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e.g. ".well-known/avatars" as an alternative/addition to DNS SRV for federated libravatars?

 

Looking at [WebFinger] and its [avatar link rel] I was wondering if one could use a `.well-known/avatars` or something similar as an alternative/addition to DNS SRV records federated avatars server?

E.g. either add something like:

    https://example.com/.well-known/avatars

or

    https://example.com/.well-known/avatars-server

which responds with the avatars-server (and maybe port/path) to [Well-Known URIs]?

Or maybe it would fit better to use [RFC 6415]'s `.well-known/host-meta` or even [WebFinger]?



[Well-Known URIs]: https://www.iana.org/assignments/well-known-uris/well-known-uris.xhtml

[WebFinger]: https://webfinger.net

[avatar link rel]: https://webfinger.net/rel/avatar/

[RFC 7033]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7033 "WebFinger"

[RFC 5785]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5785 "Defining Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)"

[RFC 6415]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6415 "Web Host Metadata"


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