Yadis and OpenID: openid.server vs X-YADIS-Location

[Josh Hoyt]

On 3/9/06, Dick Hardt <dick at sxip.com> wrote:
> Sounds like it works for people even if it is bypassing Yadis.
>
> What value would they get from looking at the Yadis document?

The OpenID consumer will not usually need additional information, but
the Yadis document may contain other alternate services, and a relying
party that supports multiple protocols should be able to choose the
appropriate one. Also, if the user's main OpenID server is
unavailable, the Yadis document could specify a fallback server,
making the identity URL more robust.

Josh