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General-purpose PKI on Ethereum
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Unclear Claims comment #16

Closed rmariani closed 5 years ago

rmariani commented 5 years ago

Here's an excerpt from Claims.sol:

Most commonly, these are about identity, with a claim's protocol defining the context or platform of the claim, and its dossier proof of its validity.

What is the "context or platform" for the claim? What is is a "dossier" in this usage?

Fang- commented 5 years ago

The dossier is always the proof for the claim, whatever form it may take. (A URL to the proof, a signed message, etc.)

The protocol, here described as "context or platform", is supposed to be an indicator of what the claim is about. ie "Bitcoin" for a Bitcoin address. Otherwise, if the claim is just a hex string (as would be the case for lots of cryptocurrency-related) it might be impossible to tell what it's really saying/where it applies.

rmariani commented 5 years ago

Thanks!