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Fixes to grammar about status message updates.
Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: David Chadwick <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Dave Longley <[email protected]>
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<section class="informative">
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<h3>Status List Monitoring</h3>
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<h3>Monitoring Status Lists</h3>
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<p>
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Once a <a>verifier</a> knows of a status list and entry index that is
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status list continues to be updated. This is useful to a <a>verifier</a> that
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needs to understand when a particular <a>verifiable credential</a> has changed
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status without asking the <a>issuer</a> directly for status information on
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the specific <a>holder</a> or when interacting with the <a>holder</a> to get
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the specific <a>verifiable credential</a> or when interacting with the <a>holder</a> to get
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the latest status information is not possible. The feature can also cause a
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privacy violation if the <a>holder</a> is unaware of the ability for the
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<a>verifier</a> to perform near-real-time checks on the status of the
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privacy violation for the <a>holder</a> and/or <a>subject(s)</a> if the
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<a>verifier</a> is able to perform near-real-time checks on the status of the
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<a>verifiable credential</a>.
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</p>
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<p>
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<a>Issuers</a> can provide a level of reprieve from this privacy concern to
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<a>holders</a> by revoking and re-issuing effectively the same
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<a>Issuers</a> can provide a level of reprieve from this privacy concern
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<a>holders</a> by revoking and reissuing effectively the same
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<a>verifiable credential</a> on a timeline that is relatively short in nature.
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For example, an <a>issuer</a> could automatically re-issue a
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<a>verifiable credential</a> every three months to break any sort of long-term
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monitoring of a <a>verifiable credential</a> as it changes status and assign
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a new status entry index when the re-issuance occurs.
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For example, an <a>issuer</a> could automatically reissue a
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<a>verifiable credential</a> every three months and assign a new status entry
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index when the reissuance occurs to break any sort of long-term monitoring
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of a <a>verifiable credential</a> as it changes status.
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</p>
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</section>
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<section class="informative">
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<h3>Status Message Correlation</h3>
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<h3>Correlation of Status Messages</h3>
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<p>
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This specification provides a means by which multiple status messages can be
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provided for a particular entry in a status list. While this mechanism can
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</section>
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<section class="informative">
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<h3>Status Message Alterations</h3>
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<h3>Alteration of Status Messages</h3>
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<p>
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When a status list uses the status messages feature, it becomes possible for
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the <a>issuer</a> to increase the type of messages that are associated with
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the <a>issuer</a> to increase the types of messages that are associated with
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the <a>verifiable credentials</a> it issues over time.
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</p>
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<p>
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This feature creates a potential privacy violation where <a>holder</a> of the
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This feature creates a potential privacy violation where a <a>holder</a> or
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<a>subject</a> of the
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<a>verifiable credential</a> might be associated with additional status
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information that was not present when the original <a>verifiable credential</a>
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was issued. For example, initial status messages might convey "delayed" and
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"canceled", but additional status messages might be added by the <a>issuer</a>
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to convey "delayed due to non-payment" and "canceled due to illegal activity",
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which would not be apparent to the <a>holder</a> unless there was monitoring
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software operating on behalf of the holder that would warn them that the
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<a>issuer</a> intends to expose additional information about their activity.
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to convey "delayed due to non-payment" and "canceled due to illegal activity".
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This change would not be apparent to the <a>holder</a> unless there was
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monitoring software operating on their behalf that would warn them that
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the <a>issuer</a> intends to expose additional information about their activity.
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</p>
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<p>
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Holder software can provide features to <a>holders</a> that warn them about
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their level of information exposure when using <a>verifiable credentials</a>
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that are associated with status messages and warn them when the level of
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the level of <a>holder</a> and/or <a>subject</a> information exposure when using <a>verifiable credentials</a>
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that are associated with status messages, and warn them when the level of
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information exposure changes.
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</p>
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</section>

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