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date: 2019-03-27
title: Project Danube
title: Danube Tech
description: The longest running firm working towards user-owned and controlled internet identity.
excerpt: >
This is an open-source project offering software for identity and personal data services on the Internet. The core of this project is an XDI-based Personal Data Store - a semantic database for your personal data, which always remains under your control. Applications on top of this database include the Federated Social Web, the selective sharing of personal data with organizations, and much more.
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image: /images/danube-header.png
teaser: /images/danube-teaser.png
categories: ["Companies","Blockchain","Identity Foudation"]
tags: ["Danube Tech","XDI","DHS"]
tags: ["Danube Tech","XDI","DHS","DID"]
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last_modified_at: 2020-01-07
last_modified_at: 2020-11-09
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![](https://i.imgur.com/poduhZU.png)
**Digital identity and personal data, including personal agents, semantic graphs, and blockchain.**
Danube Tech must be the longest running firm working towards user-owned and controlled internet identity.
* [Danube Tech](http://danubetech.com/) — digital identity and personal data, including personal agents, semantic graphs, and blockchain ([**xdi**](https://xdi2.org)) ([**navigator**](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2)) - [Markus Sabadello (Peacekeeper)](http://mydata2016.org/speaker/markus-sabadello/) [[**T**](https://twitter.com/peacekeeper)] [[**G**](https://github.com/peacekeeper)] [[**B**](https://medium.com/@markus.sabadello)] has been working on XDI personal data stores since as early as 2010.
**[Website](http://danubetech.com/) - [Markus Sabadello (Peacekeeper)](http://mydata2016.org/speaker/markus-sabadello/) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/peacekeeper) [GitHub](https://github.com/peacekeeper) [Medium](https://medium.com/@markus.sabadello)**
## Danube
>This is an open-source project offering software for identity and personal data services on the Internet. The core of this project is an XDI-based Personal Data Store - a semantic database for your personal data, which always remains under your control. Applications on top of this database include the Federated Social Web, the selective sharing of personal data with organizations, and much more.
> This is an open-source project offering software for identity and personal data services on the Internet. The core of this project is an XDI-based Personal Data Store - a semantic database for your personal data, which always remains under your control. Applications on top of this database include the Federated Social Web, the selective sharing of personal data with organizations, and much more.
>[![](https://i.imgur.com/dpKldXI.png)](https://web.archive.org/web/20101103064516/http://projectdanube.org/)
* [A position paper on blockchain enabled identity and the road ahead](https://www.bundesblock.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ssi-paper.pdf)—Identity Working Group of the German Blockchain Association [[**ϟ**](https://www.bundesblock.de/2018/10/23/position-paper-self-sovereign-identity/)]
>In a SSI proof-of-concept during the first half of 2018, 3 banks, an insurance company, the Austrian Post, and an institution representing notaries has cooperated to implement a range of use cases based on DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, Sovrin, and the XDI protocol. The use cases included:
> * digital ID onboarding for existing clients,
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> * change of identity service providers,
> * personal ID verification in a peer-to-peer marketplace
[Developer Showcase Series: Markus Sabadello, Danube Tech – Hyper...](https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2018/08/15/developer-showcase-series-markus-sabadello-danube-tech)
We have another Developer Showcase blog ready! This series serves to highlight the work and motivations of developers, users and researchers collaborating on Hyperledger’s projects. Next up is Markus Sabadello from Danube Tech....
[US Homeland Security grants blockchain credentialing contract to D...](https://www.ledgerinsights.com/blockchain-credentials-homeland-security-identity-danube-tech/)
The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a $143,478 contract to digital identity firm Danube Tech for credentialing. The Austrian firm has been tasked with developing blockchain security technology for the DHS to se...
[News Release: DHS S&T Awards 143K for Blockchain Interoperability ...](https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/news/2019/09/26/news-release-dhs-st-awards-143k-blockchain-interoperability)
DHS S&T has awarded $143,478 to Danube Tech GmbH, based in Vienna, Austria, to develop blockchain security technology.
## /project-danube Github
* [projectdanube/indy-sdk-java](https://github.com/projectdanube/indy-sdk-java) - Java binding to the native Indy SDK
* [projectdanube/blockstack-cli-java](https://github.com/projectdanube/blockstack-cli-java) - Java client for Blockstore
### XDI
>[XDI.org](https://xdi.org) is a non-profit public trust organization whose purpose is to provide public infrastructure for digital identity, security, and privacy using the open standard XDI semantic data interchange protocol developed by the OASIS XDI Technical Committee.
* [projectdanube/xdi-tutorial](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi-tutorial) - XDI Tutorial
* [projectdanube/XDINinja-swing](https://github.com/projectdanube/XDINinja-swing) - XDI-enabled standalone client application
* [projectdanube/xdi2-tools](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-tools) - XDI2 maintenance and other tools
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connector-personal](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connector-personal) - A connector plugin for the XDI2 server that maps data from Personal.com to XDI
* [projectdanube/xdi2-docker](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-docker) - Dockerfiles for XDI2
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-buttonbuilder](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-buttonbuilder) - "Button Builder" component for the XDI Connect protocol
### XDI libraries
* [projectdanube/xdi2](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2) - XDI2 general purpose library and server
* [projectdanube/xdi-js](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi-js) - XDI client library for JavaScript
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-core](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-core) - Shared library for the XDI Connect protocol
### XDI - Various Integrations
* [projectdanube/xdi2-bdb](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-bdb) - Support for using BDB as XDI2 backend storage
* [projectdanube/xdi2-mongodb](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-mongodb) - Support for using MongoDB as XDI2 backend storage
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-heroku](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-heroku) - XDI2 Server deployed via Heroku
* [projectdanube/xdi2-redis](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-redis) - Support for using Redis as XDI2 backend storage
* [projectdanube/xdi2-tor](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-tor) - Integration of XDI and Tor
* [projectdanube/xdi2-ipfs](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-ipfs) - Integration of XDI and IPFS
* [projectdanube/withsqlite](https://github.com/projectdanube/withsqlite) - A module for a python dict that back ends on an sqlite3 database. It's bit like shelve but with json and sqlite3.
- Forked from jvasile/withsqlite
### XDI Configuration
* [projectdanube/xdi2-selfhosted](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-selfhosted) - A configuration profile of the XDI2 server for self-hosting a single XDI graph.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-csp](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-csp) - A configuration profile of the XDI2 server for hosting a dynamic number of XDI graphs.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-registry](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-registry) -
A configuration profile of the XDI2 server for hosting a registry of XDI names and XDI numbers.
### XDI Examples
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-messaging](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-messaging) - XDI2 Examples: Basic messaging functionality.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-advanced-server](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-advanced-server) - XDI2 Examples: Setting up advanced XDI servers.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-core](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-core) - XDI2 Examples: Simple uses of the core functionality.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-client](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-client) - XDI2 Examples: Writing XDI client applications.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-secp256k1-server](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-secp256k1-server) - Example XDI server using cid-2 cryptographic XDI numbers.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-ec25519-server](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-ec25519-server) - Example XDI server using cid-1 cryptographic XDI numbers.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-acmenews](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-acmenews) - +acmenews XDI2 demo
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-leshop](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-leshop) - +leshop XDI2 demo
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-secp256k1-client](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-secp256k1-client) - Example XDI client using cid-2 cryptographic XDI numbers.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-ec25519-client](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-ec25519-client) - Example XDI client using cid-1 cryptographic XDI numbers.
### XDI Plugins
* [projectdanube/xdi2-crypto-secp256k1](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-crypto-secp256k1) - This is an secp256k1 crypto plugin for the XDI2 client and server.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-crypto-ec25519](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-crypto-ec25519) - This is an Ed25519 crypto plugin for the XDI2 client and server.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connector-facebook](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connector-facebook) - A connector plugin for the XDI2 server that maps data from Facebook to XDI
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connector-meeco](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connector-meeco) - A connector plugin for Meeco
* [projectdanube/XDINinja-plugin](https://github.com/projectdanube/XDINinja-plugin) - A browser plugin that is like "Twitter for data"
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connector-cozy](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connector-cozy) - A connector plugin for CozyCloud
* [projectdanube/xdi2-filesys](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-filesys) - Plugin for an XDI2 server to integrate with a local filesystem
### Aeternam
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-sncf](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-sncf) - Aeternam PNR Demo: SNCF
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-db](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-db) - Aeternam PNR Demo: Deutsche Bahn
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-tests](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-tests) - XDI experimentation for ÆTERNAM / ÆVATAR
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-maria](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-maria) - Aeternam PNR Demo: Maria
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-webshop](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-webshop) - Aeternam PNR Demo: Webshop
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-oebb](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-oebb) - Aeternam PNR Demo: ÖBB
### XDI Cloud
* [projectdanube/xdi2-cloudcards](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-cloudcards) - XDI Cloud Card Viewer
* [projectdanube/xdi2-messenger](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-messenger) - XDI Cloud Messenger
* [projectdanube/xdi2-manager](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-manager) - XDI Cloud Manager
* [projectdanube/xdi2-pixel](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-pixel) - Tool to translate a personal cloud policy language (Pixel) to XDI link contracts.
### XDI Server Deployed Via
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-grizzly](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-grizzly) - XDI2 Server deployed via Grizzly
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-mina](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-mina) - XDI2 Server deployed via Apache MINA
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-netty](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-netty) - XDI2 Server deployed via netty
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-undertow](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-undertow) - XDI2 Server deployed via Undertow
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-vertx](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-vertx) - XDI2 Server deployed via vert.x
### Sevices
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-service](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-service) - This is a "Connect Service" component for the XDI Browser binding.
* [projectdanube/neustar-discovery-service](https://github.com/projectdanube/neustar-discovery-service) - Neustar XDI Discovery Service based on XRI Resolution
- Forked from neustarpc/neustar-discovery-service
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-auth-service-war](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-auth-service-war) - "Authorization Service" for the XDI Connect protocol, packaged as .WAR file
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-service-war](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-service-war) - "Connect Service" for the XDI Connect protocol, packaged as .WAR file
* [projectdanube/xdi-grapheditor](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi-grapheditor) - An XDI Graph Editor
-Forked from neustar/xdi-grapheditor
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-auth-service](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-auth-service) - This is a "Connect Auth Service" component for the XDI Browser binding.
* [Developer Showcase Series: Markus Sabadello, Danube Tech](https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2018/08/15/developer-showcase-series-markus-sabadello-danube-tech)
> I have worked on digital identity technologies for a long time, the question of who we are, how we present ourselves, and what do others know about us in the digital world. There’s this concept of user-centric identity, and more recently self-sovereign identity, which places individuals at the center of their online relationships and transactions, and gives us all the ability to create, manage, use, and destroy our online identities according to our own rules.
* [News Release: DHS S&T Awards 143K for Blockchain Interoperability Infrastructure](https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/news/2019/09/26/news-release-dhs-st-awards-143k-blockchain-interoperability) - [ledgerinsights.com](https://www.ledgerinsights.com/blockchain-credentials-homeland-security-identity-danube-tech/)
> “Danube Tech is building core interoperability infrastructure for issuers and verifiers,” said Anil John, SVIP Technical Director. “Interoperability between blockchains is enabled by using emerging World Wide Web Consortium standards to globally resolve and find information where it exists on a particular blockchain.”
## [Publications](https://danubetech.com/download.html)
### 2020
* [RWoT#10: Why Matrix Parameters?](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot10-buenosaires/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/why-matrix-parameters.md)
> This enables not only self-sovereign identifiers for applications such as DID Auth or DIDComm agents, but it also enables persistent, self-sovereign URLs for identifying any arbitrary resource on the web. In order to not interfere with that, the core DID specification must not define any special uses of the traditional syntax components path, query string, and fragment, in the same way as the HTTP(S) specification does not define special uses of path, query string, and fragment.
### 2019
* [RWoT#9: DID Resolution collected diagrams](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot9-prague/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/did-resolution-collected-diagrams.md)
> The DID Resolution spec is a work item of the W3C Credentials Community Group (CCG) that builds on the main DID spec. A version v0.1 has recently been released as part of the CCG's Work Item Process. The released v0.1 is still an early draft; work now continues on v0.2.
>
> The following is a collection of the diagrams that have been used so far to illustrate various key topics of DID Resolution.
* [RWoT#9: Rubrics for Decentralization of DID Methods Creative Brief](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot9-prague/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/rubrics.md)
> The Rubrics for Decentralization of DID Methods document (the Document) will help people evaluate real or potential DID Methods. This document outlines the collaborative aspirations of the Document's editors.
* [RWoT#9: Gently introducing DIDs to the Mastodon/ActivityPub Fediverse](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot9-prague/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/fediverse-did-integration.md)
> Our goal is to bring self sovereign identity concepts to the current ActivityPub fediverse as soon and as securely as possible.
>
> The hypothesis behind that goal is that long term stability of a federated service crucially depends on persistent trust relations across all participants (developers, admins, users) that are not distorted by the implicit hierarchical structure of a centralized reference system, such as DNS.
* [Markus Sabadello and Infominer33 on Identity Landscape](https://kumu.io/vijarn/markus-sabadello-and-infominer33-on-identity-landscape) (Kumu Visualization)
* [RWoT#8: Universal DID Operations](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot8-barcelona/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/Universal-DID-Operations.md)
>Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) have seen increasing adoption across a wide number of distributed ledger ecosystems and blockchains. This is in large part due to our ability to effectively communicate by resolving these DIDs. The process of obtaining a DID Document associated with a particular DID is outlined in the DID Resolution spec.
>
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* [Personal Data Journal: Decentralized Architectures](https://danubetech.com/download/PDEC-Decentralized-Architectures.pdf)
>One of the most fundamental challenges for the PDE to consider will be the design and deployment of suitable underlying architectures for realizing emerging visions around the management and use of personal data. The basic organizational structures, according to which participants of an ecosystem exchange information with each other, influence many of its fundamental properties, such as privacy, security, flexibility, discovery, or the dependencies between different actors. The possible types of architectural patterns that can be implemented are highly diverse, with centralized structures on one end of the spectrum, and fully distributed systems on the other end. On the Internet, very different forms have always existed, depending on the infrastructural layer and the concrete applications and services one looks at.
* [Personal Data Journal: Understanding OAuth](https://danubetech.com/download/PDEC-OAuth.pdf)
>Selecting the OAuth (“Open Authorization”) protocol as the topic for the second feature article of our Personal Data Journal is a logical choice for two reasons. Firstly, the vision of establishing an ecosystem around personal data is intrinsically linked to the topics of authorization and access control. Whether we are talking about giving individuals more privacy and more control over their personal data, or whether we are exploring new economic models to be built around it, the question of who can access what under which permissions and obligations is central to achieving them.
>Selecting the OAuth (“Open Authorization”) protocol as the topic for the second feature article of our Personal Data Journal is a logical choice for two reasons. Firstly, the vision of establishing an ecosystem around personal data is intrinsically linked to the topics of authorization and access control. Whether we are talking about giving individuals more privacy and more control over their personal data, or whether we are exploring new economic models to be built around it, the question of who can access what under which permissions and obligations is central to achieving them.
* [Personal Data Journal: Privacy By Design](https://danubetech.com/download/PDEC-Privacy-By-Design.pdf)
>The idea of an emerging Personal Data Ecosystem (PDE) is based on several different lines of thought. Ultimately the purpose of the PDE is to help us all make sense of the unprecedented amount of online personal data we observe today. It is about creating new business models and economic opportunities based on this personal data, which has been called a new currency, or asset. It will give individuals the means to control how this asset is used. In doing so, an awareness of the importance of privacy will develop on one hand and on the other privacy by design will become one of the key principles of the concrete solutions that ecosystem members are developing. In this article, we will offer a quick introduction to privacy and then move on to describe concrete resources and approaches to Privacy-By-Design, which is the idea of “baking in” privacy up front into the design of software architectures, rather than considering it a secondary or 3rd-party aspect of classic software engineering or deployment.
* [Personal Data Journal: Startup Technology Report](https://danubetech.com/download/PDEC-Tech-Research-Phase-One-Report.pdf)
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### 2011
* [A Federated Social Web for Peace](https://danubetech.com/download/A-Federated-Social-Web-for-Peace.pdf)
>Closely linked to the ideal of peace, the concept of civil society has a long history as a third actor besides the state and the economy. It is a nonviolent “zone of civility” that can debate and address war and other problems. In today’s interconnected world we see the emergence of a “global civil society”, which transcends national borders and attempts to solve global challenges that established institutions fail to address. This global civil society is organized like a network, just like the global communication networks that produced it are also organized like a network. However, while popular social network services such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube are often said to be powerful tools for peace and democracy, they are in fact highly centralized services operated by for-profit companies. For a global civil society to truly work, both the architectural structure and the governance mechanisms of its communication channels must be based on civil society principles itself. This paper argues that the main promise of the Federated Social Web – in addition to the obvious advantages of improved privacy, control and resistance to manipulation – will be a network structure that deep at its core resembles civil society and is therefore a powerful instrument for a more peaceful world.
> For a global civil society to truly work, both the architectural structure and the governance mechanisms of its communication channels must be based on civil society principles itself. This paper argues that the main promise of the Federated Social Web – in addition to the obvious advantages of improved privacy, control and resistance to manipulation – will be a network structure that deep at its core resembles civil society and is therefore a powerful instrument for a more peaceful world.
* [Human Rights in the Information Society](https://danubetech.com/download/Human-Rights-in-the-Information-Society.pdf)
>In today’s globalized Information Society – enabled to a large part through the widespread availability of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as mobile phones and the Internet – we are experiencing a multitude of fast and transformative developments within societies, cultures and economies, enabled by new ways in which individuals interact with each other. And whenever there is interaction between individuals, Human Rights should provide the framework and the supreme set of guiding ideas, always affirming the equal dignity and value of all human beings, and telling us what should be done and what should not be done. In an environment as dynamic and interconnected as the Internet, such guiding ideas are especially important. Much has been said about the potential threats and opportunities of modern communication technologies, and about whether they provide a liberating potential at the human level, or whether they constitute yet another mechanism for reinforcing old structures and for transferring wealth from the poor to the rich. In light of such discourses and in the best tradition of the “Golden Rule” of Human Rights, we must lay out a system of freedoms and obligations for a prosperous and just Information Society, in which we all do (not) to others what we (do not) want others to do to us.
> Much has been said about the potential threats and opportunities of modern communication technologies, and about whether they provide a liberating potential at the human level, or whether they constitute yet another mechanism for reinforcing old structures and for transferring wealth from the poor to the rich. In light of such discourses and in the best tradition of the “Golden Rule” of Human Rights, we must lay out a system of freedoms and obligations for a prosperous and just Information Society, in which we all do (not) to others what we (do not) want others to do to us.
* [ICTs for a Global Civil Society](https://danubetech.com/download/ICTs-for-a-Global-Civil-Society.pdf)
>Having always been closely linked to the ideal of peace, the concept of civil society has a long history as a third actor besides the state and the economy. It is a nonviolent “zone of civility” that can debate and address war and other problems. In today’s interconnected world we see the emergence of a “global civil society”, which transcends national borders and attempts to solve global challenges that established political and economic structures fail to address. This global civil society is organized like a network, just like the global communication systems that produced it are also organized like a network. However, while popular social network services such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube are often said to be powerful tools for peace and democracy, they are in fact highly centralized services operated by for-profit companies. For a global civil society to truly work, both the architectural structure and the governance mechanisms of its communication channels must themselves be based on civil society principles.
> Having always been closely linked to the ideal of peace, the concept of civil society has a long history as a third actor besides the state and the economy. It is a nonviolent “zone of civility” that can debate and address war and other problems. In today’s interconnected world we see the emergence of a “global civil society”, which transcends national borders and attempts to solve global challenges that established political and economic structures fail to address. This global civil society is organized like a network, just like the global communication systems that produced it are also organized like a network. However, while popular social network services such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube are often said to be powerful tools for peace and democracy, they are in fact highly centralized services operated by for-profit companies. For a global civil society to truly work, both the architectural structure and the governance mechanisms of its communication channels must themselves be based on civil society principles.
* [ICTs for a Global Culture of Peace](https://danubetech.com/download/ICTs-for-a-Global-Culture-of-Peace.pdf)
>The widespread availability of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has led to the globalization process and continues to have a large influence on social, economic, political and cultural structures around the world. Much work has been done in the academia to get to a good scientific understanding of the causes, nature and consequences of today’s interconnected world1, and to analyze both opportunities and threats that ICTs pose to humankind. In the context of Peace and Conflict Studies, ICTs can play an important role in many ways. On the positive side, communication technologies such as the Internet can support nonviolent, democratic movements, promote education, capacity building, intercultural dialogue and the establishment of a beneficial global civil society. They can also play a liberating role in processes to overcome authoritarian regimes, as has been demonstrated by the 2011 revolutions in the Arab world2. On the negative side, ICTs can be used for cybercrime, cyberwarfare, surveillance, the spreading of extremist propaganda, the suppression of democratic processes and other destructive purposes.
> The concept of culture is closely linked to that of identity. Our identity is what defines us as an individual. Identity is complex and always in transition. It can be defined by oneself, or it can be observed by others, and it exists on multiple levels. On the micro level, our personal identity includes features that are specific to us alone, such as our name, address, phone number, or our educational and professional curriculum. On a higher level, our social identity determines our role and position within a society. It includes our overall social roles and status, our friends, and our social responsibilities such as being a parent. Finally, on the macro level, our cultural identity determines cultural features that we embody within ourselves and share with others to a more or less extent.
* [ICTs for Citizen and Peace Journalism](https://danubetech.com/download/ICTs-for-Citizen-and-Peace-Journalism.pdf)
>The profession of journalism has traditionally often been described as playing an important role for maintaining a strong civil society and therefore contributing to democracy and peace. Today, modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as the Internet, cell phones and other “new media” have decisively contributed to the globalization process and had numerous impacts on social and political structures and the ways in which we interact with each other world-wide1. These technologies have greatly transformed the way in which information is being generated, processed, transmitted, interlinked and received. As a medium, they are cheaper, faster and more interactive than more traditional media such as radio or television. It is therefore obvious that the introduction and widespread availability of modern ICTs have also in multiple ways affected the field of journalism, a field in which the creation, handling and publishing of information lie at the very core of activities.
>The profession of journalism has traditionally often been described as playing an important role for maintaining a strong civil society and therefore contributing to democracy and peace. Today, modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as the Internet, cell phones and other “new media” have decisively contributed to the globalization process and had numerous impacts on social and political structures and the ways in which we interact with each other world-wide1. These technologies have greatly transformed the way in which information is being generated, processed, transmitted, interlinked and received. As a medium, they are cheaper, faster and more interactive than more traditional media such as radio or television. It is therefore obvious that the introduction and widespread availability of modern ICTs have also in multiple ways affected the field of journalism, a field in which the creation, handling and publishing of information lie at the very core of activities.
* [ICTs and Democratic Processes](https://danubetech.com/download/Democratic-Processes-and-ICTs.pdf)
>Since the early days of mainstream availability of the Internet and other modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), the rapid advancement of these technologies has given rise to utopist ideas that they would greatly empower democratic societies around the world. Such aspirations are directly based on some of the obvious fundamental properties of the technologies which are commonly referred to as new media: Their relative high speed, low cost and interactivity have the potential to connect people across spatial, social and cultural barriers in ways that have not been possible with more traditional media such as the telephone, television or postal mail. These possibilities around information and communication have significantly contributed to the ongoing globalization process and generated well-known expressions such as “death of distance” and “global village”. In addition, they are also often regarded as supporting democratic and peaceful processes by leading to better informed citizens through the dissemination of knowledge, and by enabling the free exchange of ideas and opinions in a network where everybody can act both as a producer and consumer. At some point in time, the virtual worlds and communication platforms of the early times of the Internet and related technologies were even viewed as a democratic utopia, which would constitute its own society in “cyberspace”, independent from any state’s national borders and sovereignty1.
> It is interesting to note that the very idea of establishing world peace through a global communication system is not new. With the introduction of the telegraph 200 years ago, as well as with the introduction of the communications satellite 50 years ago, there was a general sense that such technologies would overcome barriers of space and time, and therefore enable all peoples of the world to communicate with each other at a new level, which would enable the democratic solving of conflicts and therefore lead to lasting peace.
>
> This paper is an attempt to first quickly establish the link between democracy and peace (see section 2), to discuss the instrument of voting (see section 3), and then to touch on how democratic processes can be supported by ICTs (see section 4), as well as on how democratic processes occur within ICTs themselves (see section 5). Finally there will be some reservations and criticism (see section 6) as well as a conclusion (see section 7).
* [Scenarios: ICTs for Peace and Conflict in 2020](https://danubetech.com/download/Scenarios_-ICTs-for-Peace-and-Conflict-in-2020.pdf)
>The widespread availability of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has led to the globalization process and continues to have a large influence on social, economic, political and cultural structures around the world. Much work has been done in the academia to get to a good scientific understanding of the causes, nature and consequences of today’s interconnected world1, and to analyze both opportunities and threats that ICTs pose to humankind. In the context of Peace and Conflict Studies, ICTs can play an important role in many ways. On the positive side, communication technologies such as the Internet can support nonviolent, democratic movements, promote education, capacity building, intercultural dialogue and the establishment of a beneficial global civil society. They can also play a liberating role in processes to overcome authoritarian regimes, as has been demonstrated by the recent revolutions in the Arab world2. On the negative side, ICTs can be used for cybercrime, cyberwarfare, surveillance, the spreading of extremist propaganda, the suppression of democratic processes and other destructive purposes.
> This paper is an attempt to apply the Scenario Building technique to consider the role that ICTs might have for peace and conflict in the year 2020. This chosen topic is especially challenging for two reasons: First, hardly any field moves as fast as modern ICTs. The speed and unpredictability of achievements in computer technology and the Internet have again and again astonished both the general public and professional analysts. Second, when trying to make statements about the future role of technology, there is always a general tendency to emotional debate and to overstating their influence. For example, with the introduction of the telegraph 200 years ago, as well as with the introduction of the communications satellite 50 years ago, there was a general sense that such technologies would overcome barriers of space and time, and therefore enable all peoples of the world to communicate with each other at a new level, which would avoid conflicts altogether and lead to a perpetual peace.
* [Oppression and Liberation with Social Networks](https://danubetech.com/download/Oppression-and-Liberation-with-Social-Networks.pdf)
>**"Slacktivism" or NewTool forPolitical Change?**
>Web-based activism platforms like Avaaz.org claim to herald a new era of global citizen empowerment for political change. Critics object that theymight do moreharm thangood. Whatare their arguments?
>
>In today’s "global village", the Internet has made it possible to distribute more information to a larger number of people in less time than ever before. This development has not spared social and political movements: web-based activ-ism platforms have emerged which aim at turning large-scale public attention towards a causein order to transform it into pressure on decision makers. The impact of these communities, how-ever,is controversial: While proponents hail them as a powerful new tool of bringing about change,critics hold that they not only lack effectiveness, but may even be harmful to citizen engagement
* [Rationale and Design for the Peace Box](https://danubetech.com/download/Rationale-and-Design-for-the-Peace-Box.pdf)
>Rationale and Design for the Peace BoxAn Electronic Device for your Home or Office A thesis submitted by Markus Sabadello, Austria, markus.sabadello@gmail.com to the European Peace University (EPU) – Private University Stadtschlaining/Burg, Austria in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Arts Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies 1/23/2012 This thesis offers a summary of different lines of thought on how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be used for promoting the ideal of peace, for example by helping to manage a crisis, by supporting development and education, by overcoming authoritaran regimes, or by promoting a global civil society and global culture of peace. After introducing these ideas, the concept of a „Peace Box“ is presented, which is a small computer-like device that can be set up in any home or office to provide applications and services for actively supporting the various visions of using ICTs for peace.
> This thesis offers a summary of different lines of thought on how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be used for promoting the ideal of peace, for example by helping to manage a crisis, by supporting development and education, by overcoming authoritaran regimes, or by promoting a global civil society and global culture of peace. After introducing these ideas, the concept of a „Peace Box“ is presented, which is a small computer-like device that can be set up in any home or office to provide applications and services for actively supporting the various visions of using ICTs for peace.
* [The Role of New Media for the Democratization Processes in the Arab World (Article)](https://danubetech.com/download/The-Role-of-New-Media-for-the-Democratization-Processes-in-the-Arab-World-Article.pdf)
>Reflections on the Role of Civil Society, Human Rights and New Media in the Transformation Processes
* [The Role of New Media for the Democratization Processes in the Arab World (Presentation)](https://danubetech.com/download/The-Role-of-New-Media-for-the-Democratization-Processes-in-the-Arab-World-Presentation.pdf)
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* [Potential of ICTs for Peace](https://danubetech.com/download/Potential-of-ICTs-for-Peace.pdf)
>Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have greatly transformed societies, cultures and economies as well as created both new opportunities and threats for humankind. The academic field of Peace and Conflict Studies with its inherent character of being based on concrete values rather than striving to always be objective on all accounts is especially suited and challenged to explore how ICTs should be judged and used when it comes to working toward an ideal – the ideal of peace. This paper provides a short motivation for working in this area as well a summary of work that has already been done, then moves on to giving a quick overview over ICTs and especially the Internet as an electronic medium, and finally explores several concrete ways in which ICTs can be used for peace: As a tool by international organizations, as a weapon in nonviolent struggle, and as a pillar for building and maintaining peaceful societies.
> Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have greatly transformed societies, cultures and economies as well as created both new opportunities and threats for humankind. The academic field of Peace and Conflict Studies with its inherent character of being based on concrete values rather than striving to always be objective on all accounts is especially suited and challenged to explore how ICTs should be judged and used when it comes to working toward an ideal – the ideal of peace.
* [Potential of ICTs for Conflict](https://danubetech.com/download/Potential-of-ICTs-for-Conflict.pdf)
>Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have greatly transformed societies, cultures and economies as well as created both new opportunities and threats for humankind. Since at least Manuel Castells’ widely cited book trilogy “The Information Age”1, we have a good scientific understanding of the causes, nature and consequences of today’s interconnected society that is the result of the spreading of ICTs and the globalization processes accompanying them. And since at least the World Summit on the Information Society2, which culminated in its second phase in 2005 in Tunis, the United Nations as well as a large amount of other stakeholders have been working on evaluating the potential of ICTs for the values of peace and democracy, as well as the risks of conflict and abuse caused by such technologies.
> Following Sigmund Freud’s concept of the two forces Eros and Thanatos – a drive for creation and a drive for destruction which both live in all of us, the Internet has often been described as a neutral tool which can be used for good or evil, just like a hammer can be used to build a house or to murder a person. When the Internet became widely available in mainstream society during the 1990s, the fast spreading of this then new technology sparked strong reactions on both ends of the spectrum, ranging from utopist hopes that new levels of democracy and transparency would lead to a more peaceful and just world, to the fear that its effects on humanity would threaten political and social orders world-wide.
* [Comparing terrorist and Internet networks](https://danubetech.com/download/Comparing-terrorist-and-Internet-networks.pdf)
>The network, stronger than the node, Can circumvent a failing part, Security and control code keep alive the network’s heart. But what if every spark goes dark, abandons network, node and core, what if they cease to light the night, because the people send no more?
> The network, stronger than the node, Can circumvent a failing part, Security and control code keep alive the network’s heart. But what if every spark goes dark, abandons network, node and core, what if they cease to light the night, because the people send no more?
## On Github
* [projectdanube/indy-sdk-java](https://github.com/projectdanube/indy-sdk-java) - Java binding to the native Indy SDK
* [projectdanube/blockstack-cli-java](https://github.com/projectdanube/blockstack-cli-java) - Java client for Blockstore
### XDI
>[XDI.org](https://xdi.org) is a non-profit public trust organization whose purpose is to provide public infrastructure for digital identity, security, and privacy using the open standard XDI semantic data interchange protocol developed by the OASIS XDI Technical Committee.
* [projectdanube/xdi-tutorial](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi-tutorial) - XDI Tutorial
* [projectdanube/XDINinja-swing](https://github.com/projectdanube/XDINinja-swing) - XDI-enabled standalone client application
* [projectdanube/xdi2-tools](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-tools) - XDI2 maintenance and other tools
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connector-personal](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connector-personal) - A connector plugin for the XDI2 server that maps data from Personal.com to XDI
* [projectdanube/xdi2-docker](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-docker) - Dockerfiles for XDI2
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-buttonbuilder](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-buttonbuilder) - "Button Builder" component for the XDI Connect protocol
#### Libraries
* [projectdanube/xdi2](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2) - XDI2 general purpose library and server
* [projectdanube/xdi-js](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi-js) - XDI client library for JavaScript
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-core](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-core) - Shared library for the XDI Connect protocol
#### Integrations
* [projectdanube/xdi2-bdb](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-bdb) - Support for using BDB as XDI2 backend storage
* [projectdanube/xdi2-mongodb](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-mongodb) - Support for using MongoDB as XDI2 backend storage
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-heroku](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-heroku) - XDI2 Server deployed via Heroku
* [projectdanube/xdi2-redis](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-redis) - Support for using Redis as XDI2 backend storage
* [projectdanube/xdi2-tor](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-tor) - Integration of XDI and Tor
* [projectdanube/xdi2-ipfs](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-ipfs) - Integration of XDI and IPFS
* [projectdanube/withsqlite](https://github.com/projectdanube/withsqlite) - A module for a python dict that back ends on an sqlite3 database. It's bit like shelve but with json and sqlite3.
- Forked from jvasile/withsqlite
#### Configuration
* [projectdanube/xdi2-selfhosted](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-selfhosted) - A configuration profile of the XDI2 server for self-hosting a single XDI graph.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-csp](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-csp) - A configuration profile of the XDI2 server for hosting a dynamic number of XDI graphs.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-registry](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-registry) -
A configuration profile of the XDI2 server for hosting a registry of XDI names and XDI numbers.
#### Examples
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-messaging](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-messaging) - XDI2 Examples: Basic messaging functionality.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-advanced-server](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-advanced-server) - XDI2 Examples: Setting up advanced XDI servers.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-core](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-core) - XDI2 Examples: Simple uses of the core functionality.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-client](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-client) - XDI2 Examples: Writing XDI client applications.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-secp256k1-server](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-secp256k1-server) - Example XDI server using cid-2 cryptographic XDI numbers.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-ec25519-server](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-ec25519-server) - Example XDI server using cid-1 cryptographic XDI numbers.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-acmenews](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-acmenews) - +acmenews XDI2 demo
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-leshop](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-leshop) - +leshop XDI2 demo
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-secp256k1-client](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-secp256k1-client) - Example XDI client using cid-2 cryptographic XDI numbers.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-example-ec25519-client](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-example-ec25519-client) - Example XDI client using cid-1 cryptographic XDI numbers.
#### Plugins
* [projectdanube/xdi2-crypto-secp256k1](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-crypto-secp256k1) - This is an secp256k1 crypto plugin for the XDI2 client and server.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-crypto-ec25519](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-crypto-ec25519) - This is an Ed25519 crypto plugin for the XDI2 client and server.
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connector-facebook](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connector-facebook) - A connector plugin for the XDI2 server that maps data from Facebook to XDI
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connector-meeco](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connector-meeco) - A connector plugin for Meeco
* [projectdanube/XDINinja-plugin](https://github.com/projectdanube/XDINinja-plugin) - A browser plugin that is like "Twitter for data"
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connector-cozy](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connector-cozy) - A connector plugin for CozyCloud
* [projectdanube/xdi2-filesys](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-filesys) - Plugin for an XDI2 server to integrate with a local filesystem
#### Aeternam
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-sncf](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-sncf) - Aeternam PNR Demo: SNCF
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-db](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-db) - Aeternam PNR Demo: Deutsche Bahn
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-tests](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-tests) - XDI experimentation for ÆTERNAM / ÆVATAR
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-maria](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-maria) - Aeternam PNR Demo: Maria
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-webshop](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-webshop) - Aeternam PNR Demo: Webshop
* [projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-oebb](https://github.com/projectdanube/aeternam-xdi-oebb) - Aeternam PNR Demo: ÖBB
#### XDI Cloud
* [projectdanube/xdi2-cloudcards](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-cloudcards) - XDI Cloud Card Viewer
* [projectdanube/xdi2-messenger](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-messenger) - XDI Cloud Messenger
* [projectdanube/xdi2-manager](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-manager) - XDI Cloud Manager
* [projectdanube/xdi2-pixel](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-pixel) - Tool to translate a personal cloud policy language (Pixel) to XDI link contracts.
#### XDI Server Deployed Via
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-grizzly](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-grizzly) - XDI2 Server deployed via Grizzly
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-mina](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-mina) - XDI2 Server deployed via Apache MINA
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-netty](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-netty) - XDI2 Server deployed via netty
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-undertow](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-undertow) - XDI2 Server deployed via Undertow
* [projectdanube/xdi2-server-vertx](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-server-vertx) - XDI2 Server deployed via vert.x
#### Sevices
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-service](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-service) - This is a "Connect Service" component for the XDI Browser binding.
* [projectdanube/neustar-discovery-service](https://github.com/projectdanube/neustar-discovery-service) - Neustar XDI Discovery Service based on XRI Resolution
- Forked from neustarpc/neustar-discovery-service
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-auth-service-war](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-auth-service-war) - "Authorization Service" for the XDI Connect protocol, packaged as .WAR file
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-service-war](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-service-war) - "Connect Service" for the XDI Connect protocol, packaged as .WAR file
* [projectdanube/xdi-grapheditor](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi-grapheditor) - An XDI Graph Editor
-Forked from neustar/xdi-grapheditor
* [projectdanube/xdi2-connect-auth-service](https://github.com/projectdanube/xdi2-connect-auth-service) - This is a "Connect Auth Service" component for the XDI Browser binding.