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< a > relying party</ a > , a more flexible and dynamic trust model is created
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such that market competition and customer choice is increased.
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</ p >
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+ < p class ="note ">
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+ Experts may recognize that the data model detailed in this specification
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+ does not imply a transitive trust model, such as that provided by more
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+ traditional Certificate Authority trust models. In the Verifiable Credentials
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+ Data Model, a < a > verifier</ a > either directly trusts an < a > issuer</ a > or it
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+ does not trust the issuer. While it is possible to build transitive trust
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+ models using the Verifiable Credentials Data Model, implementers are urged
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+ to
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+ < a href ="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-housley-web-pki-problems "> learn about the security weaknesses</ a >
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+ introduced by broadly delegating trust in the manner adopted by
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+ Certificate Authority systems.
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+ </ p >
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</ section >
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