networks is that they seem to have no way of
+protecting the personal information distributed on the web or limiting
+access to resources. Few people are willing to make all their personal
+information public, many would like large pieces to be protected, making
+it available only to a select group of agents. Giving access to
+information is very similar to giving access to services. There are many
+occasions when people would like services to only be accessible to
+members of a group, such as allowing only friends, family members,
+colleagues to post an article, photo or comment on a blog. How does one do
+this in a flexible way, without requiring a central point of
+access control?
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Using an process made popular by OpenID, we show how one can tie a User
+Agent to a URL by proving that one has write access to the URL. WebID is
+a simpler alternative to OpenID (fewer connections), that uses X.509 
+certificates to tie a User Agent (Browser) to a Person identified via a URL. 
+WebID also provides a few additional features to OpenID. These
+features include trust management, via digital signatures, and free-form 
+extensibility via RDFa. By using the existing SSL certificate exchange
+mechanism, WebID integrates more smoothly with existing Web browsers, including
+browsers on mobile devices. WebID also permits automated session login
+in addition to interactive session login. Additionally, all data is encrypted
+and guaranteed to only be received by the person or organization that was 
+intended to receive it.
+</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<div class="informative section" id="relation-to-openid" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#relation-to-openid">
+<h3><span class="secno">1.2 </span>Relation to OpenID</h3><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
+
+<p class="issue">This section needs to be re-written. The flow and grammar
+leaves much to be desired. -- manu</p>
+
+<p>WebID is compatible with OpenID. Both protocols use a URL that dereferences
+to a Personal Profile Document. This Personal Profile Document is where further
+information about an identity can be discovered. This mechanism is compatible
+with both WebID and OpenID. Therefore, WebID does not intend to replace OpenID, 
+but can work beside OpenID by sharing the content in the Personal Profile
+Document.</p>
+
+<p>That said, there are a number of benefits that WebID achieves over OpenID:
+</p>
+
+<p>WebID gives people and other agents a WebID URL for identification. OpenID 
+also provides a URL to a Personal Profile Document. However, in the case of 
+WebID, one does not need to remember the URL since the User Agent remembers
+the URL on behalf of the person browsing. To log in on a WebID web site there 
+is no need to enter any identifier like one has to do for OpenID. Just one click 
+tells the browser to send the WebID URL. The person that is browsing does 
+not need to remember either their WebID URL or the website password. The only 
+password one may need to remember is the one that is used to access their 
+collection of WebIDs in their browser, and that's only if they opt-in to 
+password protect their WebIDs.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+While WebID works well in a browser environment, it is also very useful outside
+of the browser environment. WebID can also operate without requiring the use
+of any passwords. This is useful to developers that may 
+want to use WebID to perform server-to-server or peer-to-peer verification of 
+identity. WebID works for automated agents such as Search Agents, API Agents,
+and other automated mechanisms that are often found outside of the browser
+environment.
+</p>
+
+<p>The WebID protocol requires just one direct network connection to establish
+identity via the client. The server requires one connection to the client and
+one connection to retrieve the WebID Profile if it does not have the credential
+information cached. Compare this to the much more complex OpenID sequence, which
+requires six connections by the client to establish a login. In a world of 
+distributed data where each site can point to data on any other site, multiple 
+connections become costly to manage.</p>
+
+<p>WebID builds on a number of well established Internet and Web standards;
+<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST">REST</a>, 
+RDF [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-PRIMER">RDF-PRIMER</a>], RDFa [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDFA-CORE">RDFA-CORE</a>], RDF/XML [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR">RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR</a>], 
+TLS [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-HTTP-TLS">HTTP-TLS</a>], and X.509 [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-X509V3">X509V3</a>]. By building on previous standards, 
+it makes both explaining and implementing WebID easier on developers.</p>
+
+<p>Since WebID is RESTful, you can perform basic HTTP operations to 
+<code>GET</code> your WebID, and if you needed update it, you can use
+HTTP <code>PUT</code> semantics. You can also create a WebID via 
+<code>POST</code>. This is improved from the OpenID specification, which
+requires a new set of operations described in the OpenID Attribute Exchange
+specification.</p>
+
+<p>WebID is built on RDF and thus enables all of the advanced semantic web
+concepts that RDF enables. For example, a developer may perform machine
+reasoning with a WebID. One can construct machine-executable statements like
+"If this WebID claims to be a friend of one of our partner WebIDs that is
+trusted and the relationship is bi-directional, trust the WebID." 
+While OpenID attempts to support this use case by mapping OpenID to RDF, it's
+far easier to do with WebID because WebID is natively RDF-aware.</p>
+
+<p>It is easy to extend a WebID with new attributes via RDF. The power of
+RDF allows developers to add extensions to WebID by defining new
+vocabularies that they publish. There is no authorization process necessary
+and thus WebID allows for distributed innovation. Every WebID property is
+a URI, which when clicked, can give you yet more information about what the
+property means. A developer can create new usage classes by extending their
+vocabulary at will. A developer can add relationships to a WebID by simply
+adding more HTML to the developer's page. OpenID does not provide any type of
+distributed innovation akin to RDF.</p>
+
+<p>Implementing WebID is easier than OpenID because all of the basic 
+technologies have been working and integrated into Web browsers for many years. 
+There were already three interoperable implementations of WebID before this 
+specification was written.</p>
+
+<p>WebID is truly decentralized - with WebID you get a web of trust. 
+OpenID only supports the Web of Trust model if you indirectly trust the
+OpenID provider. In other words - OpenID is not truly decentralized. In OpenID
+you must trust OpenID providers. With WebID you only have to trust the people
+and the organizations with which you are communicating. In other words, you
+don't have to ask anyone whether or not you can trust your friends. You can
+query people that you trust directly to see if someone is trustworthy or not.
+There is no need for a central WebID authority.
+</p>
+
+<p>WebID is fully distributed, anyone can setup a WebID by placing a single
+file on a web server of their choosing. There is no need for a special 
+OpenID-like provider service. The only thing anyone that wants a WebID needs
+is a web account where you can post your WebID file, ideally on your own domain 
+name. You can also use a WebID hosting provider, but it's not necessary for
+WebID to work. While it is possible to run an OpenID server, other
+OpenID applications may not trust you and thus you won't be able to fully
+utilize your private OpenID credentials. The reason that there are a few
+large OpenID providers and very few small OpenID providers is because of this
+trust design issue related to OpenID.</p>
+
+<p>WebID does not require HTTP redirects. Redirects are problematic on many
+cell phones, because telecoms heavily rely on proxys, which selectively block
+redirects.</p>
+
+<p>A WebID provider is 100% compatible with an OpenID provider and thus can 
+inter-operate with OpenID-powered networks.</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<div class="informative section" id="relation-to-oauth" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#relation-to-oauth">
+<h3><span class="secno">1.3 </span>Relation to OAuth</h3><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
+
+<p>
+OAuth and WebID are mutually beneficial when used together. WebID can be
+used to provide RSA parameters to the RSA-SHA1 signature method required by
+OAuth 1.0. WebID can also be used to establish the consumer_key and HTTPS 
+connection that will be used to transmit OAuth Tokens in OAuth 2.0.
+</p>
+
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="the-webid-protocol" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#the-webid-protocol">
+
+<!-- OddPage -->
+<h2><span class="secno">2. </span>The WebID Protocol</h2>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="terminology" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#terminology">
+<h3><span class="secno">2.1 </span>Terminology</h3>
+
+<dl>
+
+<dt><dfn title="Verification_Agent" id="dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</dfn></dt>
+<dd>Performs authentication on provided WebID credentials and determines if
+an <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a> can have access to a particular 
+resource. A <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> is typically a Web server, but 
+may also be a peer on a peer-to-peer network.</dd>
+
+<dt><dfn title="Identification_Agent" id="dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</dfn></dt>
+<dd>Provides identification credentials to a Verification Agent. The
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a> is typically also a User Agent.</dd>
+
+<dt><dfn title="Identification_Certificate" id="dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</dfn></dt>
+<dd>An X.509 [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-X509V3">X509V3</a>] Certificate that <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> contain a 
+<code>Subject Alternative Name</code> extension with a URI entry. The URI
+<em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> be a URL, and <em class="rfc2119" title="should not">should not</em> be a URN. The URL
+identifies the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>. The URL <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> be 
+dereference-able and result in a document containing RDF data. For example, 
+the certificate would contain <code>http://example.org/webid#public</code>,
+known as a <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a>, as the <code>Subject Alternative Name</code>:
+<code><pre>
+X509v3 extensions:
+   ...
+   X509v3 Subject Alternative Name:
+      URI:http://example.org/webid#public
+</pre></code>
+
+</dd><dt><dfn title="WebID_URL" id="dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</dfn></dt>
+<dd>A URL specified via the <code>Subject Alternative Name</code> extension 
+of the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</a> that identifies an 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>.</dd>
+
+<dt><dfn title="public_key" id="dfn-public_key">public key</dfn></dt>
+<dd>A widely distributed crytographic key that can be used to verify 
+digital signatures and encrypt data between a sender and a receiver. A public
+key is always included in an <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</a></dd>
+
+<dt><dfn title="WebID_Profile" id="dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</dfn></dt>
+<dd>
+A structured document that contains identification credentials for the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a> expressed using the Resource Description
+Framework [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-CONCEPTS">RDF-CONCEPTS</a>]. Either the XHTML+RDFa 1.1 [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-XHTML-RDFA">XHTML-RDFA</a>] 
+serialization format or the RDF/XML [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR">RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR</a>] serialization
+format <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> be supported by the mechanism, e.g. a Web Service, providing the
+WebID Profile document. Alternate RDF serialization
+formats, such as N3 [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-N3">N3</a>] or Turtle [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-TURTLE">TURTLE</a>], <em class="rfc2119" title="may">may</em> be supported by the 
+mechanism providing the WebID Profile document.
+</dd>
+
+</dl>
+
+<p class="issue">Whether or not RDF/XML, XHTML+RDFa 1.1, both or neither
+serialization of RDF should be required serialization formats in the 
+specification is currently under heavy debate.</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="authentication-sequence" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#authentication-sequence">
+<h3><span class="secno">2.2 </span>Authentication Sequence</h3>
+
+<p>The following steps are executed by Verification Agents and Identification
+Agents to determine if access should be granted to a particular resource.
+</p>
+
+<ol>
+<li>The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a> attempts to access a resource
+using HTTP over TLS [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-HTTP-TLS">HTTP-TLS</a>] via the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>.</li>
+
+<li>The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> request the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</a> of the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>
+as a part of the TLS client-cerificate retrieval protocol.</li>
+
+<li>The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> extract the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> and the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a> contained in the <code>Subject Alternative Name</code> 
+extension of the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</a>.</li>
+
+<li>The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> information associated with the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> be checked by the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>. 
+This process <em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> occur either by dereferencing the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a> and 
+extracting RDF data from the resulting document, or by utilizing a cached 
+version of the RDF data contained in the document or other data source that is 
+up-to-date and trusted by the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>. The processing
+and extraction mechanism is further detailed in the sections titled 
+<a href="#processing-the-webid-profile">Processing the WebID Profile</a> and
+<a href="#extracting-webid-url-details">Extracting WebID URL Details</a>.
+</li>
+
+<li>If the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> in the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</a> is found in the list of 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a>s associated with the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a>, the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> assume that the client intends to use
+the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> to verify their ownership of the WebID URL.</li>
+
+<li>
+The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> verifies that the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a> owns the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a> 
+by using the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> to create a cryptographic challenge. 
+The challenge <em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> be fulfilled by performing TLS mutual-authentication
+between the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> and the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>. 
+If the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> does not have access to the TLS layer, 
+a digital signature challenge <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> be provided by the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>. These processes are detailed in the sections 
+titled <a href="#authorization">Authorization</a> and 
+<a href="#secure-communication">Secure Communication</a>.</li>
+
+</ol>
+
+<p>
+The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="may">may</em> re-establish a different identity at 
+any time by executing all of the steps in the Authentication Sequence again. 
+Additional algorithms, detailed in the next section, <em class="rfc2119" title="may">may</em> be performed to 
+determine if the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> can access a particular 
+resource after the last step of the Authentication Sequence has been
+completed.
+</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="authentication-sequence-details" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#authentication-sequence-details">
+<h3><span class="secno">2.3 </span>Authentication Sequence Details</h3>
+
+<p>This section covers details about each step in the authentication process.
+</p>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="initiating-a-tls-connection" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#initiating-a-tls-connection">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.3.1 </span>Initiating a TLS Connection</h4>
+
+<p class="issue">This section will detail how the TLS connection process is
+started and used by WebID to create a secure channel between the 
+Identification Agent and the Verification Agent.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="exchanging-the-identification-certificate" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#exchanging-the-identification-certificate">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.3.2 </span>Exchanging the Identification Certificate</h4>
+
+<p class="issue">This section will detail how the certificate is selected and
+sent to the Verification Agent.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="processing-the-webid-profile" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#processing-the-webid-profile">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.3.3 </span>Processing the WebID Profile</h4>
+
+<p>A Verification Agent <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> be able to process documents in RDF/XML 
+[<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR">RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR</a>] and XHTML+RDFa [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-XHTML-RDFA">XHTML-RDFA</a>]. A server responding to 
+a WebID Profile request <em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> support HTTP content negotiation. The server
+<em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> return a representation in RDF/XML for media type
+<code>application/rdf+xml</code>.
+The server <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> return a representation in XHTML+RDFa for media type
+<code>text/html</code> or media type 
+<code>application/xhtml+xml</code>. <a class="tref" title="Verification_Agents">Verification Agents</a> and 
+<a class="tref" title="Identification_Agents">Identification Agents</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="may">may</em> support any other RDF format via 
+HTTP content negotiation.
+</p> 
+
+<p class="issue">This section will explain how a Verification Agent extracts 
+semantic data describing the identification credentials from a WebID Profile.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="extracting-webid-url-details" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#extracting-webid-url-details">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.3.4 </span>Extracting WebID URL Details</h4>
+
+<p>
+The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> may use a number of different methods to
+extract the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> information from the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a>.
+</p>
+The following SPARQL query outlines one way in which the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a>
+could be extracted from the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a>:
+<code><pre>
+PREFIX cert: &lt;http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/cert#&gt;
+PREFIX rsa: &lt;http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/rsa#&gt;
+SELECT ?modulus ?exp
+WHERE {
+   ?key cert:identity &lt;http://example.org/webid#public&gt;;
+      a rsa:RSAPublicKey;
+      rsa:modulus [ cert:hex ?modulus; ];
+      rsa:public_exponent [ cert:decimal ?exp ] .
+}
+</pre></code>
+
+<p class="issue">This section still needs more information.</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="authorization" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#authorization">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.3.5 </span>Authorization</h4>
+
+<p class="issue">This section will explain how a Verification Agent may
+use the information discovered via a WebID URL to determine if one should
+be able to access a particular resource. It will explain how a Verification
+Agent can use links to other RDFa documents to build knowledge about the
+given WebID.</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="secure-communication" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#secure-communication">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.3.6 </span>Secure Communication</h4>
+
+<p class="issue">This section will explain how an Identification Agent and
+a Verification Agent may communicate securely using a set of verified
+identification credentials.</p>
+
+<p>
+If the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> has verified that the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a> is owned by the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>, 
+the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> use the verified 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> contained in the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</a> 
+for all TLS-based communication with the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>.
+This ensures that both the <a class="tref" title="Authorization_Agent">Authorization Agent</a> and the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>
+are communicating in a secure manner, ensuring cryptographically protected
+privacy for both sides.
+</p>
+
+</div>
+
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="the-webid-profile" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#the-webid-profile">
+<h3><span class="secno">2.4 </span>The WebID Profile</h3>
+
+<p>The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a> is a structured document that contains 
+identification credentials for the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a> expressed 
+using the Resource Description Framework [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-CONCEPTS">RDF-CONCEPTS</a>]. The following 
+sections describe how to express certain common properties that could be used
+by <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>s and other entities that consume a 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a>.</p>
+
+<p>The following vocabularies are used in their shortened form in the 
+subsequent sections:</p>
+
+<dl>
+  <dt>foaf</dt>
+  <dd>http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/</dd>
+  <dt>cert</dt>
+  <dd>http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/cert#</dd>
+  <dt>rsa</dt>
+  <dd>http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/rsa#</dd>
+</dl>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="personal-information" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#personal-information">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.4.1 </span>Personal Information</h4>
+
+<p>Personal details are the most common requirement when registering an 
+account with a website. Some of these pieces of information include an e-mail 
+address, a name and perhaps an avatar image. This section includes
+properties that <em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> be used when conveying key pieces of personal 
+information but are <em class="rfc2119" title="not required">not required</em> to be present in a WebID Profile:</p>
+
+<dl>
+  <dt>foaf:mbox</dt>
+  <dd>The e-mail address that is associated with the WebID URL.</dd>
+  <dt>foaf:name</dt>
+  <dd>The name that is most commonly used to refer to the individual 
+    or agent.</dd>
+  <dt>foaf:depiction</dt>
+  <dd>An image representation of the individual or agent.</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="cryptographic-details" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#cryptographic-details">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.4.2 </span>Cryptographic Details</h4>
+
+<p>Cryptographic details are important when <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>s
+and <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>s interact. The following properties 
+<em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> be used when conveying cryptographic information in WebID Profile
+documents:</p>
+
+<dl>
+  <dt>rsa:RSAPublicKey</dt>
+  <dd>Expresses an RSA public key. The RSAPublicKey <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> specify the
+  rsa:modulus and rsa:public_exponent properties.</dd>
+  <dt>cert:identity</dt>
+  <dd>Used to associate an RSAPublicKey with a WebID URL. A WebID Profile
+  <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> contain at least one RSAPublicKey that is associated with the
+  corresponding WebID URL.</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+
+</div>
+
+<div id="appendix" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#appendix" class="section">
+
+<div class="informative section" id="history" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#history">
+<h4>Change History</h4><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
+<p><a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/b19d2812901b4511fdf9876c1be53bb36ee3201e">2010-07-25</a> Added WebID Profile section.</p>
+<p><a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/211d197510ca119c21ae48f3e5aa3f931ea88672">2010-07-18</a> Updates from WebID community related to RDF/XML support, authentication sequence corrections, abstract and introduction updates.</p>
+<p><a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/a54dee9c242b08edaac617d678215b389dd3556d">2010-07-11</a> Initial version.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="informative section" id="acknowledgements" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#acknowledgements">
+<h4>Acknowledgments</h4><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
+
+<p>The following people have been instrumental in providing thoughts, feedback,
+reviews, criticism and input in the creation of this specification:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Melvin Carvalho</li>
+<li>Bruno Harbulot</li>
+<li>Toby Inkster</li>
+<li>Ian Jacobi</li>
+<li>Jeff Sayre</li>
+<li>Henry Story</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+</div>
+  
+
+
+</div><div id="references" class="appendix section" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#references">
+<!-- OddPage -->
+<h2><span class="secno">A. </span>References</h2><div id="normative-references" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#normative-references" class="section"><h3><span class="secno">A.1 </span>Normative references</h3><dl class="bibliography" about=""><dt id="bib-HTTP-TLS">[HTTP-TLS]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires">E. Rescorla. <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2818.txt"><cite>HTTP Over TLS.</cite></a> May 2000. Internet RFC 2818. URL: <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2818.txt">http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2818.txt</a> 
+</dd><dt id="bib-N3">[N3]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires">Tim Berners-Lee; Dan Connolly. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/2008/SUBM-n3-20080114/"><cite>Notation3 (N3): A readable RDF syntax.</cite></a> 14 January 2008. W3C Team Submission. URL: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/2008/SUBM-n3-20080114/">http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/2008/SUBM-n3-20080114/</a> 
+</dd><dt id="bib-RDF-PRIMER">[RDF-PRIMER]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires">Frank Manola; Eric Miller. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/"><cite>RDF Primer.</cite></a> 10 February 2004. W3C Recommendation. URL: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/</a> 
+</dd><dt id="bib-RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR">[RDF-SYNTAX-GRAMMAR]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires">Dave Beckett. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210"><cite>RDF/XML Syntax Specification (Revised).</cite></a> 10 February 2004. W3C Recommendation. URL: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210">http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210</a> 
+</dd><dt id="bib-RDFA-CORE">[RDFA-CORE]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires">Shane McCarron; et al. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-rdfa-core-20100422"><cite>RDFa Core 1.1: Syntax and processing rules for embedding RDF through attributes.</cite></a>22 April 2010. W3C Working Draft. URL: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-rdfa-core-20100422">http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-rdfa-core-20100422</a> 
+</dd><dt id="bib-TURTLE">[TURTLE]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires">David Beckett, Tim Berners-Lee. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/turtle/">Turtle: Terse RDF Triple Language</a> January 2008. W3C Team Submission. URL: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/turtle/">http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/turtle/</a> 
+</dd><dt id="bib-X509V3">[X509V3]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires"><cite>ITU-T Recommendation X.509 version 3 (1997). "Information Technology - Open Systems Interconnection - The Directory Authentication Framework"  ISO/IEC 9594-8:1997</cite>.
+</dd><dt id="bib-XHTML-RDFA">[XHTML-RDFA]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:requires">Shane McCarron; et. al. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xhtml-rdfa-20100422"><cite>XHTML+RDFa 1.1.</cite></a> 22 April 2010. W3C Working Draft. URL: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xhtml-rdfa-20100422">http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xhtml-rdfa-20100422</a> 
+</dd></dl></div><div id="informative-references" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#informative-references" class="section"><h3><span class="secno">A.2 </span>Informative references</h3><dl class="bibliography" about=""><dt id="bib-RDF-CONCEPTS">[RDF-CONCEPTS]</dt><dd rel="dcterms:references">Graham Klyne; Jeremy J. Carroll. <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210"><cite>Resource Description Framework (RDF): Concepts and Abstract Syntax.</cite></a> 10 February 2004. W3C Recommendation. URL: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210">http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-concepts-20040210</a> 
+</dd></dl></div></div></body></html>

--- a/index-respec.html	Mon Jul 19 16:52:40 2010 -0400
+++ b/index-respec.html	Mon Jul 26 10:20:35 2010 -0400
@@ -419,15 +419,15 @@
 password protect their WebIDs.
 </p>
 
-<p>WebID gives people and other agents a Web ID URL for identification. OpenID
-also provides a URL to a Personal Profile Document. However, in the case of 
-WebID, the user does not need to remember the URL, the browser or User Agent 
-does. A login button on a WebID web site is just a button. No need to enter any 
-identifier like one has to for OpenID. Just click the button. Your browser will 
-then ask you what identity you wish to use. The person that is browsing does 
-not need to remember either the WebID URL or the website password. The only 
-password one needs to remember is the one that is used to access their 
-collection of WebIDs in their browser.</p>
+<p>
+While WebID works well in a browser environment, it is also very useful outside
+of the browser environment. WebID can also operate without requiring the use
+of any passwords. This is useful to developers that may 
+want to use WebID to perform server-to-server or peer-to-peer verification of 
+identity. WebID works for automated agents such as Search Agents, API Agents,
+and other automated mechanisms that are often found outside of the browser
+environment.
+</p>
 
 <p>The WebID protocol requires just one direct network connection to establish
 identity via the client. The server requires one connection to the client and
@@ -740,10 +740,74 @@
 
 </section>
 
+<section class='normative'>
+<h2>The WebID Profile</h2>
+
+<p>The <tref>WebID Profile</tref> is a structured document that contains 
+identification credentials for the <tref>Identification Agent</tref> expressed 
+using the Resource Description Framework [[RDF-CONCEPTS]]. The following 
+sections describe how to express certain common properties that could be used
+by <tref>Verification Agent</tref>s and other entities that consume a 
+<tref>WebID Profile</tref>.</p>
+
+<p>The following vocabularies are used in their shortened form in the 
+subsequent sections:</p>
+
+<dl>
+  <dt>foaf</dt>
+  <dd>http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/</dd>
+  <dt>cert</dt>
+  <dd>http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/cert#</dd>
+  <dt>rsa</dt>
+  <dd>http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/rsa#</dd>
+</dl>
+
+<section class='normative'>
+<h2>Personal Information</h2>
+
+<p>Personal details are the most common requirement when registering an 
+account with a website. Some of these pieces of information include an e-mail 
+address, a name and perhaps an avatar image. This section includes
+properties that SHOULD be used when conveying key pieces of personal 
+information but are NOT REQUIRED to be present in a WebID Profile:</p>
+
+<dl>
+  <dt>foaf:mbox</dt>
+  <dd>The e-mail address that is associated with the WebID URL.</dd>
+  <dt>foaf:name</dt>
+  <dd>The name that is most commonly used to refer to the individual 
+    or agent.</dd>
+  <dt>foaf:depiction</dt>
+  <dd>An image representation of the individual or agent.</dd>
+</dl>
+</section>
+
+<section class='normative'>
+<h2>Cryptographic Details</h2>
+
+<p>Cryptographic details are important when <tref>Verification Agent</tref>s
+and <tref>Identification Agent</tref>s interact. The following properties 
+SHOULD be used when conveying cryptographic information in WebID Profile
+documents:</p>
+
+<dl>
+  <dt>rsa:RSAPublicKey</dt>
+  <dd>Expresses an RSA public key. The RSAPublicKey MUST specify the
+  rsa:modulus and rsa:public_exponent properties.</dd>
+  <dt>cert:identity</dt>
+  <dd>Used to associate an RSAPublicKey with a WebID URL. A WebID Profile
+  MUST contain at least one RSAPublicKey that is associated with the
+  corresponding WebID URL.</dd>
+</dl>
+</section>
+
+</section>
+
 <section id="appendix">
 
 <section class='informative' id="history">
-<h1 >Change History</h1>
+<h1>Change History</h1>
+<p><a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/b19d2812901b4511fdf9876c1be53bb36ee3201e">2010-07-25</a> Added WebID Profile section.</p>
 <p><a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/211d197510ca119c21ae48f3e5aa3f931ea88672">2010-07-18</a> Updates from WebID community related to RDF/XML support, authentication sequence corrections, abstract and introduction updates.</p>
 <p><a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/a54dee9c242b08edaac617d678215b389dd3556d">2010-07-11</a> Initial version.</p>
 </section>

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+++ b/index.html	Mon Jul 26 10:20:35 2010 -0400
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 <!--     <script src='/ReSpec.js/js/respec.js' class='remove'></script>  -->
 
     
-  <link href="http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/ReSpec.js/css/respec.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" charset="utf-8" /><link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/w3c-unofficial" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" charset="utf-8" /></head><body style="display: inherit; "><div class="head"><p></p><h1 rel="dcterms:title" class="title" id="title">WebID 1.0</h1><h2 rel="bibo:subtitle" id="subtitle">Web Identification and Discovery</h2><h2 property="dcterms:issued" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-07-18T14:10:06+0000" id="unofficial-draft-18-july-2010">Unofficial Draft 18 July 2010</h2><dl><dt>Editor:</dt><dd rel="bibo:editor"><span typeof="foaf:Person"><span property="foaf:name">Manu Sporny</span>, <a rel="foaf:workplaceHomepage" href="http://blog.digitalbazaar.com/">Digital Bazaar, Inc.</a> <a rel="foaf:mbox" href="mailto:msporny@digitalbazaar.com">msporny@digitalbazaar.com</a> </span>
+  <link href="http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/ReSpec.js/css/respec.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" charset="utf-8" /><link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/w3c-unofficial" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" charset="utf-8" /></head><body style="display: inherit; "><div class="head"><p></p><h1 rel="dcterms:title" class="title" id="title">WebID 1.0</h1><h2 rel="bibo:subtitle" id="subtitle">Web Identification and Discovery</h2><h2 property="dcterms:issued" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-07-25T22:59:59+0000" id="unofficial-draft-25-july-2010">Unofficial Draft 25 July 2010</h2><dl><dt>Editor:</dt><dd rel="bibo:editor"><span typeof="foaf:Person"><span property="foaf:name">Manu Sporny</span>, <a rel="foaf:workplaceHomepage" href="http://blog.digitalbazaar.com/">Digital Bazaar, Inc.</a> <a rel="foaf:mbox" href="mailto:msporny@digitalbazaar.com">msporny@digitalbazaar.com</a> </span>
 </dd>
 <dt>Authors:</dt><dd><span><a content="Toby Inkster" href="http://tobyinkster.co.uk/">Toby Inkster</a></span>
 </dd>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 The source code for this document is available via Github at the following
 URL: <a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec">http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec</a>
 
-</div><div id="toc" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#toc" class="section"><h2 class="introductory">Table of Contents</h2><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#introduction" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1. </span>Introduction</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#motivation" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1.1 </span>Motivation</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#relation-to-openid" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1.2 </span>Relation to OpenID</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#relation-to-oauth" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1.3 </span>Relation to OAuth</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#the-webid-protocol" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2. </span>The WebID Protocol</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#terminology" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.1 </span>Terminology</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#authentication-sequence" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.2 </span>Authentication Sequence</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#authentication-sequence-details" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3 </span>Authentication Sequence Details</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#initiating-a-tls-connection" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.1 </span>Initiating a TLS Connection</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#exchanging-the-identification-certificate" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.2 </span>Exchanging the Identification Certificate</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#processing-the-webid-profile" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.3 </span>Processing the WebID Profile</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#extracting-webid-url-details" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.4 </span>Extracting WebID URL Details</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#determining-access-privileges" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.5 </span>Determining Access Privileges</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#references" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">A. </span>References</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#normative-references" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">A.1 </span>Normative references</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#informative-references" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">A.2 </span>Informative references</a></li></ul></li></ul></div>
+</div><div id="toc" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#toc" class="section"><h2 class="introductory">Table of Contents</h2><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#introduction" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1. </span>Introduction</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#motivation" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1.1 </span>Motivation</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#relation-to-openid" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1.2 </span>Relation to OpenID</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#relation-to-oauth" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">1.3 </span>Relation to OAuth</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#the-webid-protocol" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2. </span>The WebID Protocol</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#terminology" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.1 </span>Terminology</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#authentication-sequence" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.2 </span>Authentication Sequence</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#authentication-sequence-details" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3 </span>Authentication Sequence Details</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#initiating-a-tls-connection" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.1 </span>Initiating a TLS Connection</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#exchanging-the-identification-certificate" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.2 </span>Exchanging the Identification Certificate</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#processing-the-webid-profile" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.3 </span>Processing the WebID Profile</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#extracting-webid-url-details" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.4 </span>Extracting WebID URL Details</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#authorization" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.5 </span>Authorization</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#secure-communication" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.3.6 </span>Secure Communication</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#the-webid-profile" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.4 </span>The WebID Profile</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#personal-information" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.4.1 </span>Personal Information</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#cryptographic-details" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">2.4.2 </span>Cryptographic Details</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#references" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">A. </span>References</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a href="#normative-references" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">A.1 </span>Normative references</a></li><li class="tocline"><a href="#informative-references" class="tocxref"><span class="secno">A.2 </span>Informative references</a></li></ul></li></ul></div>
 
 
 
@@ -206,15 +206,15 @@
 password protect their WebIDs.
 </p>
 
-<p>WebID gives people and other agents a Web ID URL for identification. OpenID
-also provides a URL to a Personal Profile Document. However, in the case of 
-WebID, the user does not need to remember the URL, the browser or User Agent 
-does. A login button on a WebID web site is just a button. No need to enter any 
-identifier like one has to for OpenID. Just click the button. Your browser will 
-then ask you what identity you wish to use. The person that is browsing does 
-not need to remember either the WebID URL or the website password. The only 
-password one needs to remember is the one that is used to access their 
-collection of WebIDs in their browser.</p>
+<p>
+While WebID works well in a browser environment, it is also very useful outside
+of the browser environment. WebID can also operate without requiring the use
+of any passwords. This is useful to developers that may 
+want to use WebID to perform server-to-server or peer-to-peer verification of 
+identity. WebID works for automated agents such as Search Agents, API Agents,
+and other automated mechanisms that are often found outside of the browser
+environment.
+</p>
 
 <p>The WebID protocol requires just one direct network connection to establish
 identity via the client. The server requires one connection to the client and
@@ -387,10 +387,9 @@
 <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a> contained in the <code>Subject Alternative Name</code> 
 extension of the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</a>.</li>
 
-<li>The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> information associated with the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> 
-be verified by the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>. This <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> be performed
-by validating the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> associated with the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a>. This 
-process <em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> occur either by dereferencing the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a> and 
+<li>The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> information associated with the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> be checked by the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>. 
+This process <em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> occur either by dereferencing the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a> and 
 extracting RDF data from the resulting document, or by utilizing a cached 
 version of the RDF data contained in the document or other data source that is 
 up-to-date and trusted by the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>. The processing
@@ -399,17 +398,26 @@
 <a href="#extracting-webid-url-details">Extracting WebID URL Details</a>.
 </li>
 
-<li>If the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> in the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</a> is found 
-in the list of <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a>s associated with the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a>, the 
-<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> assume that the client has write access to 
-the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a> and therefore owns the document.</li>
+<li>If the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> in the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</a> is found in the list of 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a>s associated with the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_URL" href="#dfn-webid_url">WebID URL</a>, the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> assume that the client intends to use
+the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> to verify their ownership of the WebID URL.</li>
 
-<li>If the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> has verified that the
-<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a> is owned by the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>, the
-<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> use the verified <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> contained 
-in the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</a> for all TLS-based communication
-with the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>.
-</li></ol>
+<li>
+The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> verifies that the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a> owns the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a> 
+by using the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> to create a cryptographic challenge. 
+The challenge <em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> be fulfilled by performing TLS mutual-authentication
+between the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> and the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>. 
+If the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> does not have access to the TLS layer, 
+a digital signature challenge <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> be provided by the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>. These processes are detailed in the sections 
+titled <a href="#authorization">Authorization</a> and 
+<a href="#secure-communication">Secure Communication</a>.</li>
+
+</ol>
 
 <p>
 The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="may">may</em> re-establish a different identity at 
@@ -487,8 +495,8 @@
 
 </div>
 
-<div class="normative section" id="determining-access-privileges" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#determining-access-privileges">
-<h4><span class="secno">2.3.5 </span>Determining Access Privileges</h4>
+<div class="normative section" id="authorization" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#authorization">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.3.5 </span>Authorization</h4>
 
 <p class="issue">This section will explain how a Verification Agent may
 use the information discovered via a WebID URL to determine if one should
@@ -498,13 +506,99 @@
 
 </div>
 
+<div class="normative section" id="secure-communication" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#secure-communication">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.3.6 </span>Secure Communication</h4>
+
+<p class="issue">This section will explain how an Identification Agent and
+a Verification Agent may communicate securely using a set of verified
+identification credentials.</p>
+
+<p>
+If the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> has verified that the
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a> is owned by the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>, 
+the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a> <em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> use the verified 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="public_key" href="#dfn-public_key">public key</a> contained in the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Certificate" href="#dfn-identification_certificate">Identification Certificate</a> 
+for all TLS-based communication with the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>.
+This ensures that both the <a class="tref" title="Authorization_Agent">Authorization Agent</a> and the 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>
+are communicating in a secure manner, ensuring cryptographically protected
+privacy for both sides.
+</p>
+
+</div>
+
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="the-webid-profile" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#the-webid-profile">
+<h3><span class="secno">2.4 </span>The WebID Profile</h3>
+
+<p>The <a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a> is a structured document that contains 
+identification credentials for the <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a> expressed 
+using the Resource Description Framework [<a class="bibref" rel="biblioentry" href="#bib-RDF-CONCEPTS">RDF-CONCEPTS</a>]. The following 
+sections describe how to express certain common properties that could be used
+by <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>s and other entities that consume a 
+<a class="tref internalDFN" title="WebID_Profile" href="#dfn-webid_profile">WebID Profile</a>.</p>
+
+<p>The following vocabularies are used in their shortened form in the 
+subsequent sections:</p>
+
+<dl>
+  <dt>foaf</dt>
+  <dd>http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/</dd>
+  <dt>cert</dt>
+  <dd>http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/cert#</dd>
+  <dt>rsa</dt>
+  <dd>http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/rsa#</dd>
+</dl>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="personal-information" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#personal-information">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.4.1 </span>Personal Information</h4>
+
+<p>Personal details are the most common requirement when registering an 
+account with a website. Some of these pieces of information include an e-mail 
+address, a name and perhaps an avatar image. This section includes
+properties that <em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> be used when conveying key pieces of personal 
+information but are <em class="rfc2119" title="not required">not required</em> to be present in a WebID Profile:</p>
+
+<dl>
+  <dt>foaf:mbox</dt>
+  <dd>The e-mail address that is associated with the WebID URL.</dd>
+  <dt>foaf:name</dt>
+  <dd>The name that is most commonly used to refer to the individual 
+    or agent.</dd>
+  <dt>foaf:depiction</dt>
+  <dd>An image representation of the individual or agent.</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+
+<div class="normative section" id="cryptographic-details" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#cryptographic-details">
+<h4><span class="secno">2.4.2 </span>Cryptographic Details</h4>
+
+<p>Cryptographic details are important when <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Verification_Agent" href="#dfn-verification_agent">Verification Agent</a>s
+and <a class="tref internalDFN" title="Identification_Agent" href="#dfn-identification_agent">Identification Agent</a>s interact. The following properties 
+<em class="rfc2119" title="should">should</em> be used when conveying cryptographic information in WebID Profile
+documents:</p>
+
+<dl>
+  <dt>rsa:RSAPublicKey</dt>
+  <dd>Expresses an RSA public key. The RSAPublicKey <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> specify the
+  rsa:modulus and rsa:public_exponent properties.</dd>
+  <dt>cert:identity</dt>
+  <dd>Used to associate an RSAPublicKey with a WebID URL. A WebID Profile
+  <em class="rfc2119" title="must">must</em> contain at least one RSAPublicKey that is associated with the
+  corresponding WebID URL.</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+
 </div>
 
 <div id="appendix" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#appendix" class="section">
 
 <div class="informative section" id="history" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#history">
 <h4>Change History</h4><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
-<p>2010-07-11 Initial version.</p>
+<p><a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/b19d2812901b4511fdf9876c1be53bb36ee3201e">2010-07-25</a> Added WebID Profile section.</p>
+<p><a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/211d197510ca119c21ae48f3e5aa3f931ea88672">2010-07-18</a> Updates from WebID community related to RDF/XML support, authentication sequence corrections, abstract and introduction updates.</p>
+<p><a href="http://github.com/msporny/webid-spec/commit/a54dee9c242b08edaac617d678215b389dd3556d">2010-07-11</a> Initial version.</p>
 </div>
 
 <div class="informative section" id="acknowledgements" typeof="bibo:Chapter" about="#acknowledgements">

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