Note that the holder may NOT be the owner. Consider, for example, if I were to assist my elderly parents by holding their credentials for them to assist with banking or medical issues (for example). But I am not the subject nor am I the owner. On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Kerri Lemoie <kerri@openworksgrp.com> wrote: > Working on shifting my thinking from “credential” to “claim” and not all > claims are earned. Thinking that “holder” isn’t bad but may be a little > vague. How about “owner”. We do own our claims, right? > > Not to go off topic too far but something to consider as part of this > thread: Richard said something interesting about the issuer being > responsible for maintaining the evidence. I’d argue this isn’t necessarily > always true even though it has been true in many cases. This could change. > It may be that the issuer provides the evidence initially but that the > evidence could be maintained and added to by the earner (holder or owner). > It could just be that the issuer approves evidence or that an endorser > provides and maintains evidence. > > Thanks, > > Kerri > > > > On Mar 30, 2016, at 11:05 AM, Eric Korb <eric.korb@accreditrust.com> > wrote: > > +1 for "Holder" - Eric said, "I hold my credentials in my wallet". ;-) > <https://mail.google.com/> > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Dave Longley <dlongley@digitalbazaar.com > > wrote: > >> On 03/30/2016 10:34 AM, Varn, Richard J wrote: >> >>> We call the actor about whom the claim is made an “earner” as they >>> earned the claim in some fashion This may not work for all uses >>> descriptively but it has a positive sound to it. >>> >> >> It does have a nice positive ring to it for certain scenarios. However, >> it's true that it doesn't work for many cases, such as place of birth, >> age, citizenship, address, email, and so on (though I suppose you could >> argue that some of those may be "earned" in some sense!). I think >> "holder" is working for that actor for most people in the more generic >> case. But others can correct me if they feel differently. >> >> We use “consumer” for the one who uses an earner’s claim so plus one >>> there. The source of the evidence for the claim is from the >>> “issuer” of the claim (this is where I really miss being able to say >>> credential). >>> >> >> I think we'll be able to say a credential is a set of verifiable claims. >> It's the container for claims. >> >> >> -- >> Dave Longley >> CTO >> Digital Bazaar, Inc. >> http://digitalbazaar.com >> >> > > -- Shane McCarron Projects Manager, Spec-Ops
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