# Authenticating professionals

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|Version|2025-07-04|
|Status|draft|

## Introduction
This technical agreement descibes how professionals should be authenticated in the context of data exchanges.

## Agreements

### Decision 1
Professionals are "authenticated" (it is probably better ot refer to this solution as "federating the identity of the professional") using a [NutsEmployeeCredential](https://wiki.nuts.nl/books/authenticatie/page/proposal-for-employeeidentity-means) when cross-organizational authentication by Dezi is not in place.

### Rationale
1. NutsEmployeeCredential can be used now and is not dependent of other (national) initiatives

### Decision 1
When cross-organizational authentication by Dezi is in place, professionals are authenticated using Dezi.

### Rationale
1. t.b.d.