Verifier

Editor's note

this section needs to be revised In other SSI contexts, this term has a different meaning. We intend to rework the framework in such a way that we can use this term in various ways (e.g. as a party, a role name, or an actor that performs the role associated with the role name

Short Description

A Verifier is is a (functional) component that implements the capability to request peer agents to present (provide) data from credentials (of a specified kind, issued by specified parties), and to verify such responses (check structure, signatures, dates), according to its principal's verifier policy.

Editor's note

Additional content is needed here.

Purpose

The purpose of the Verifier function is.