qualified

Definition

When qualified, a cryptographic primitive includes a prepended derivation code (as a proem), that indicates the cryptographic algorithm or suite used for that derivation.

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This simplifies and compactifies the essential information needed to use that cryptographic primitive. All cryptographic primitives expressed in either text or binary CESR are qualified by definition CESR-ID. Qualification is an essential property of CESR [CESR-ID](https://weboftrust.github.io/ietf-keri/draft-ssmith-keri.html#CESR-ID)
Sam Smith, IETF-keri