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Web Identity spec needs clearer terminology #18

Open msporny opened 10 years ago

msporny commented 10 years ago

From Kingsley Idehen:

Bearing in mind that WebID is a totally separate thing from the WebID + TLS authentication protocol, I don't see why "Web Identity 1.0" can't adopt the same notion of a WebID which is already established.

Adopting my suggestion will not change "Web Identity 1.0" per se., we simply end up with:

identifier An HTTP URI that denotes an entity.

identity card Information that can be used to identify a particular entity such as a person, animal, or organization.

identity card owner An entity that is in control of a particular identity card.

identity card provider (or host) A website providing access to an identity or set of identities.

requestor A user agent that is requesting to access and/or modify an identity.

Reference to source discussion: https://plus.google.com/+ManuSporny/posts/94fooRHDb6T