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The glossary's definition had more in the 1st sentence which basically said
what the suggested second sentence said - so I get your point about mushy
fruit. I agree that the authority is a central concept to TAM and that's
what I was alluding to with my context comment. I think it ought to be in
the definition. How about:
A trust anchor is a public key and associated data that represents an
authoritative source of some type of information. Associated data is used
to define the scope of the use of the trust anchor including the authorized
type of information.
spt