- From: heather vescent <heathervescent@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2018 20:15:19 -0700
- To: Kim Hamilton Duffy <kim@learningmachine.com>
- Cc: "=Drummond Reed" <drummond.reed@evernym.com>, Christopher Allen <ChristopherA@lifewithalacrity.com>, Christopher Lemmer Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>, Credentials Community Group <public-credentials@w3.org>, "Jordan, John CITZ:EX" <John.Jordan@gov.bc.ca>, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
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What works for Marina DBW? ;-) I like Joe’s suggestion, Authorized Capabilities” and zCaps (ht Alan) for short with the proper pronunciation “zed”Caps. Also I like this bikeshedding pROcess. -H On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 7:09 PM Kim Hamilton Duffy <kim@learningmachine.com> wrote: > John wins; we’re done > On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 5:16 PM Jordan, John CITZ:EX <John.Jordan@gov.bc.ca> > wrote: > >> Bikeshed with international slant ... >> >> ZedCaps as opposed to ZeeCaps >> >> :) >> >> >> >> On Nov 3, 2018, at 16:04, =Drummond Reed <drummond.reed@evernym.com >> <mailto:drummond.reed@evernym.com>> wrote: >> >> +1 to changing from "object capabilities" and o-cap to something that >> reflects authorization. >> >> Now, on to the bikeshedding (which itself is one of my favorite terms in >> tech ;-) >> >> * I really like the way "zCaps" sounds—it's catchy—and although I >> agree with Christopher that it sounds like zero-knowledge...I suspect that >> zCaps might only be used with insiders who know the Z stands for >> authorization. >> * I'm truly torn between "Authorization Capabilities" and "Authorized >> Capabilities" because, as I understand the way capabilities work, those who >> have been authorized (delegated) may also authorize (delegate) further. >> >> I could live with any of these—they are all improvements. >> >> (BTW, this reminds me of why the Sovrin Foundation recently switched >> terms from "trust frameworks" to "governance frameworks"—we discovered the >> latter was more intuitive and easier for non-insiders to understand.) >> >> On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 2:42 PM, Christopher Lemmer Webber < >> cwebber@dustycloud.org<mailto:cwebber@dustycloud.org>> wrote: >> Christopher Allen writes: >> >> > On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 4:27 PM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com >> <mailto:msporny@digitalbazaar.com>> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> shortened to "zCaps" for the cool kids in the community. >> >> >> > >> > I am -1 for zCaps as a short. Adding z to things lately has been >> marketing >> > speak for zero-knowledge, which ocap is not. And over hyped. >> > >> > -- Christopher Allen >> >> FWIW, the name "zcap" was inspired by Alan Karp's use of "ZBAC" as a >> term (intentionally contrasted to RBAC) to inform companies that didn't >> understand what ocaps were or what domain they might want to apply them >> to. >> >> >> -- > Kim Hamilton Duffy > CTO & Principal Architect Learning Machine > Co-chair W3C Credentials Community Group > > kim@learningmachine.com > -- Heather Vescent <http://www.heathervescent.com/> President, The Purple Tornado, Inc <https://thepurpletornado.com/> Author, A Comprehensive Guide to Self Sovereign Identity <https://ssiscoop.com/> Author, The Cyber Attack Survival Manual <http://amzn.to/2i2Jz5K> @heathervescent <https://twitter.com/heathervescent> | Film Futures <https://vimeo.com/heathervescent> | Medium <https://medium.com/@heathervescent/> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathervescent/> | Future of Security Updates <https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/325779/>
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