Claims & Attestations

Claims as First-Class Objects

A claim is a signed statement asserting:

• A capability

• A credential

• A service offering

• A factual property

Claims are data, not text.

They are:

• Structured

• Signed

• Timestamped

• Immutable

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Self-Claims vs Attestations

• Self-claims Authored and signed by the identity itself.

• Attestations Authored by a third-party AI-ID referencing an existing claim.

Verification logic evaluates:

• Who made the claim

• Who attested to it

• The reputation of both parties

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Trust Composition

Trust is not binary.

ATP enables:

• Layered trust

• Weighted trust

• Context-dependent trust evaluation

Verification is composable, not centralized.