credential "recovery" or "reissuance" terminology

This should be straightforward, but I couldn't self-help from the VC data
model.

Assume subject == holder for now (just in case being different would
complicate things)

In my scenario, Alice issues a Verifiable Credential to Bob, the subject of
which is did_b (controlled by Bob). Then suppose for whatever reason, Bob
loses ability to lose control of did_b*.

In this state, the credential is still valid (hasn't been revoked, hasn't
expired), but Bob can't prove control of did_b. Do we have special
terminology for this state and/or verbs involved? E.g. Bob will need to
"recover" or "request a re-issuance" of a credential from the issuer.

The VC lifecycle doesn't seem to call out separate states/verbs for this,
which I can understand. Ultimately the flow is the same, and it results in
an "issuance". But when describing user stories around systems using VCs,
it's often necessary to call this out, and it would be helpful to use
standard terminology if available.

* i.e. suppose he's using BTCR, failed to backup the info he needs to
update did_b, and for simplicity, loses his phone, never made a backup of
his mnemonic seed. Bad Bob.

p.s. I'm sure I made the question more complicated more than it needed to be

Received on Tuesday, 2 July 2019 23:15:03 UTC