Re: Alternative terminology for "consumer"

"inquiring" and "accepting" are probably the closest verbs for what this party is doing in the transaction.  Neither term is very intuitive. -- one of the aspects of "consume" that I like is that of impermanence - the claim is consumed once it's verified.  If proof is needed again at a later date, it must be verified again.

An achievement or attribute at a given time may be an indelible fact, but a claim that is verifiable may not be. Consumption is real in this case.

-stone


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Matt Stone
501-291-1599


On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Dave Longley <dlongley@digitalbazaar.com <mailto:dlongley@digitalbazaar.com>> wrote:
On 03/29/2016 12:22 PM, Stone, Matt wrote:
> in which document do we define this?  Is the consumer, the one who
> has asked the earner for proof of an achievement?  in job search
> scenario, it would be the prospective employer...

http://w3c.github.io/webpayments-ig/VCTF/use-cases/index.html#ic-consuming-claims <http://w3c.github.io/webpayments-ig/VCTF/use-cases/index.html#ic-consuming-claims>

That link talks about consumers of claims and you can click on
"consumer" there and it will jump to the glossary section.

A "consumer" is one who asks a holder to provide credentials containing
verifiable claims so they can authenticate the holder and "consume"
those claims in some way. Examples would be merchant websites that need
to confirm that a person is of a certain age in order to buy a product,
prospective employers that want to verify the credentials of job
applicants, and loan officers that want to ensure they are lending to
the appropriate person.


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Dave Longley
CTO
Digital Bazaar, Inc.