Re: Request for terminology input - consumer/inspector/TBD Credential

Dave, I know that's been the focus, but is that the entire scope of
application for this standardised technology solution?

HTML has evolved.  Should we plan for this to evolve too?

On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, 9:37 PM Dave Longley <dlongley@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:

> On 06/08/2016 08:10 PM, Eric Korb wrote:
> >
> > With respect to the TBD Credential.  "Digital Credential" seems to
> > work across ecosystem.  Web Credential seems a bit constrained,
> > although I agree we do need the Web at some point to evaluate and
> > verify them. However, it could be possible to read and verify a
> > Digital Credential off-line if the public key was downloaded and
> > stored off-line with the Digital Credential's meta-data.
>
> I worry that both "Digital Credential" and "Web Credential" don't
> actually add any real meaning to the word. Every type of credential in
> the technology space is "digital" and most of them are used on the Web.
>
> I'd prefer "Identity Credential" because it clearly indicates that these
> credentials are for establishing identity. They are not, for example,
> security or payment credentials. These are both other uses of the word
> "credential" from communities that will likely be using "identity"
> credentials alongside these other types -- and security and payment
> credentials are already both "digital" and "on the Web".
>
>
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> Dave Longley
> CTO
> Digital Bazaar, Inc.
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