Overview

Explanation of the basics of Misakey's system and its architecture.

Organization: it represents a legal entity owning data related to subjects (people).
Box: a confidential space within the context of an organization where the data is shared between users, machines using end-to-end encryption.
Datatag: a free text attached to an organization and some data. It allows the identification of the type of data, for easier retrieval of data but also to enable data sharing consent.
Identity: the entity representing a human or a machine. It stands for "user" within Misakey system, where users can also be a machine representing an organization.
Data subject: the identity concerned by the data. The data subject has access to the data they are linked to, and can decid
Identifier value: it is the claim value identifying the identity: an email, a phone number...
Identifier kind: it is the claim type of the identifier value: email, phone...