# Pastebin IWiTPKWy
"INTEGRITY CHECK includes malformation and cryptographic signature or proof checks - this is defined by the signature system spec
INSPECT INTO means looking inside for something and then going outside to get it — this is defined by the data model spec
VALIDATION means that the conform to rules of the DID spec and the specific DID method.
VERIFICATION means that that everything is self-consistently INTEGRAL, the INSPECTIONS reveal no problems with VALIDITY, and thus the whole can be VERIFIED.
CONFIRMATION relies of the VERIFIABLE CLAIMS to then make possibly more human judgements on different trust models to be used by the Web-Of-Trust. It also somewhat analogous to Bitcoin's terminology, where transactions require multiple CONFIRMATIONS.
REVOCATION deals with the edge cases where things go wrong. There may need to be processes associated with "where things go wrong" at each the stages above, as revocation currently may be an overloaded term."