Identity Register
Anchoring identity of persons, orgs, things
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Incomplete
4 bundles · 8 layers · 0 findings · 0 questions
anchor The identity record itself
subjectKind
person, organization and thing subjects and what an anchor asserts for each
identityLifecycle
registered, active, suspended, retired states and same-subject continuity
binding What attaches to an anchor
identifierSchemes
bindings of scheme-governed identifiers to the anchor
keyAndCredentialBinding
cryptographic keys and authenticators bound for proof of control
assurance How strongly identity is established
proofingEvidence
the evidence trail from identity proofing
assuranceLevel
graded confidence attached to the anchor and its bindings
resolution Answering lookups without oversharing
resolutionService
identifier to status-and-keys resolution
privacyControls
minimal-disclosure rules, verification without attribute release
Note: Legacy card: layers named, findings and questions never written.
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- standalone-mm
- Navigation path
- NAV.SOC.PER.DIG
- Domain
- SOC.PER.DIG
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- digitalidentityaccountsoc.per.dig
- Also called
- R4
What it is Derived, awaiting review
The anchoring of identity for persons, organizations and things: one authoritative record per subject, to which identifiers, keys and assurance evidence are bound, and against which the rest of the world resolves "who or what is this".
Note: First sentence of the legacy card introduction.
Why it exists Filled
Anchoring identity of persons, orgs, things
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- It is its own meta-model because identity anchoring, identifier binding and assurance are a distinct discipline from any profile data about the subject: the register says that a subject exists and is the same one over time, and deliberately says as little else as possible.
What robots and AI may and may not do Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Moral aspects Derived, awaiting review
- Any resolution or disclosure beyond the public resolver view is granted through the S1/S2 access and consent models and audited via S4.
Owners Filled
Steward
The identity registrar owns the anchors and their bindings and answers for uniqueness and continuity, while each subject holds inspection rights over their own record.
Links to other meta-models Filled
extends
- world.registry - the identity register is a specialization of the register pattern, with anchoring as its legal effect
references
- world.person - a person anchor points to, and never inlines, the person's profile kept elsewhere
- world.organization - organization anchors resolve to organization records governed in their own model
- world.attestationCertificateAndLicense - issuers and subjects of attestations are anchored here
- world.lifeEventsAndCivilStatus - birth registration creates a person anchor, death registration retires it
composes
- world.audit - every resolution and update carries the audit facet
imports
- w3c-did - ALIGN: decentralized identifier syntax, resolution and key rotation semantics
- iso-iec-24760 - ALIGN: identity management vocabulary and lifecycle framing
- nist-sp-800-63 - ALIGN: identity proofing and assurance level semantics
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Derived, awaiting review
- identifierBinding: an externally schemed identifier attached to an anchor; key attributes: scheme, value, boundAt, status
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Capabilities and actions required Derived, awaiting review
- identityRegistered: a new anchor was created for a proofed subject
- identifierBound: an external identifier was attached to an anchor
- identifierRetired: an identifier binding was ended without ending the anchor
- keyRotated: a control key was replaced and the old one retired
- assuranceRaised: re-proofing lifted the anchor's assurance level
- identitySuspended: the anchor was temporarily barred from resolution and use
- identityRetired: the anchor was closed, typically on death or dissolution, with continuity preserved for history
- recordsLinked: two anchors were asserted to denote the same subject
Legacy events listed as state transitions.
Hazards and failure modes optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Standards and interfaces required Derived, awaiting review
- resolutionContract: which attributes a class of relying parties may obtain when resolving an identifier
- verificationContract: yes/no confirmation of a claimed binding or status without releasing attributes
- registrarUpdateContract: who may create, bind, suspend and retire anchors, under which evidence rules
- subjectAccessContract: the subject's standing right to see their own full record and its access history
- publicResolverView: identifier to current status and public keys; omits personal attributes and evidence
- relyingPartyView: status plus assurance level for an authorized verifier; omits proofing evidence content
- subjectSelfView: the complete own record including bindings, assessments and access history
Context of use required Filled
- Any resolution or disclosure beyond the public resolver view is granted through the S1/S2 access and consent models and audited via S4.
Sources Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Open questions
- Superseded by a researched world model? Map this legacy card to its successor or retire it.
Machine files
Provenance
legacy MMAS card (world-models v0.2) · legacy
Built from: models/world-r4-identity-register/spec.yaml, models/docs/registries-ledgers/R4-identity-register.md