Re: NEW Data type for certificate selection ?

[Andreas Berger <aberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is the problem of selecting certificates somewhat similar to the
selection of telephone numbers?

Example:

have an application select a FAX number for my home phone from an
address book entry. The numbers itself (the certificate) cannot be
distinguished from other numbers, it is the attribute name "FAX, home"
(or something like this) that shows the designated use of the number.

A little difference exists, in that certificates usually contain some
information about the intended use. But this information is not encoded
in a uniform way. The decision is usually left to the application (which
is the problem to be solved here?).

Andreas
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