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;identity | ;identity | ||
:An email address which identifies a user in a universally-recognizable way. | |||
An email address which identifies a user in a universally-recognizable way. | |||
;audience | ;audience | ||
:The audience is the Web site to whom a verified email proof is issued. It is also called the relying party, because it relies on others to obtain this information. | |||
The audience is the Web site to whom a verified email proof is issued. It is also called the relying party, because it relies on others to obtain this information. | |||
;relying party | ;relying party | ||
see audience. | :see audience. | ||
;identity assertion | ;identity assertion | ||
A cryptographically signed document which proves to a particular audience that the current browser session is associated with an identity. | :A cryptographically signed document which proves to a particular audience that the current browser session is associated with an identity. | ||
;primary authority | ;primary authority | ||
The service from whom a user acquires an email address. The primary authority may create assertions about any identity in their domain. | :The service from whom a user acquires an email address. The primary authority may create assertions about any identity in their domain. | ||
;secondary authority | ;secondary authority | ||
A 3rd party service trusted by a relying party to issue identity assertions in lieu of a service which has not yet deployed infrastructure to issue identity assertions on their own. | :A 3rd party service trusted by a relying party to issue identity assertions in lieu of a service which has not yet deployed infrastructure to issue identity assertions on their own. | ||
== Server == | == Server == | ||