ISSUE-38: Differentiate between the identifying agent and the user operating the identifying agent

Differentiate between the identifying agent and the user operating the identifying agent

State:
RAISED
Product:
WebID-authn-TLS-spec
Raised by:
Toby Inkster
Opened on:
2011-02-16
Description:
Reported by Toby Inkster at http://lists.foaf-project.org/pipermail/foaf-protocols/2010-August/003265.html

The current spec doesn't differentiate very well between the
identifying agent which is "typically also a User Agent" which in most
peoples' minds roughly corresponds to a browser, and the user operating
the identifying agent itself.

It says for instance "Identification Certificate: An X.509 [X509V3]
Certificate that must contain a Subject Alternative Name extension with
a URI entry. The URI identifies the Identification Agent"; and "WebID
URI: A URI specified via the Subject Alternative Name extension of the
Identification Certificate that identifies an Identification Agent."
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Related emails:
  1. Formal WebID Teleconf Friday February 8 2013 15:00UTC (from henry.story@bblfish.net on 2013-02-07)
  2. WebID-ISSUE-38: Differentiate between the identifying agent and the user operating the identifying agent [WebID Spec] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2011-02-16)

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