draft-morrison-identity-pronouns
Identity Pronouns: A Reference-Axis Extension to ~handle Identity Systems
This document defines an identity pronoun grammar as a reference axis
orthogonal to the ~handle identity tier taxonomy defined in [MCPDNS]
and [IDCOMMITS]. A pronoun is a session-scoped reference that
resolves client-side to a concrete handle using local session state
before any cryptographic, DNS, or federation operation. The entity-
class taxonomy (Sovereign, Bot, Instrument) is unchanged; this
specification introduces Absolute vs Pronoun as an orthogonal axis.
A pronoun MUST NOT appear in a capability token, in a DNS record, in
an Accord signature, or in any inter-organisational protocol payload.
The reference implementation defines a single Wave-1 pronoun, ~org,
that resolves to the concrete handle of the organisation bound to the
caller's current session. An appendix defines a relative-path
pronoun grammar (e.g. ~./architect, ~../weaver) as a non-normative
design surface for future work. The mechanism is provider-neutral,
introduces no new cryptographic primitive, and imposes zero new load
on DNS, capability-token issuers, or federated resolvers.