[use cases] Clarifications on the Push-based payments requirements

Hi Webpayments,
(resending, the same text I mistakenly sent to member list first)

I entered these questions on the use cases wiki, but as the use case has
moved into the ED, I'll raise them here:

Questions about the Push-based payments requirements:
<https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webpayments/raw-file/default/latest/use-cases/index.html#push-based-payments>

>  All merchants must have a global identifier. 

Who issues the "global identifier"? Need it be a central registry, or
might it be a globally unique ID generated as a long-enough random
number. Does it need to be global, or can push-based payments work among
locally scoped communities? Does it need to be discoverable? How?

>  All customers must be recognized by the payment processor. 

What does "recognized" mean or imply?

Thanks,
--Wendy

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Received on Tuesday, 3 February 2015 23:30:10 UTC