diff --git a/src/claim.js b/src/claim.js
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+/*
+Copyright 2021 Yarmo Mackenbach
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+const openpgp = require('openpgp')
+const validator = require('validator')
+const validUrl = require('valid-url')
+const mergeOptions = require('merge-options')
+const keys = require('./keys')
+const proofs = require('./proofs')
+const verifications = require('./verifications')
+const claimDefinitions = require('./claimDefinitions')
+const defaults = require('./defaults')
+const E = require('./enums')
+
+/**
+ * OpenPGP-based identity claim
+ * @class
+ */
+class Claim {
+  #uri
+  #fingerprint
+  #state
+  #dataMatches
+  #verification
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize a Claim object
+   * @constructor
+   * @param {string} [uri] - The URI of the identity claim
+   * @param {string} [fingerprint] - The fingerprint of the OpenPGP key
+   */
+  constructor(uri, fingerprint) {
+    // Verify validity of URI
+    if (uri && !validUrl.isUri(uri)) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid URI')
+    }
+    // Verify validity of fingerprint
+    if (fingerprint) {
+      try {
+        validator.isAlphanumeric(fingerprint)
+      } catch (err) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid fingerprint`)
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.#uri = uri ? uri : null
+    this.#fingerprint = fingerprint ? fingerprint : null
+    this.#state = Claim.State.INIT
+    this.#dataMatches = null
+    this.#verification = null
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Enum for the current verification state of the claim
+   * @readonly
+   * @enum {string}
+   */
+  static State = {
+    INIT: 'init',
+    MATCHED: 'matched',
+    VERIFIED: 'verified',
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Generate an array of claim objects from an OpenPGP key's notations 
+   * @static
+   * @async
+   * @function
+   * @param {Key} key - Public key
+   * @returns {Claim}
+   */
+  static async fromKey(key) {
+    if (!(key instanceof openpgp.key.Key)) {
+      throw new Error('Input is not an OpenPGP key')
+    }
+    const fingerprintFromKey = await keys.getFingerprint(key)
+    const userData = await keys.getUserData(key)
+
+    let claims = []
+    userData.forEach((user, i) => {
+      let userClaims = []
+      user.notations.forEach((notation, j) => {
+        userClaims.push(new Claim(notation, fingerprintFromKey))
+      })
+      claims.push(userClaims)
+    })
+    return claims
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Generate a claim object from a JSON object
+   * @static
+   * @function
+   * @param {object} data - JSON data
+   * @returns {Claim}
+   */
+  static fromJSON(data) {
+    switch (data.claimVersion) {
+      case 1:
+        const claim = new Claim()
+        claim.#uri = data.uri
+        claim.#fingerprint = data.fingerprint
+        claim.#state = data.state
+        claim.#dataMatches = data.dataMatches
+        claim.#verification = data.verification
+        return claim
+        break
+    
+      default:
+        throw new Error('Invalid claim version')
+        break
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the default options used for verification
+   * @static
+   * @function
+   * @returns {object}
+   */
+  static get defaultOpts() {
+    return defaults.opts
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the claim's URI
+   * @function
+   * @returns {string}
+   */
+  get uri() {
+    return this.#uri
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the fingerprint the claim is supposed to acknowledge
+   * @function
+   * @returns {string}
+   */
+  get fingerprint() {
+    return this.#fingerprint
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the current state of the claim's verification process
+   * @function
+   * @returns {string}
+   */
+  get state() {
+    return this.#state
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the candidate claim definitions the URI matched against 
+   * @function
+   * @returns {object}
+   */
+  get matches() {
+    if (this.#state === Claim.State.INIT) {
+      throw new Error('This claim has not yet been matched')
+    }
+    return this.#dataMatches
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the result of the verification process
+   * @function
+   * @returns {object}
+   */
+  get result() {
+    if (this.#state !== Claim.State.VERIFIED) {
+      throw new Error('This claim has not yet been verified')
+    }
+    return this.#verification
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the claim's URI
+   * @function
+   * @param {string} uri - The new claim URI
+   */
+  set uri(uri) {
+    if (this.#state !== Claim.State.INIT) {
+      throw new Error('Cannot change the URI, this claim has already been matched')
+    }
+    // Verify validity of URI
+    if (uri && !validUrl.isUri(uri)) {
+      throw new Error('The URI was invalid')
+    }
+    // Remove leading and trailing spaces
+    uri = uri.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '')
+
+    this.#uri = uri
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the claim's fingerprint to verify against
+   * @function
+   * @param {string} fingerprint - The new fingerprin
+   */
+  set fingerprint(fingerprint) {
+    if (this.#state === Claim.State.VERIFIED) {
+      throw new Error('Cannot change the fingerprint, this claim has already been verified')
+    }
+    this.#fingerprint = fingerprint
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Match the claim's URI to candidate definitions
+   * @function
+   */
+  match() {
+    if (this.#state !== Claim.State.INIT) {
+      throw new Error('This claim was already matched')
+    }
+    if (this.#uri === null) {
+      throw new Error('This claim has no URI')
+    }
+
+    this.#dataMatches = []
+
+    claimDefinitions.list.every((name, i) => {
+      const def = claimDefinitions.data[name]
+
+      // If the candidate is invalid, continue matching
+      if (!def.reURI.test(this.#uri)) {
+        return true
+      }
+
+      const candidate = def.processURI(this.#uri)
+      if (candidate.match.isAmbiguous) {
+        // Add to the possible candidates
+        this.#dataMatches.push(candidate)
+      } else {
+        // Set a single candidate and stop
+        this.#dataMatches = [
+          candidate
+        ]
+        return false
+      }
+
+      // Continue matching
+      return true
+    })
+
+    this.#state = Claim.State.MATCHED
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Verify the claim. The proof for each candidate is sequentially fetched and
+   * checked for the fingerprint. The verification stops when either a positive
+   * result was obtained, or an unambiguous claim definition was processed
+   * regardless of the result.
+   * @async
+   * @function
+   * @param {object} [opts] - Options for proxy, fetchers
+   */
+  async verify(opts) {
+    if (this.#state === Claim.State.INIT) {
+      throw new Error('This claim has not yet been matched')
+    }
+    if (this.#state === Claim.State.VERIFIED) {
+      throw new Error('This claim has already been verified')
+    }
+    if (this.#fingerprint === null) {
+      throw new Error('This claim has no fingerprint')
+    }
+
+    // Handle options
+    opts = mergeOptions(defaults.opts, opts ? opts : {})
+
+    // For each match
+    for (let index = 0; index < this.#dataMatches.length; index++) {
+      const claimData = this.#dataMatches[index]
+      
+      let verificationResult,
+        proofData = null,
+        proofFetchError
+
+      try {
+        proofData = await proofs.fetch(claimData, opts)
+      } catch (err) {
+        proofFetchError = err
+      }
+
+      if (proofData) {
+        // Run the verification process
+        verificationResult = verifications.run(proofData.result, claimData, this.#fingerprint)
+        verificationResult.proof = {
+          fetcher: proofData.fetcher,
+          viaProxy: proofData.viaProxy,
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (this.isAmbiguous()) {
+          // Assume a wrong match and continue
+          continue
+        }
+
+        // Consider the proof completed but with a negative result
+        verificationResult = {
+          result: false,
+          completed: true,
+          proof: {},
+          errors: [proofFetchError],
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (verificationResult.completed) {
+        // Store the result, keep a single match and stop verifying
+        this.#verification = verificationResult
+        this.#dataMatches = [
+          claimData
+        ]
+        index = this.#dataMatches.length
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.#state = Claim.State.VERIFIED
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the ambiguity of the claim. A claim is only unambiguous if any
+   * of the candidates is unambiguous. An ambiguous claim should never be
+   * displayed in an user interface when its result is negative.
+   * @function
+   * @returns {boolean}
+   */
+  isAmbiguous() {
+    if (this.#state === Claim.State.INIT) {
+      throw new Error('The claim has not been matched yet')
+    }
+    if (this.#dataMatches.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error('The claim has no matches')
+    } 
+    return this.#dataMatches.length > 1 || this.#dataMatches[0].match.isAmbiguous
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a JSON representation of the Claim object. Useful when transferring 
+   * data between instances/machines.
+   * @function
+   * @returns {object}
+   */
+  toJSON() {
+    return {
+      claimVersion: 1,
+      uri: this.#uri,
+      fingerprint: this.#fingerprint,
+      state: this.#state,
+      dataMatches: this.#dataMatches,
+      verification: this.#verification,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = Claim 
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diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index f77be33..6bb2e68 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
+const Claim = require('./claim')
 const proofs = require('./proofs')
 const keys = require('./keys')
 const signatures = require('./signatures')
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ const enums = require('./enums')
 const defaults = require('./defaults')
 const utils = require('./utils')
 
+exports.Claim = Claim
 exports.proofs = proofs
 exports.keys = keys
 exports.signatures = signatures