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Context
A Higgins Context is a container of one or more Digital Subjects. Contexts data objects instantiated and managed by Context Provider plug-ins.
Examples of Contexts that contain multiple Digital Subjects include: directories, informal groups, project teams, collaboration spaces, and communications systems and networks.
Examples of Contexts that, at least from the point of view of the authenticated consumer, typically contain only a single Digital Subject are: driver's licenses, credit cards, business cards, and many other kinds of security devices.
Every Context has its own identifier namespace. Every Digital Subject within a Context has a unique identifier from this namespace called "CUID" --a Contextually Unique Identifier Identity Attribute.
Every Context has a schema that describes kinds of Digital Subjects and Identity Attributes that an instance of this Context contains.