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.