Re: Alternative terminology for "consumer"

Yeah - I think consumer is the appropriate generic term.  It is unfortunate
that it has a conflicting meaning in the financial space...

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Eric Korb <eric.korb@accreditrust.com>
wrote:

> I'm still on board for "consumer" - if you are viewing, processing,
> loading in, making a decision upon, etc. of a credential,  your are
> _consuming_ it in one way or another.  The consumer is a 3rd party - who
> has may have no formal tie to the issuer or holder of the credential - it
> can be a machine, an app, or a person (a "decision maker").
>
> Eric
>
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> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Varn, Richard J <rvarn@ets.org> wrote:
>
>> Right, but the entity using the claim does not verify, authenticate, or
>> approve the claim--they use it for some process or purpose and the purpose
>> is a gatekeeper function. I think gatekeeper, especially when pared with
>> function, has drifted from a military context and it's a fairly unique
>> phrase without any generic synonyms except the pretty obscure "ostiary." I
>> have no firm position or dog in this discussion, licensed or otherwise
>> holding any dog credentials, just thinking.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Mar 31, 2016, at 11:57 AM, Dave Longley <dlongley@digitalbazaar.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 03/31/2016 11:28 AM, Varn, Richard J wrote:
>> >> I had one additional thought about the consumer of claims. It
>> >> strikes me that the role they are actually playing is gatekeeper. I
>> >> got to this after thinking about the various processes in which
>> >> claims are used and the reason that someone wants your claim/s is to
>> >> evaluate it/them in a context. If the evaluation finds the claims
>> >> and attendant and other sources of evidence sufficient, you get a
>> >> chance at an opportunity, access to something, a permission, a
>> >> benefit, and so on. I am not sure gatekeeper is the best word but
>> >> wanted to share the line of thinking and see how it may help.
>> >
>> > I've had a similar thought, (with terms like "gatekeeper", "guard",
>> > "sentinel", etc.) but felt it seemed those terms or many like it had too
>> > many negative or militaristic connotations. That concept is where the
>> > friendlier "approver" term came from. "Verifier" and "authenticator" are
>> > in a similar vein.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dave Longley
>> > CTO
>> > Digital Bazaar, Inc.
>>
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