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Controller of Verification Method
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Expand Up @@ -1271,12 +1271,18 @@ <h2>Verification Methods</h2>
described in Section [[[#verification-methods]]]. When it is used in either
place, its purpose is essentially the same; that is, it expresses one or more
entities that are authorized to perform certain actions associated with the
resource with which it is associated.
resource with which it is associated. Note however that for [=verification methods=] it is only
an assertion made by the `controller` of the [=controlled identifier document=] and this
assertion may be true or false. It is not necessarily a statement of fact.
To ensure that a [=verification method=]
is bound to a particular [=controller=], one must go from the expression of the [=verification method=]
to its [=controlled-identifier-document=], and then ensure that the latter contains a reference to
the [=verification method=] and to its [=controller=].
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In the case of the [=controller=] of a [=controlled identifier document=], the
[=controller=] can update the content of the document. In the case of the
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In the case of the [=controller=] of a [=controlled identifier document=], the
[=controller=] can update the content of the document. In the case of the
The [=controller=] of a [=controlled identifier document=]
can update the content of the document, while the

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I have accepted this change, but made it a complete sentence.

[=controller=] of a [=verification method=], the [=controller=] can generate
[=controller=] of a [=verification method=], the actual [=controller=] can generate
proofs that satisfy the method.
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I do not understand what the actual [=controller=] is supposed to mean, nor what it is suggesting is the ersatz [=controller=].

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[=controller=] of a [=verification method=], the actual [=controller=] can generate
proofs that satisfy the method.
[=controller=] of a [=verification method=] can generate
proofs that satisfy the method.

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The actual controller refers to the actual controller, rather than the asserted controller. Since the assertion can be true or false, if it is true then the asserted controller is the actual controller, if it is false, then the asserted controller is not actually the controller.

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I think I see what you mean. Perhaps this will communicate that better?

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[=controller=] of a [=verification method=], the actual [=controller=] can generate
proofs that satisfy the method.
<em>actual</em> [=controller=] of a [=verification method=] —
which the `controller` of the [=controlled identifier document=]
may not have <em>asserted</em>
as the [=controller=] of the [=verification method=] —
can generate proofs that satisfy the method.

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I have suggested alternative wording to the above which I hope makes it clearer to readers.

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