signed business record
A versioned, signed record of what a business publishes about itself on its own site: name, phones, website, street address or service area, hours and type. Each version names the previous one and is entered in a transparency log, and the business can serve it from its own domain.
What signed business record does not show
It says what the business states, not that the business exists at that address.
Terms this definition uses
Service · service area · transparency log
Related terms in Entities and schema
Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.
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Questions about signed business record
What is signed business record?
A versioned, signed record of what a business publishes about itself on its own site: name, phones, website, street address or service area, hours and type. Each version names the previous one and is entered in a transparency log, and the business can serve it from its own domain.
What does signed business record not show or guarantee?
It says what the business states, not that the business exists at that address.
Which area of the glossary does signed business record belong to?
Entities and schema: Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.
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