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Since then, the IIW has met bi-anually, actively supporting the development of the identity software-ecosystem, including [OpenID](http://wiki.openid.net)('05), OpenID [2.0](http://wiki.openid.net/w/page/12995215/OpenID%20Authentication%202-1)('06), [OAuth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth)('10), [FIDO](https://fidoalliance.org/)('13) and OpenID [Connect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID_Connect)('14). The heart of the internet identity community has been with empowering users and self-sovereign principles, since the early days.
* [*What is Sovereign Source Authority?*](https://www.moxytongue.com/2012/02/what-is-sovereign-source-authority.html) shows an early use of 'sovereign' in relation to our internet identities. The term "Self Sovereign Identity" started becoming widely used in 2014.[[**1**](https://www.tokencommons.org/Windhover-Principles-for-Digital-Identity-Trust-Data.html)][[**2**](https://hubculture.com/hubs/47/news/689/)]
* [Christopher Allen](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/)[[**twitter**](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA)][[**github**](https://github.com/ChristopherA)] details the overarching history of internet idenitity standards in his seminal work:
- **[The Path to Self-Soverereign Identity](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html)**[[**3**](https://www.coindesk.com/path-self-sovereign-identity/amp/)].
* [Not Just Who They Say We Are: Claiming our identity on the Internet](https://vimeo.com/207961532)- short film on the “Identerati” at IIW[[**4**](https://www.prweb.com/releases/identitymovie/iiw2017/prweb14161721.htm)]
* Identirati is a term for those working in the identity ecosystem dating back to at least 2006:
>[identirati](https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-identity-silo-paradox/)[[**5**](https://www.forgerock.com/blog/who-are-the-identerati)] "have been working on standards and methods that are based on the premise of opening up those [id data] silos"
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8/14 The [Credentials Community Group](https://www.w3.org/community/credentials/)[[**6**](https://w3c-ccg.github.io/)] forms, hosted by [World Wide Web Consortium(W3C)](https://www.w3.org/)[[**twitter**](https://twitter.com/w3c)][[**github**](https://github.com/w3c)] : "to forge a path for a secure, decentralized system of credentials that would empower both individual people and organizations on the Web to store, transmit, and receive digitally verifiable proof of qualifications and achievements." —proposed by [Manu Sporney](http://manu.sporny.org/)[[**twitter**](https://twitter.com/manusporny)][[**7**](https://digitalbazaar.com/)]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/Sustainable_Development_Goals_chart.svg/787px-Sustainable_Development_Goals_chart.svg.png)
### Bitnation and the United Nations[**^**](#Contents)
9\15 [Bitnation](https://bitnation.co/) "seeks to establish the concept of '*world citizenship*' via a bitcoin based identity, offering '[*blockchain emergency IDs*](https://refugees.bitnation.co/)' to refugees.[[**8**](https://www.newsbtc.com/2015/09/09/bitnation-taps-blockchain-tech-to-aid-refugees/)] The same month, the UN unveiled it's *Agenda for Sustainable Development*.
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>The Web of Trust is a buzzword for a new model of decentralized self-sovereign identity. Its a phrase that dates back almost twenty-five years, the classic definition derives from PGP [...] the vibrant blockchain community is also drawing new attention to the concept we aim to reboot it.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/Sustainable_Development_Goals_chart.svg/787px-Sustainable_Development_Goals_chart.svg.png)
#### ID2020 and the GDPR[**^**](#Contents)
### ID2020 and the GDPR[**^**](#Contents)
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* [Christopher Allen](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/)[[**twitter**](https://twitter.com/ChristopherA)][[**github**](https://github.com/ChristopherA)] details the overarching history of internet idenitity standards in his seminal work:
- **[The Path to Self-Soverereign Identity](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html)**[[**3**](https://www.coindesk.com/path-self-sovereign-identity/amp/)].
[4/16](https://edps.europa.eu/data-protection/data-protection/legislation/history-general-data-protection-regulation_en) the EU adopted the GDPR, enacted as law May 2018. The second RWoT workshop ran in conjunction with the UN's [ID2020](https://id2020.org/) Summit in New York that [May](https://press.pwc.com/News-releases/id2020-to-kick-start-digital-identity-summit-at-un-with-pwc-support./s/9fe11be5-cbd8-486b-b4d2-d798f486d0f2). There are an estimated 1.5 billion without a legal identity.[[**9**](https://id2020.org/news/2016/12/2/identity-20)] Without a legal identity it is very difficult to recieve any services, aide, or to advance ones station in life.
Evident from the whitepapers produced at the RWoT\ID2020 Workshop[[**10**](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/ID2020DesignWorkshop/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/README.md)] the DID identifier began to emerge: