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Add note on transitive trust to Trust Model section. Fix #252.
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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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