learningtapestry / metadataregistry

DEPRECATED - THIS CODE BASE IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED. Metadata Registry
Apache License 2.0
7 stars 5 forks source link

Enable transfer of control of an entity via new signing key #41

Open science opened 8 years ago

science commented 8 years ago

If an org submits an envelope using one signing key/JWT, they should be able to update the envelope in the future with a different signing key, somehow.

This would allow an organization to transfer management/ownership of the envelope to a new organization without giving away their existing private keys. It would also let the new organization receive the ownership via a shared private key, and then switch ownership a third time to use a private key known only to itself.

This is a item for the future - low priority for now.