Transmute Vocabulary

Issuer

NIST

The organization that is issuing the PIV Card to an applicant. Typically, this is an organization for which the applicant is working.

An entity that performs functions required to produce, issue, and maintain PIV Cards or Derived PIV Credentials for an organization

The organization that is issuing the PIV Card (or DPC) to an applicant. Typically, this is an organization for which the applicant is working.

IETF

The issuer field identifies the entity that has signed and issued the certificate. The issuer field MUST contain a non-empty distinguished name (DN).

The “iss” (issuer) claim identifies the principal that issued the JWT. The processing of this claim is generally application specific. The “iss” value is a case-sensitive string containing a StringOrURI value. Use of this claim is OPTIONAL.

W3C

A role an entity can perform by asserting claims about one or more subjects, creating a verifiable credential from these claims, and transmitting the verifiable credential to a holder.

merriam-webster

issue the act of publishing or officially giving out or making available something coming forth from a specified source a final outcome that usually constitutes a solution (as of a problem) or resolution (as of a difficulty) to put forth or distribute usually officially to send out for sale or circulation : PUBLISH