Glossary
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.. glossary::
    :sorted:

    Authentication
      Checking the validity of a claim (e.g. an identity claim). Making sure that a claim is "authentic".

    Certification
      "Third party Signature" on a certificate, making a statement about that certificate, or an identity in the certificate

    Delegation
      See :term:`Trust signature`

    Revocation certificate
      A type of signature that invalidates a previous statement made via a signature

    Certificate
      See :term:`OpenPGP Certificate`

    Key
      See :term:`OpenPGP Key`

    OpenPGP Key
      Used either for an OpenPGP Certificate (containing public key material and metadata), or for an See :term:`OpenPGP Private Key`

    OpenPGP Private Key
      The combination of an :term:`OpenPGP Certificate` and the associated private key material

    OpenPGP Certificate
      An OpenPGP certificate contains public key material, identity claims and third party certifications (but no private key material)

    Trust signature
      a specific type of certification for a certificate, which marks that key as a "trusted introducer" (i.e. the party that creates the trust signature signals that they will trust certifications that the "trusted introducer" makes on certificates)

    tsig
      See :term:`Trust signature`