2014-10-08 UTC
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bret the only compelling case for webfinger that I have seen is the concept of starting with a real email address, then querying for metadata via webfinger (ignoring support info). If your starting with an html profile with a permalink, microformats 2/h-card is ultra simple/easy and makes more sense.
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