Object management is facilitated by signing objects with credentials and
through noting and/or using an association between the signed objects and
the signing credentials. In an exemplary method implementation, actions
include: signing an object with a credential to produce a signed object
and noting an association between an object identifier that represents
the signed object and the credential. In another exemplary method
implementation, actions include: receiving a revocation request for a
signed object; accessing a database at an entry for the signed object to
retrieve an associated credential, the associated credential having been
used to sign an object to produce the signed object; and causing the
associated credential to be revoked. In an exemplary
electronically-accessible media implementation, a data structure thereof
includes: at least one entry that associates a credential with an object
identifier, the object identifier representing a signed object that was
signed by the credential.