On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 at 00:35 Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote: > On 07/22/2017 03:40 PM, Kim Hamilton Duffy wrote: > > - Keep the name "Credentials CG" > > +1, keep the name. > +1 also. keep the name. > > I've found the arguments made by folks like DavidC, JoeA, ChristopherA, > KimHD, RichardV, and others to be compelling... they've changed my mind > on whether or not we should change the name or not. > > Fundamentally just about everything we do results in a credential. That > is, asserting a credential of some kind is typically the result of all > of the specifications we're working on. > > Credentials can be self-sovereign, or they can be centralized (and there > are solid use cases for both). I think the community cares more about > working on the self-sovereign credential problem as that results in > empowering the most number of people on the planet, including those in > vulnerable situations. > > On another level, we need to change the misguided notion that > "credentials" are just usernames, passwords, and Google/Facebook login > tokens. > > It's for those reasons that I'm now strongly in favor of keeping the > name. It's specific, it's what we're doing, and it creates the least > disruption for this community. We'll have to fight for it w/ the > "security experts", but now that we've got our own "security experts" > and if we're united behind the name, it'll make that fight easier. > > > - State very clearly in the mission that we're focused on > > self-sovereignty, and that compatibility with centralized systems is > > also within scope. > > +1 > > > - Keep the Credentials CG and Digital Verification CG united > > +1 > > -- manu > > -- > Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny) > Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. > blog: Rebalancing How the Web is Built > http://manu.sporny.org/2016/rebalancing/ > >
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