Responsibility Infrastructure Registry.
The proposed RI Registry model describes how recognised standing and its history could be published. It does not imply an operational independent registry or institutional recognition authority.
Function
Under the proposed architecture, an appropriately authorised recognition process would determine the effect of a verified record. A registry could publish resulting standing and the history needed to interpret it. RI publication alone does not create that authority.
Standing
Registry records distinguish current standing from historical determinations. A relying party can therefore determine what standing applies now without losing the history from which that standing arose.
Resolution
Resolution identifies the current standing relevant to a particular subject, responsibility, scope and reliance request. The relying party then applies its own decision policy.