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| 1 | +# Chapter Three: Working with Edges |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Claims and other credentials offer crucial support for an XID. They |
| 4 | +reveal the experience that's necessary to improve the progressive |
| 5 | +trust offered to a pseudonymous identity. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +To date, claims have all been detached. Often this is because claims |
| 8 | +are small enough that they shouldn't be cluttering up the XID Document |
| 9 | +that's fundamental to the description of an identity. But sometimes |
| 10 | +it's because claims are sensitive and may need to be hidden in various |
| 11 | +ways. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +This isn't always the case. There are claims (and other data) that are |
| 14 | +important enough that they should be linked to the XID in a more |
| 15 | +permanent way. They can still be elided: any data on a XID can be |
| 16 | +redacted to ensure data minmization. But, because of their importance, |
| 17 | +they need to be part of the default organization of a XID. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +This chapter will discuss a variety of ways to add data to a XID, with |
| 20 | +a focus on _edges_, which are a methodology for placing a claim |
| 21 | +directly on a XID. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +## Major Objectives for this Chapter |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +After working through this chapter, a developer will be able to: |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +- Create self-attestation edges |
| 28 | +- Create peer endorsement edges |
| 29 | +- Extract attestations from XIDs |
| 30 | +- Establish proof of control for a GitHub account |
| 31 | +- Build a Web of Trust |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +Supporting objectives include the ability to: |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +- Know different methodologies for linking data to XIDs |
| 36 | +- Understand the difference between self-attestations and peer endorsements |
| 37 | +- Know the value of relationship transparency |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +## Table of Contents |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +* [Section One: Creating Edges](03_1_Creating_Edges.md) |
| 42 | +* [Section Two: Supporting Cross Verification](03_2_Supporting_Cross_Verification.md) |
| 43 | +* [Section Three: Creating Peer Endorsements](03_3_Creating_Peer_Endorsements.md) |
| 44 | + |
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