[TERM] "Dependent Identity"

[cjbuchanan]

Term/Phrase

Dependent Identity

Definition

An identity for which the subject does not have an independent will or a legal authority of self-representation.

Usage example

1.) The MITRE Corporation utilizes a dependent identity which is managed by its corporate officers.
2.) If incapacitated, the following identity assets may be managed by my spouse as a dependent identity: [a, b, c, d].

Relevant Communities

The guardianship community would be interested.  I would point out that while guardianship is focused on how to assert authority over a dependent identity, the Dependent Identity approach focuses on a subject centric holistic approach to support quorum based decisions enforced by code rather than requiring external governance post hoc.

Tags

#guardianship, #federation

[JohnOnGH]

Speaking for one part of the Guardianship community, as of 23 Mar 2021, we're just about to publish two documents from the technical stream of the Sovrin Guardianship Working Group , an Implementation Guidelines document and Technical Requirements Document.