3 Terminology

Terminology used within this specification.

Term	Description
Registry	A paper-based or electronic database (centralized or decentralized, i.e. blockchain) where claims are stored and can be consulted.
Registration	Process through which an entity gets claims recorded in a registry.
Entity	A thing with distinct and independent existence, such as a person, organization, or device.
Claim	An attribute asserted by an entity, about itself or another entity.
Asserter	An entity that asserts a claim.
Registrar	An entity that is authorized to register, in a registry, claims submitted by an applicant.
Applicant	Entity that requests the registration of claims in a registry.
Operator	A registrar or a staff of a registrar who is processing the request of an applicant.
Administrator/Analyst	A registrar or a staff of a registrar who is building a new registry.
Rules engine	A tool transforming business rules relating to a registry, defined by a human analyst, into machine-readable statements.
Automation	A database-level data movement.
Trigger	A record-level automation.