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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Regents of the University of California
+ *                     Alexander Afanasyev
+ *
+ * BSD license, See the LICENSE file for more information
+ *
+ * Author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_IDENTITY_H
+#define NDN_IDENTITY_H
+
+namespace ndn {
+
+/**
+ * @brief Class representing NDN identity
+ *
+ * - name 
+ *   - (indexing and lookup)
+ *   - /ndn/ucla.edu/alex
+ * - contents
+ *   - privateKeyName
+ *     - unique name of the private key
+ *     - private key bits are not exposed anywhere
+ *     - /ndn/ucla.edu/alex/privKey/<pubkey.sha256>
+ *   - indexed list of certificates
+ *     - NDN DATA packets
+ *     - easy access data structure of NDN certificate (“parsed DATA packet”)
+ *   - link to default certificate
+ *   - revocation list
+ *     - one or more NDN DATA packets
+ *     - name: <identity-name>/revocation-list/<version>(/<seqno>)?
+ *       - /ndn/ucla.edu/alex/revocation-list/%FD...01
+ *       - initially empty, updated whenever an issued certificate is getting revoked
+ *     - revocation always exists
+ *
+ */
+class Identity
+{
+public:
+};
+
+} // ndn
+
+#endif // NDN_IDENTITY_H