Introduce the concept of trust.

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@@ -35,10 +35,15 @@ The opposite is true too, a known company can have identified itself as the
owner and that we can advertise the trust to be higher.
In hour generated metadata this is reflected by the (token) category itself
In our generated metadata this is reflected by the (token) category itself
having a trust, and each metadata file linked having it's own specific
trust.
As a suggestion of policy, if a publisher of metadata has inconsistent data,
for instance they failed to have 18+ tags in their metadata file while this
would be appropriate, then what we suggest is to simply not include this
teams data in the registry until such a time that this omission has been fixed.
# Config format
In the trust subdir of the input directory you can place many text files
@@ -49,6 +54,13 @@ Fields are read from top to bottom, you can mention the same field various
times such that the item is processed in order.
* trust=ultimate
The trust level is given. none, marginal, good, ultimate
The trust level is given. none, marginal, good, high, ultimate
* domain=bitcoincash.org
Provides the source of the
Provides the source of the metadata in dns form.
* category=deadbeef0124
A 64 character, hex-encoded token category. Which will then inherit
the most recently set trust.
* authbase=deadbeef0124
A 64 character, hex-encoded authbase (txid). Which will then inherit
the most recently set trust. Allowing for all metadata files indicated
by it to likewise inherit this trust.