Aries RFC 0530: Goal - Human Readable Verifiable Identifier¶
- Authors: Sam Curren
- Status: PROPOSED
- Since: 2020-08-26
- Status Note: Early Proposal
- Start Date: 2020-08-26
- Tags: goalcode
Summary¶
DIDs are not human friendly. DIDComm provides a secure connection between two DIDs. This goal code seeks to provide a verifiable, human readable identifier from one party to another.
Motivation¶
Presenting a Human Readable Verifiable Identifier over a DIDComm connection aids the user in positive connection identification. It also plays a role in Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack prevention.
Reference¶
Goal Code¶
aries.receive.verifiable.identifier
Explanation¶
The party presenting this goal code has a goal of receiving a human readable verifiable identifier from the party it presents it to.
Key Concepts¶
Human Readable implies that the identifier is meaningful to a human. This might be an identifier already used to communicate, such as an email address, phone number, website domain name, or social media account name.
A Verifiable identifier requires that some level of assurance is provided that control has been proven over the identifier.
Governance Frameworks that serve this goal code must provide details about which identifiers are acceptable, and how they are to be verified.
Governance Frameworks¶
The following Governance Frameworks are related to this goal code.
- Domain Control
- Email Ownership
Unresolved questions¶
Implementations¶
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