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| − | The [http://www.identitygang.org/DigitalSubject IdentityGang.org definition] of [[Digital Subject]] is:
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| − | :An ''Entity'' represented or existing in the digital realm which is being described or dealt with.
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| − | Their relationship to [[Identity Attribute|Attributes]] is mentioned in the IdentityGang definition of Identity Attribute :
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| − | :A property of a ''Digital Subject'' that may have zero or more values.
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| − | ===As Used In Higgins===
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| − | * Relationship to an [[Entity]]: Although any given [[Digital Subject]] is relevant to, and exists within a given [[Context]], a single [[Entity]] may be represented as one [[Digital Subject]] in one [[Context]] and as another [[Digital Subject]] in another [[Context]] (and perhaps still others). By linking or "federating" these disparate [[Digital Subject|Digital Subjects]] one can gain a more unified view of a given [[Entity]]. [[Context|Contexts]] representing different systems, organizations and entire enterprises with widely varying storage and trust models are handled using this [[Digital Subject]] linking approach. For example the [[Entity]] "Bob Smith" could be represented as two [[Digital Subject|Digital Subjects]]; the first having "bsmith" as an identifier and the second having "bob" as an identifier. These two [[Digital Subject|Digital Subjects]] may be in the same or in different [[Context|Contexts]].
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| − | * In addition to simple scalar values the [[Identity Attribute|Attributes]] contained in a [[Digital Subject]] may contain a reference to other [[Digital Subject]]s in the same or different [[Context]]s
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| − | * [[Context]]s can be nested (e.g. enterprises have sub-organizations, and there are systems within an enterprise/org, etc.) or related through other means (employment/HR system vs. customer system where same person is a customer and an employee). Thus linking the [[Digital Subject]]s relevant to those contexts provides an overall view of a [[Digital Subject]] (or at least a partial "overall" view to those [[Context]]s).
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| − | * The information contained in a [[Digital Subject]] is not necessarily a pure subset of the union of all of the information contained in all of the [[Digital Subject]]s of an [[Entity]] taken together. There is no consistency constraint imposed between the [[Digital Subject]]s of an [[Entity]]. For example, a person could claim that their name was Joe in one [[Digital Subject]] and JoAnn in another.
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