Re: Web Identity specification and Social Web

On 3/7/14 5:19 PM, Mike Macgirvin wrote:
> In the zot world in which I now spend my time an identity is a 
> combination of a complex string and its signature. In order to verify 
> the assertion it does need to be addressable somehow, so it is *also* 
> paired with a _current_ dns location (e.g. URL - which is also signed 
> by the same key as the identity signature). These four components 
> together make up a portable and unique addressable identity - across 
> the internet. The complex identity string *and* its signature combined 
> together comprise a unique identity which is separated from its address. 
That isn't enough. You also need logic in the mix too. Basically:

1. identifier -- what URIs delivers in regards to denotation that 
signifies an identity
2. identification -- what a description graph accessible from a document 
location delivers
3. authentication -- what a protocol delivers by testing the claims in 
the document accessible at the time of identity verification
4. logic -- which is what you get via RDF relation semantics en route to 
building a Web of Trust (which may be public or private).

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