Client identifier and CORS
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Description
Currently, the spec doesn't say anything about CORS: clients may not configure CORS for their identifiers, preventing cross-domain requests to this document. The main use case for the client identifier is to be dereferenced by the Solid-OIDC provider, which is going to be a backend service, so this has no impact on it. However, the client identifier not being available cross-domain prevents a client-side Solid app to dereference it to discover information about the client. As it stands, making an app that displays information about clients to a user requires a server-side component because there is no guarantee that the client-side request would work. Should there be a note about this in the spec, either recommending that developers configure CORS for the client identifiers, or warning that looking up a client identifier cross-domain may legitimately fail ?
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Research direction
Start by locating the client identifier and CORS sections in the Solid-OIDC specification. Review how cross-domain dereferencing is described, then update the specification so its guidance on CORS and client-side lookup is explicit and consistent.
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- Domain
- authentication, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
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- 1-3 hours
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- Stale
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- 35/100