Re: Alternative terminology for "consumer"

+1 Shane I think it works perfect for financial...in finance when we
consume something, we are acquiring something.  In our case, we are
acquiring the credential metadata.
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Shane McCarron <shane@spec-ops.io> wrote:

> 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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