Definition of claim

• From: David Chadwick <d.w.chadwick@kent.ac.uk>
• Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 21:32:21 +0100
• To: W3C Credentials Community Group <public-credentials@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <d2845981-5628-37fb-50c5-22fe637755ac@kent.ac.uk>

I believe the latest definition of claim in the architecture document

http://w3c.github.io/webpayments-ig/VCTF/architecture/

is fundamentally wrong. It says

Claim
    A statement made by an entity about a subject. For example: "Jane is
a doctor."

The example is not one claim, but two claims. It claims that the subject
is a doctor and that the subject is called Jane. We should rewrite this
to say

Claim
    A statement made by an entity about a holder. For example: "The
holder is a doctor."


regards

David

Received on Sunday, 12 June 2016 20:32:48 UTC