Closed iherman closed 3 years ago
A globally unique persistent identifier that does not require a centralized registration authority and it is generated and/or registered cryptographically.
It doesn't need to be generated cryptographically if the registry is centralized. How about:
A globally unique persistent identifier that does not require a centralized registration authority and is often generated and/or registered cryptographically.
A globally unique persistent identifier that does not require a centralized registration authority and is often generated and/or registered cryptographically.
That works for me. Should I do a PR or do we want others to chime in?
I went ahead and made a PR (#676) for this. Let us move the discussion (if any) there.
I just know that someone's going to question what "often" means, and how we know it...
PR #676 has been merged, closing.
The terminology section section says:
I do not think there is, strictly speaking a causality between "does not require a centralized registration authority" and "generated and/or registered cryptographically". My ORCID ID (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-2704) is probably generated by some crypto method (looking at the ID URL above), but the ORCID ID is still centralized.
What about, simply:
(I am happy to submit a PR if there is an agreement on this)