LID Terminology

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An overview of the terms we use in connection with LID.

Contents 1 LID URL 2 LID Object, Client and Server 3 LID Relying Party 4 LID Service 5 Identity information

LID URL

The URL that identifies a LID Object is called its LID URL. There may be one or more LID URLs for a given LID Object. From within LID there is usually no way of telling whether or not two distinct LID URLs refer to the same LID Object. (This way, multiple LID URLs can be used as identifiers for separate Personas of the same LID Object that cannot be correlated from within LID)

LID URLs may be Personal LIDs or Entity LIDs. Personal LIDs are owned by their LID URL Owner.

LID Object, Client and Server

A LID Object may act as both a LID Client and a LID Server. Any LID Object may play the role of LID Client or LID Server with any number of other LID Objects at any point in time.

LID Relying Party

A LID Relying Party is an entity that makes use of one or more assertions made another LID Object. For example, a LID_SSO_Profile-enabled site relies on the assertion that a browser session belongs to an actor identified by a LID URL.

In LID, "Relying Party" is the term for a temporary role, not for a persistent class. A LID Object may be a LID Relying Party at any point in time, while using another LID Object as a LID Relying Party in the next instant (or even simultaneously).

LID Service

A LID Service is (previously called LID Profile) is a unit of functionality within LID. For a list of LID Services, see LID Services.

Identity information

We use 'identity information' to mean information about a digital identity. This may include identifying information (for example, birth name, date and time of birth, place of birth and place of birth record recordation; or name and address of residence; or a certificate, or a public key). It may also includes other information (for example, addresses, occupations, interests, or friends).

For the purpose of LID, identity information is any kind of information that can be conveyed through LID.

LID does not prescribe at all what is and isn't 'identity information' from a semantic perspective. LID treats all kinds of information just like 'identity information', even if it typically isn't thought of as 'identity information'. One example would be a person's personal health record, and information related to it.