- From: David Chadwick <D.W.Chadwick@kent.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:58:39 +0000
- To: public-credentials@w3.org
On 15/12/2020 16:15, Joosten, H.J.M. (Rieks) wrote: > > I'm looking for a use-case, which I think requires: > > * that is realistic; > * that involves (at least) two people, as e.g. in a marriage, a > guardianship or otherwise, and some service provider (SP); > * where SP has no earlier knowledge of any of these two people (he > doesn't know who these people are); > If the SP has no knowledge of either person, then it can never gain that knowledge without recourse to some TTP that is known to and trusted by all of them. > * > > > * where SP can obtain credentials from only one of these persons > (the other is somehow incapable of presenting credentials); > * where SP is requested to make a decision (e.g. to provide a service); > I have such a use case with COVID-19 certificates: A patient with dementia being discharged from a hospital into a care home. > > * > * where SP needs to authenticate *both* persons in order to make > that decision. > Its not PoA, since by its very nature, PoA only requires the attorney to be authenticated. Authentication of the donor is outside the scope of what VCs can do. (They might facilitate it, but cannot automate it). If the VC infrastructure is authenticating the donor, then its not PoA. Kind regards David > * > > Any suggestions? > > Rieks > > This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If > you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by > mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the > message. TNO accepts no liability for the content of this e-mail, for > the manner in which you use it and for damage of any kind resulting > from the risks inherent to the electronic transmission of messages. >
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