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chore: export Installed Web Application Identity
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Expand Up @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ <h2>
</li>
<li>[=manifest/icons=]
</li>
<li>[=manifest/identity=]
<li>[=manifest/id=]
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The reference should be [=manifest/identity=] to match the definition being discussed in this section, not [=manifest/id=]. The id is the member name, but the concept being referenced is the identity.

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<li>[=manifest/id=]
<li>[=manifest/identity=]

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You're wrong, co-pilot... this is about the manifest members, not the concepts (but I still love you).

</li>
<li>[=manifest/lang=]
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<p>
The [=manifest's=] <code><dfn data-export="" data-dfn-for=
"manifest">id</dfn></code> member is a <a>string</a> that represents
the <dfn>identity</dfn> for the application. The [=identity=] takes
the form of a URL, which is same origin as the [=start URL=].
</p>
<p>
The [=identity=] is used by user agents to uniquely identify the
application universally. When the user agent sees a manifest with an
[=identity=] that does not correspond to an already-installed
application, it SHOULD treat that manifest as a description of a
distinct application, even if it is served from the same URL as that
of another application. When the user agent sees a manifest where
|manifest|["id"] is [=url/equal=] (with [=URL/equals/exclude
fragments=] OPTIONALLY set to true) to the [=identity=] of an
the <dfn class="export" data-dfn-for=
"installed web application">identity</dfn> for the application. The
[=installed web application/identity=] takes the form of a URL, which
is same origin as the [=start URL=].
</p>
<p>
The [=installed web application/identity=] is used by user agents to
uniquely identify the application universally. When the user agent
sees a manifest with an [=installed web application/identity=] that
does not correspond to an already-installed application, it SHOULD
treat that manifest as a description of a distinct application, even
if it is served from the same URL as that of another application.
When the user agent sees a manifest where |manifest|["id"] is
[=url/equal=] (with [=URL/equals/exclude fragments=] OPTIONALLY set
to true) to the [=installed web application/identity=] of an
already-installed application, it SHOULD be used as a signal that
this manifest is a replacement for the already-installed
application's manifest, and not a distinct application, even if it is
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two [=URLs=] that ought not to have fragments.
</aside>
<p class="note">
The [=identity=] can be used by a service that collects lists of web
applications to uniquely identify applications.
The [=installed web application/identity=] can be used by a service
that collects lists of web applications to uniquely identify
applications.
</p>
<p class="note">
The [=identity=] is processed like a URL but it doesn't point to a
resource that can be navigated to, so it's not required to be
[=URL/within scope=].
The [=installed web application/identity=] is processed like a URL
but it doesn't point to a resource that can be navigated to, so it's
not required to be [=URL/within scope=].
</p>
<p>
To <dfn>process the `id` member</dfn>, given [=ordered map=]
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