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Main::Glossary

Glossary

Global Id
A Player's Public Key. The universal identifier. It does not assist in resolution and not mentioned in the app.
Peer (Model)
A Player discovers and interacts with other Players through their Peer records.
Player (Model)
A Player is an agent rooted in the local server. May be human, animal, mineral or automaton.
Resolution (Process)
Gets the public key from a Peer Url (e.g. http://linksafe.name/resolvers/resolve/host).
Resolver (Model)
Resolver records record the Global Id and resolution end point of Peers.
Transport (Model)
Transport addresses belong to Players and are discoverable by Peers. They are the functioning addresses from other schemes, for example: email, web, telephone, carrier pigeon.

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