Note that presentations can be performed by issuers and verifiers.

Author: msporny

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@@ -910,12 +910,11 @@ <h3>Presentations</h3>
 
         <p>
 Enhancing privacy is a key design feature of this specification. Therefore, it
-is important for [=entities=] using this technology to be able to express
-only the portions of their persona that are appropriate for a given situation.
-The expression of a subset of one's persona is called a
-[=verifiable presentation=]. Examples of different personas include a
-person's professional persona, their online gaming persona, their
-family persona, or an incognito persona.
+is important for [=entities=] using this technology to be able to express only
+the portions of their persona that are appropriate for a given situation. The
+expression of a subset of one's persona is called a [=verifiable presentation=].
+Examples of different personas include a person's professional persona, their
+online gaming persona, their family persona, or an incognito persona.
         </p>
 
         <p>
@@ -1039,7 +1038,8 @@ <h3>Presentations</h3>
         </figure>
 
 
-        <p class="note">
+        <p class="note"
+          title="Presentations can contain multiple verifiable credentials">
 It is possible to have a [=presentation=], such as a collection of university credentials, which
 draws on multiple [=credentials=] about different [=subjects=] that are
 often, but not required to be, related.
@@ -1048,6 +1048,17 @@ <h3>Presentations</h3>
 See Appendix <a href="#additional-diagrams-for-verifiable-presentations"></a> for more details.
         </p>
 
+        <p class="note"
+          title="Presentations can be presented by issuers and verifiers">
+As described in Section [[[#ecosystem-overview]]], an [=entity=] can take
+on one or more roles as they step through a particular credential exchange.
+While a [=holder=] is typically expected to generate [=presentations=], a
+[=issuer=] or [=verifier=] might generate a presentation to identify themselves
+to a [=holder=]. This might occur if the [=holder=] needs higher assurance
+from the [=issuer=] or [=verifier=] before handing over sensitive information
+contained in a [=verifiable presentation=].
+        </p>
+
       </section>
 
       <section class="informative">