[Openid-specs-ab] Issue #1802: Heather Flanagan's comment on the use of the word "trust" (openid/connect)

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New issue 1802: Heather Flanagan's comment on the use of the word "trust"
https://bitbucket.org/openid/connect/issues/1802/heather-flanagans-comment-on-the-use-of

Michael Jones:

In response to the first paragraph of the Federation abstract:

> A federation can be expressed as an agreement between parties that trust each other. In bilateral federations, you can have direct trust between the parties. In a multilateral federation, bilateral agreements might not be practical, in which case trust can be mediated by a third party. That is the model used in this specification.

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Heather wrote “I can’t tell when you are using “trust” to mean technical trust \(e.g., cryptographically validated signatures\) or contractual trust \(e.g., human-signed contractual agreements\).“

In person, she suggested that we consider making that distinction when we use the word “trust”.  This might entail defining multiple terms for different kinds of trust and using them.