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!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is a [protocol] [Discovery Mechanism] specified by [RFC 7033] that allows for discovery of information about [Entities|Entity] identified by a [URI] using standard [Hypertext Transfer Protocol] [HTTP] methods over a secure transport.[1]
Information about a person might be discovered via an "acct:" URI, for example, which is a URI that looks like an email address.
A [{$pagename}] resource returns a [JSON Resource Descriptor] ([JRD]) describing the entity that is queried.
[{$pagename}] is specified as the discovery protocol for [OpenID Connect].
!! [{$pagename}] is a [Well-known] [URI]
[{$pagename}] has a suffix of "webfinger" registered as a [Well-Known URI]
{{{
/.well-known/webfinger
}}}A WebFinger resource returns a [JavaScript Object Notation] ([JSON]) object describing the [entity] that is queried. The [JSON Object] is referred to as the [JSON Resource Descriptor] ([JRD]).
!! [Example] [OpenID Provider Issuer Discovery] [2]
[OpenID Provider Issuer Discovery] uses [WebFinger]!! More Information
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:
[{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }]
!! More Information
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* [#1] - [WebFinger|Wikipedia:WebFinger|target='_blank'] - based on data observed:2015-05-18
* [#2] - [Discovery Webfinger and OpenID Connect|http://www.windley.com/archives/2010/11/discovery_webfinger_and_openid_connect.shtml|target='_blank'] - based on data observed:2015-05-18
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