Re: [ba-standard] Adding an identity extension to the assertion object

Nate,

>
> Sunny, it is also mentioned a little later in the standard that "email" is
> "currently the only supported type" (see
> https://github.com/openbadges/openbadges-specification/blob/master/Assertion/latest.md#primitives
> )-- though there would potentially be no technical change to how other
> identifiers were added to the spec, as long as they were a string. We may
> want to consider other possibilities that may provide additional metadata
> and come more into line with JSON-LD than simply saying you could add a
> social profile URI in that field with a different type string.
>

I see what you mean. I believe this needs to be updated. I think the
standard supports multiple types while the Backpack does not. I will update
the documents.

Received on Thursday, 18 December 2014 16:54:24 UTC