https://w3id.org/np/RAXF42cmwcpM8bYAZzEtqPq2CJTlpbWea4fL7liz10lgo/Head https://w3id.org/np/RAXF42cmwcpM8bYAZzEtqPq2CJTlpbWea4fL7liz10lgo http://www.nanopub.org/nschema#hasAssertion https://w3id.org/np/RAXF42cmwcpM8bYAZzEtqPq2CJTlpbWea4fL7liz10lgo/assertion https://w3id.org/np/RAXF42cmwcpM8bYAZzEtqPq2CJTlpbWea4fL7liz10lgo http://www.nanopub.org/nschema#hasProvenance https://w3id.org/np/RAXF42cmwcpM8bYAZzEtqPq2CJTlpbWea4fL7liz10lgo/provenance https://w3id.org/np/RAXF42cmwcpM8bYAZzEtqPq2CJTlpbWea4fL7liz10lgo http://www.nanopub.org/nschema#hasPublicationInfo https://w3id.org/np/RAXF42cmwcpM8bYAZzEtqPq2CJTlpbWea4fL7liz10lgo/pubinfo https://w3id.org/np/RAXF42cmwcpM8bYAZzEtqPq2CJTlpbWea4fL7liz10lgo http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type http://www.nanopub.org/nschema#Nanopublication https://w3id.org/np/RAXF42cmwcpM8bYAZzEtqPq2CJTlpbWea4fL7liz10lgo/assertion https://w3id.org/np/RAZHJmoLraSc7aDip-wMlArYrUWivp5XWHtppVyHYhTgM/faq-entry http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf https://w3id.org/spaces/nanopub/r/faq https://w3id.org/np/RAZHJmoLraSc7aDip-wMlArYrUWivp5XWHtppVyHYhTgM/faq-entry http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type http://schema.org/Question https://w3id.org/np/RAZHJmoLraSc7aDip-wMlArYrUWivp5XWHtppVyHYhTgM/faq-entry http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label How do users authenticate in the nanopublication system? https://w3id.org/np/RAZHJmoLraSc7aDip-wMlArYrUWivp5XWHtppVyHYhTgM/faq-entry https://w3id.org/kpxl/gen/terms/hasContent <p>Authentication in the nanopublication system is based on digital signatures. Each user owns one or more RSA key pairs, and every nanopublication is signed with one of the user's private keys. The signature and the corresponding public key are included in the nanopublication itself (in its publication info graph), so anyone can verify that a nanopublication was indeed created by the holder of that key and was not modified afterwards. Users do not need to manage these keys manually: tools like <a href="https://nanodash.knowledgepixels.com/">Nanodash</a> take care of generating and handling the key pairs behind the scenes.</p> <p>The link between a key pair and a user identity is itself established with a nanopublication: an <em>introduction</em> nanopublication declares that a given public key belongs to a given agent, identified by an IRI. A user can thereby have several key pairs linked to the same identity, for example one per tool or device. Typically the identifier is an <a href="https://orcid.org/">ORCID</a> ID, and Nanodash currently requires an ORCID login. 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