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Re: [webauthn] Incorrect "to create" phrase used in get() section's introduction? (#1687)

From: =JeffH via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:26:14 +0000
To: public-webauthn@w3.org
Message-ID: <issue_comment.created-1010242450-1641925572-sysbot+gh@w3.org>
> what you mean here is "credential source creation". An assertion is also a "credential" as defined by CredMan, so creating an assertion is indeed creating a "credential" (but not a "credential source").

doh!  thanks for bearing with me :zany_face: 

> ... even if it is _technically_ correct it may well be worth changing the wording to avoid confusions like this one ...

agreed, so how about this:
> Since this specification requires an authorization gesture to create any [=assertions=]

...?



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