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# Glossary
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This document aims to enumerate and clarify alternative terms that have been
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used for the same concept in the OpenPGP space, as well as to document
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terminology specific to OpenPGP CA.
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- Authentication
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- Bridge: Two instances of OpenPGP CA mark each other as (scoped) trusted
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introducers, which means that users in both organizations see each other
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as authenticated
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- Certification ("Signature" on a certificate)
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- Key / OpenPGP Key (Certificate)
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- Key creation workflow: centralized/decentralized
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- OpenPGP
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- Revocation certificate
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- Trust signature ("tsig"), a speficic type of certification for a
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certificate, which marks that key as a "trusted introducer" (i.e. the
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party that creates the trust signature signals that they will trust
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certifications that the "trusted introducer" makes on certificates)
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