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 === Files, Folders and Domain names ===
 All badges are created by combining a graphics file with metadata. This merge and create is called badge "baking". The graphics file is the image of the badge and the metadata is the information regarding the badge; it's location, the issuing institution, the badges criteria for earning, and the earners identification.<br/>
-The badge baking occurs when the earner claims thier badge. The issuer creates an instance of the metadata, which is the json describing the badge. The json can come in two forms; an actual text file stored at some internet location or a digital message created by software and "sent" the open badges infrastructure. There are four attributes of the json most important to the issuing of the badge. They are;
+The badge baking occurs when the earner claims thier badge. The issuer creates an instance of the metadata, which is the json describing the badge. The json can come in two forms; an actual text file stored at some internet location or a digital message created by software and "sent" to the open badges infrastructure. There are a number of required attributes for the json file to successfully submit a badge. Three of these attributes refer to file locations. They are;
-# the encrypted email of the recipient who earned the badge
 # the badge image file location
 # the criteria description location