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LIFECYCLE STATE
Define
Describe the representative, permitted act, resource, limits, channels and expiry.
Evidence boundaryStructured policy and provenance
Complete lifecycle
Authority is a stateful relationship—not a document upload.
WhoActs records who defines the mandate, who approves it, who accepts it, what is signed, what is presented and what the verifier checked.
Principal organisation Representative Issuer Relying party
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LIFECYCLE STATE
Approve
Apply maker–checker governance before authority can move forward.
Evidence boundaryMaker–checker decision record
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LIFECYCLE STATE
Accept
Record that the human, provider or software agent accepts the mandate.
Evidence boundaryRepresentative acceptance event
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LIFECYCLE STATE
Issue
Create a signed credential through the configured issuer boundary.
Evidence boundarySigned credential and issuer reference
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LIFECYCLE STATE
Present
Disclose the minimum claims a relying party needs for its decision.
Evidence boundaryMinimum claim presentation
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LIFECYCLE STATE
Verify
Check signature, issuer, time, status, binding and requested action.
Evidence boundaryReceipt, reason codes and timestamp
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LIFECYCLE STATE
Revoke or renew
End, suspend, supersede or renew authority as circumstances change.
Evidence boundaryCurrent status and successor version
Four distinct responsibilities
No actor should silently inherit another actor’s trust.
Principal organisation
Defines the appointment and governs approval.
Representative
Accepts the mandate and presents the evidence.
Issuer
Signs the credential under the deployment’s trust model.
Relying party
Checks evidence and decides whether to accept the act.
Minimum disclosure
Present what the decision needs—not the whole mandate file.
The sandbox can selectively omit defined supporting claims. Permissions and jurisdictions stay visible where the verifier needs them to evaluate the act.
Principal identifier
DisclosedRepresentative actor
DisclosedRequested permission
DisclosedRegistered address
WithheldSource detail
WithheldEvidence hash
Bound in credentialDesign-partner programme
Choose one action worth proving.
We will map the principal, representative, action, resource, policy and relying-party decision with your legal, security and operational stakeholders.