What are some example uses of XRI?
Organizational or personal ID used for multiple purposes (e.g., contact page, IM, email, P2P, etc.) An XRI could be used to identify an individual or an organization across multiple methods of access. For example, the same XRI could be mapped to a contact web page, an instant messaging identifier, an email address, or even be used directly as an identifier in a completely decentralized P2P system such as JXTA. Single sign on Single sign-on systems, particularly those like OASIS SAML that operate across Internet domains, often focus on the interaction between authenticating and relying parties and do not require or specify a particular identifier scheme. XRIs, because they can be used anywhere URIs are used, and because they offer a human-friendly form of persistent identifier, can be a convenient and effective identifier for these SSO systems. Books in multiple libraries A single book title may be identified in several ways: by ISBN, by Dewey Decimal system, etc. If a user wishes to id
