Attestation Provider
Attestation Provider is the collective term for the three roles the ARF defines for issuing attribute credentials: a QEAA Provider, a PuB-EAA Provider, and a non-qualified EAA Provider. Which one an issuer is determines how much trust a relying party can place in what it issues.
A QEAA Provider is a qualified trust service provider listed on a national Trusted List, so its attestations carry the eIDAS 2.0 legal presumption of accuracy. A PuB-EAA Provider is a public sector body, or an entity acting on its behalf, issuing attestations without going through qualified certification. An EAA Provider is any other organisation issuing attestations at whatever assurance level it can support. All three draw on Authentic Sources for the attributes they attest, and a relying party checks the Trust Anchor behind an Attestation Provider to know which of the three it is dealing with.