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Re: [GNAP] client definition

Tom Jones <thomasclinganjones@gmail.com> Sun, 13 December 2020 22:24 UTC

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From: Tom Jones <thomasclinganjones@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 14:24:27 -0800
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Subject: Re: [GNAP] client definition
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It could be the RO or a guardian for the RO so user is the right term.
Peace ..tom


On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 10:42 AM Fabien Imbault <fabien.imbault@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the feedback. Highly use case specific seems a bit of an
> overstatement, I would say it is the most common case. But I get your point.
> We've tried to be more specific on end-user vs RO. In your proposal I
> guess the user you're referring to is the RO.
>
> I find the suggested definition a bit convoluted, let's think about it a
> bit more.
>
> Cheers
> Fabien
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 7:04 PM Tom Jones <thomasclinganjones@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This definition is highly use case specific. It leaves out the
>> possibility of (eg) a self-issued identifier where the RP displays a
>> request to the user on a web page, the user clicks the button and the
>> result is that a wallet on the user's device acting as the AS sends an
>> access token to the RP (which is typically the client in an OAUTH sense.)
>> The underlined part is often incorrect.
>>
>> Client
>>
>>    - Definition: application *used by an end-user* to interact with an
>>    AS or a RS
>>
>> suggestion: Client, an application that desires to get access privileges
>> from a user to resources on an RS, possibly by way of an AS.
>>
>> Peace ..tom
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