SA UC3 Components

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Common eIDAS components

Component	Role	Short description of its use
eIDAS connector	Authentication connector	The component Member States implement to connect to the eIDAS network as a relying party. The connector accepts authentication requests from the service providers of the Member State and forwards the requests to the Member States that needs to authenticate the user. After authentication, the eIDAS connector receives the authentication results and sends them to the requesting service provider (relying party).
eIDAS proxy	Authentication proxy	The component Member States implement to allow authentication with their (notified) eID for services provided in other Member States. The eIDAS proxy receives authentication requests from relying Member States and coordinates authentication. The eIDAS proxy then sends the result to the requesting eIDAS connector.

Common evidence exchange components

Component	Role	Short description of its use
SSI Authority agent	Data Consumer/ Verifier and Data Provider/ Issuer	The SSI Authority agent is a component responsible for implementing the SSI approach (manage DP/DC DID, control, issue and receive VC securely interacting with students’ edge agents) and integrating with EBSI/eSSIF infrastructure. It exposes a set of API endpoints that a DC/DP service calls in order to manage verifiable credentials and implement the VC pattern.
SSI Edge agent	Evidence Holder	Component for students (mobile SSI-Wallet) to manage issued Diplomas (receive them from Issuers as Verifiable Attestations and send them to Verifiers as Verifiable Presentations).