Terminology
Agent App
An application that allows the user to control their personal data and their identity agent’s behavior. It could be a Mee Smartwallet or a Mee web app.
Agent App SDK
A Software Development Kit (SDK) that provides the functionality needed to implement an agent app.
Capability
A reference to a set of claims about a subject together with a set of access rights that defines what operations can be performed on that set of claims. A capability is non-repudiable and can only be obtained through legitimate means (e.g. delegation).
Claim
An assertion made about a subject in an identity context. Claims have types (e.g. given-name) and values (e.g. “Fred”).
Claim Type
A type of a claim. It can be primitive or composite. The details of claim types are to be specified.
Connection
A special type of claim that declares a data-sharing relationship between a user and a relying party.
Custodian Account
An account of a user or a service provider who hosts an MDN node and is responsible for making the personal data of a user available to other participants of Mee data network (other MDN nodes), with respect to specified capabilities.
Context-scoped Identity
Unique identifier of the user associated with a specific identity context. It is known only to the relying party of this identity context and to the identity agent.
Delegated Claim
A claim of a specific identity context that has been conditionally shared with another identity context. The conditions of the claim delegation are specified by the capability. It is required for the delegated claim to refer to the user by the context-scoped identity associated with the specific context. In other words, if a claim is shared between context A and context B then in context A it should refer to the user by the context-scoped identity associated with context A. And in context B it should refer to the user by the context-scoped identity associated with context B. The identity agent is responsible for performing substitution and resolution of context-scoped identities.
Identity Agent
A part of Mee data network that is responsible for data sharing between users and service providers with respect to context-scoped identities and capability validation.
Identity Context
A set of claims about a person in the context of a relationship with relying party identified by a context-scoped identity.
Local App
An application that runs on the user’s local devices (e.g. smartphone, tablet, or laptop)
MDN License
To operate on the Mee data network service providers must be authorized by the Mee Foundation and agree to the terms of the MDN license agreement. This agreement licenses the user’s personal data to the service provider and states what they can and cannot do with it. For example, it requires the service provider’s apps to get opt-in consent from the user before sharing/selling their data to other entities. It also requires that the service provider’s apps implement MDN protocols so they can interoperate with the identity agent.
MDN Node
A service that stores personal data of the user and implements the set of protocols required to synchronize the data over Mee data network. It could be hosted either by the user or by service provider. If the MDN node is hosted by the service provider it must store only the data for the identity contexts associated with this service provider.
Mee Data Network (MDN)
Mee data network is an instance of identity agent together with the MDN nodes that are compatible with that specific identity agent.
Mee Smartwallet
A local app that provides agent app functionality and MDN node functionality.
Mee-compatible
Mee-compatible is an adjective applied to a service provider app wherein the user’s personal data involved in a data sharing connection with this app is subject to the terms of the MDN license. To be Mee-compatible an app may also have to adhere to specific UI guidelines.
Mee Identity
An account in the Mee data network with a unique identifier, together with the information needed to prove ownership of the account (e.g. email and password, or the key pair). Mee identity is tied to the self of the user and is known only to the user and to their identity agent.
Mee Web App
A web-based agent app that is hosted by Mee. It does not persist personal data of the user and does not provide the functionality of MDN node.
Personal Data
Information that identifies, relates to, or could reasonably be linked with the user or the user’s household. This data includes names, addresses, contact information, payment information, lists of friends, preferences, interests, medical records, etc.
Relying Party (RP)
A subject with which the user interacts using an identity agent. Relying party may be another user (with Mee identity), a person (without Mee identity), a service provider or another source of personal data.
Self
A set of claims about a single person that represents the holistic selfness of the person
Self-hosted
A resource that is hosted on servers that an individual user manages for themself.
Selfness
The sameness of a person or a thing at all times or in all circumstances. The condition of being a single individual. The fact that a person or thing is itself and not something else. Individuality, personality.
Service Provider App
A website, web service, mobile, tablet, laptop, or desktop application provided by a service provider. A service provider app must provide an MDN node functionality.
Service Provider App SDK
A software development kit that enables a service provider app to communicate with MDN node hosted by the service provider.
Subject
A thing about which claims may be made.
Corporation
A subject that represents an incorporated legal entity.
Person
A subject that represents a natural person.
Service Provider
A corporation that provides a service provider app to its users.
User
A person with a Mee identity.
Whoness
A distinct impression of a single person or thing presented to or perceived by others. A set of characteristics or a description that distinguishes one person or thing from other people or things.