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Revisit 'reliable' language for L3 #1137

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TomHennen opened this issue Sep 19, 2024 · 3 comments · Fixed by #1143
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Revisit 'reliable' language for L3 #1137

TomHennen opened this issue Sep 19, 2024 · 3 comments · Fixed by #1143
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"Reliable" may be too strong a qualifier here. It's still up to the consumer to decide if they deem the information as such, so we might want to instead use a term like "auditable" or "verifiable" here.

Originally posted by @marcelamelara in #1094 (comment)
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yeah, like "as reliable as the issuer?"
I doubt if they will always be auditable or verifiable in anyway. It would feel more or less like "SCP says X with no real way to prove it. Trust it or don't."

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yeah, are issuers "reliable?" I guess the answer is "hopefully!"

I'd support cutting this word if it's confusing things.

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@TomHennen I left a comment on the linked pr. maybe "authentic" is the best we can claim here.

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content: draft: reliable -> authenticatable and auditable (#1143)
2a1e32b 
Clarify what type of data source level 3 provides to policy enforcement
tools.

'authenticatable and auditable' is more easily understood by the
community than 'reliable'. It's also less prone to misinterpretation
than 'verifiable' which might sound like a much more thorough process
has been done.

fixes #1137

Signed-off-by: Tom Hennen <[email protected]>
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