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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.

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