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   <dd>
 A set of one or more <a>claims</a> made by an <a>issuer</a>.
 The <a>claims</a> in a credential can be about different <a>subjects</a>.
+<p>
+  Our definition of credential differs from, 
+  <a href="https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/credential">NIST's definitions of credential</a>, 
+  in particular our definition does not require any binding to identity.
+</p>
   </dd>
   <dt><dfn>data minimization</dfn></dt>
   <dd>