From f217862a560c58aef103a12cb7913d26d7595a49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Infominer Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 10:43:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] add excerpts --- _posts/2019-03-11-identity-github.md | 3 +- _posts/2019-06-03-indieweb-dev-on-did.md | 4 ++ .../blockchain/bitcoin/2019-03-11-bitcoin.md | 3 +- .../bitcoin/2020-01-07-blockcerts.md | 2 +- _posts/hyperledger/2018-12-13-awesome-indy.md | 7 +-- ...1-28-VerifiableOrganizationsNetwork-HGF.md | 4 ++ ...-27-Microledgers-Edgechains-Hardman-HGF.md | 1 + _posts/hyperledger/2019-03-05-adoption.md | 2 + _posts/hyperledger/2019-03-08-indy-github.md | 2 + ...019-03-16-Hyperledger-Global-Forum-2018.md | 2 + ...12-18-ssi-principles-vs-characteristics.md | 6 ++- .../literature/2018-12-19-user-experience.md | 12 ++++- .../2018-12-21-self-sovereign-identity.md | 8 +++- .../literature/2018-12-22-evolution-of-ssi.md | 2 + .../2019-03-02-rebooting-web-of-trust.md | 2 + .../2019-03-05-sovrin-literature.md | 46 ++++++++++++++----- .../organizations/2019-03-06-organizations.md | 10 +--- .../2019-03-09-sovrin-foundation.md | 6 ++- _posts/organizations/2019-04-04-mydata.md | 10 ++-- .../2019-07-15-women-in-identity.md | 3 ++ .../ssi-meetup/2019-04-01-ssi-meetup.md | 12 +++-- .../ssi-meetup}/2019-07-19-use-cases.md | 0 _posts/private-sector/2019-03-06-ibm.md | 4 ++ _posts/private-sector/2019-03-08-microsoft.md | 2 + _posts/private-sector/2019-03-27-danube.md | 2 + _posts/specs-standards/2019-03-15-xdi.md | 2 +- _posts/specs-standards/2020-01-04-JSON-LD.md | 4 ++ _sass/minimal-mistakes/_archive.scss | 4 +- index.html | 7 +-- 29 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) rename _posts/{ => organizations/ssi-meetup}/2019-07-19-use-cases.md (100%) diff --git a/_posts/2019-03-11-identity-github.md b/_posts/2019-03-11-identity-github.md index ad3bee13..ffd36194 100644 --- a/_posts/2019-03-11-identity-github.md +++ b/_posts/2019-03-11-identity-github.md @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ date: 2019-03-11 layout: single title: SSI-DID Github Repositories description: "A start at listing all DID-SSI related GitHub Repositories." +excerpt: "A start at listing all DID-SSI related GitHub Repositories." permalink: /code/github/ canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/identity-github/' redirect_from: @@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ redirect_from: toc_sticky: false categories: ["Code","Specs-Standards"] tags: ["ID2020","Danube","W3C","XDI","OASIS","Digital Bazaar","Rebooting WoT","JSON-LD"," -Credentials Community Group","RDF","Veres One","Learning Machine"] +Credentials Community Group","RDF","Veres One","Learning Machine","BTCR"] last_modified_at: 2019-03-15 --- diff --git a/_posts/2019-06-03-indieweb-dev-on-did.md b/_posts/2019-06-03-indieweb-dev-on-did.md index a9855d3d..a996c492 100644 --- a/_posts/2019-06-03-indieweb-dev-on-did.md +++ b/_posts/2019-06-03-indieweb-dev-on-did.md @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ date: 2019-06-03 title: "FreeNode IRC #indieweb-dev on IIW RWoT and DID's" description: "Conversation about RWoT and DIDs at #indieweb-dev on Freenode" +excerpt: > + OAuth has become the de facto standard for authorization and authentication on the web. Nearly every company with an API used by third party developers has implemented OAuth to enable people to build apps on top of it. + + While OAuth is a great framework for this, the way it has ended up being used is much more centralized and closed than prior efforts like OpenID 1. Every service that spins up an OAuth-enabled API ends up being its own isolated system. For example, if I want to build an app that can read someone's step count from FitBit, I have to first go register as a developer on FitBit's website in order to get API keys to use with their OAuth API date: "2019-06-03T11:22:33-23:00" categories: ["Specs-Standards"] tags: ["P2P", "IndieAuth","IndieWeb","Rebooting WoT", "IIW","DID"] diff --git a/_posts/blockchain/bitcoin/2019-03-11-bitcoin.md b/_posts/blockchain/bitcoin/2019-03-11-bitcoin.md index 55c2c1a7..e7a1797e 100644 --- a/_posts/blockchain/bitcoin/2019-03-11-bitcoin.md +++ b/_posts/blockchain/bitcoin/2019-03-11-bitcoin.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ redirect_from: - id-initiatives/bitcoin/ - id-initiatives/bitcoin categories: ["Blockchain"] -tags: ["Bitcoin"] +tags: ["Bitcoin","Microsoft","ION","BTCR","XDI"] last_modified_at: 2020-01-07 --- @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ last_modified_at: 2020-01-07 > The Bitcoin Reference (BTCR) DID method supports DIDs using the Bitcoin blockchain. This method has been under development through Rebooting Web of Trust events and hackathons over the past year. The BTCR method's reliance on the Bitcoin blockchain presents both advantages and design challenges. During RWOT7, the authors made a number of design and implementation decisions -- largely scope-cutting in nature -- in order to lock down a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) version, which we'll refer to as v0.1. This paper documents those decisions, which will apply to the upcoming v0.1 BTCR method specification and associated v0.1 BTCR reference implementation. * [DIDs Demystified: A hands-on intro to DIDs via the BTCR DID Method – Kim Hamilton Duffy – Webinar 5](https://ssimeetup.org/dids-demystified-hands-intro-dids-btcr-did-method-kim-hamilton-duffy-webinar-5/) > This talk will demystify Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) via the simple Bitcoin Reference (BTCR) DID Method. Kim will introduce the basics of DIDs and show how they work in action through demos of the creation/updating and resolution process in BTCR. We’ll build on this knowledge by discussing advanced features enabled by DIDs, along with a brief survey of other DID methods. By the end of the talk, you’ll be able to create and resolve your own BTCR DIDs through the live BTCR playground. +* [First XDI Link Contract between "btcr" DID and "sov" DID](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot5-boston/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings/first-xdi-link-contract-between-btcr-did-and-sov-did.md) by Markus Sabadello
DIDs Demystified: A hands-on intro to DIDs via the Bitcoin Reference (BTCR) DID Method diff --git a/_posts/blockchain/bitcoin/2020-01-07-blockcerts.md b/_posts/blockchain/bitcoin/2020-01-07-blockcerts.md index c61c376c..618faeb5 100644 --- a/_posts/blockchain/bitcoin/2020-01-07-blockcerts.md +++ b/_posts/blockchain/bitcoin/2020-01-07-blockcerts.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ header: image: /images/blockcerts-header.png permalink: /blockchain/bitcoin/blockcerts/ categories: ["Blockchain"] -tags: ["Bitcoin","Learning Machine"] +tags: ["Bitcoin","Learning Machine","BTCR"] last_modified_at: 2020-01-07 --- diff --git a/_posts/hyperledger/2018-12-13-awesome-indy.md b/_posts/hyperledger/2018-12-13-awesome-indy.md index 792fba54..6595def9 100644 --- a/_posts/hyperledger/2018-12-13-awesome-indy.md +++ b/_posts/hyperledger/2018-12-13-awesome-indy.md @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ date: 2018-12-13 layout: single title: "Hyperledger Indy Resources" description: "A growing collection of educational resources related to Hyperledger Indy, the Sovrin Foundation, and Evernym." +excerpt: > + Hyperledger Indy provides tools, libraries, and reusable components for providing digital identities rooted on blockchains or other distributed ledgers so that they are interoperable across administrative domains, applications, and any other silo. Indy is interoperable with other blockchains or can be used standalone powering the decentralization of identity. header: image: "https://decentralized-id.com/images/evernym-indy-sovrin.png" caption: "[OdysseyHackathon-21st Century Digital Citizenship Presentation](https://www.slideshare.net/OdysseyHackathon/21st-century-digital-citizenship-presentation)" @@ -32,11 +34,6 @@ categories: ["Sovrin Foundation","Hyperledger Foundation"] This page contains a growing collection of educational resources related to Hyperledger Indy, the Sovrin Foundation, and Evernym. Its an index for all to more easily navigate the information surrounding Hyperledger Indy. - - -**Legend:** [[**T**](#Link-Shorthand)]witter • [[**G**](#Link-Shorthand)]ithub • [[**B**](#Link-Shorthand)]log • [[**wp**](#Link-Shorthand)] whitepaper • [[**D**](#Link-Shorthand)]ocumentation • [[**F**](#Link-Shorthand)]orums • [[**C**](#Link-Shorthand)]hat • [[**tele**](Link-Shorthand)]gram • [[**web**](Link-Shorthand)]site -• [[**ϟ**](#Link-Shorthand)] related resource • [[**>**](#Link-Shorthand)] related section • [[**>>**]()] related section on awesome-decentralized-id • [[**^**](#Link-Shorthand)] back to the contents. - {% include figure image_path="https://decentralized-id.com/images/private-public-permissioned-permissionless.png" alt="this is a placeholder image" caption="@Delpadschnick | [CryptoDesign.io](https://CryptoDesign.io)" %} diff --git a/_posts/hyperledger/2019-01-28-VerifiableOrganizationsNetwork-HGF.md b/_posts/hyperledger/2019-01-28-VerifiableOrganizationsNetwork-HGF.md index ea152d29..bbab901c 100644 --- a/_posts/hyperledger/2019-01-28-VerifiableOrganizationsNetwork-HGF.md +++ b/_posts/hyperledger/2019-01-28-VerifiableOrganizationsNetwork-HGF.md @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ date: 2019-01-28 title: Verifiable Organizations Network - A Production Government Deployment of Hyperledger Indy description: Transcript of Presentation by John Jordan and Stephen Curran at HGF 2018 +excerpt: > + VON's founding members are governments who are, by law, trusted issuers of data about organizations. The Province of British Columbia, Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada have come together to create the initial services needed to establish VON. + + VON's founders have delivered new Indy-based open source components which form VON's backbone. TheOrgBook is a publicly accessible repository of verifiable claims about organizations. VON-X enables services to verify and issue credentials. image: "https://infominer.xyz/transcripts/assets/img/OrgBook-Hyperledger-Indy-Case-Study.png" canonical_url: 'https://sourcecrypto.pub/transcripts/VON-Presentation-Jordan-Curran-HGF/' redirect_from: diff --git a/_posts/hyperledger/2019-02-27-Microledgers-Edgechains-Hardman-HGF.md b/_posts/hyperledger/2019-02-27-Microledgers-Edgechains-Hardman-HGF.md index 18e22add..0c8f8ff1 100644 --- a/_posts/hyperledger/2019-02-27-Microledgers-Edgechains-Hardman-HGF.md +++ b/_posts/hyperledger/2019-02-27-Microledgers-Edgechains-Hardman-HGF.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ date: 2019-02-27 title: Microledgers and Edge-Chains - A Primer description: A Transcript of Daniel Hardman of Evernym Presenting at Hyperledger Global Forum — 2018 +excerpt: "Evernym’s Chief Architect Daniel Hardman takes the Hyperledger community through Evernym’s work on Microledgers and Edge-Chains Architecture. Attendees will gain insight into the theory, applications and evolution in Hyperledger Indy along with a practical discussion of their potential." image: "https://i.imgur.com/qbVl47T.png" canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/hyperledger/hgf-2018/Microledgers-Edgechains-Hardman-HGF/' redirect_from: diff --git a/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-05-adoption.md b/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-05-adoption.md index ceb2e7bb..f9c32583 100644 --- a/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-05-adoption.md +++ b/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-05-adoption.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ --- date: 2019-03-05 title: Evernym-Sovrin-Indy Adoption +excerpt: > + "Founding members of the Accelerator include industry leading organizations ATB Financial, IAG, Irish Life, the International Federation of Red Cross, Spark New Zealand, Truu and three provincial and state governments. Collectively, these organizations represent the interests of 100's of millions of individuals worldwide." layout: single classes: wide toc: false diff --git a/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-08-indy-github.md b/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-08-indy-github.md index 21a70cb5..cec20e6c 100644 --- a/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-08-indy-github.md +++ b/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-08-indy-github.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ --- date: 2019-03-08 title: Indy Github Repositories +excerpt: > + "Hyperledger Indy provides tools, libraries, and reusable components for providing digital identities rooted on blockchains or other distributed ledgers so that they are interoperable across administrative domains, applications, and any other silo." layout: single permalink: hyperledger/indy/github/ canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/indy-ecosystem/github/' diff --git a/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-16-Hyperledger-Global-Forum-2018.md b/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-16-Hyperledger-Global-Forum-2018.md index 5533d3dc..003d63e1 100644 --- a/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-16-Hyperledger-Global-Forum-2018.md +++ b/_posts/hyperledger/2019-03-16-Hyperledger-Global-Forum-2018.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ --- date: 2019-03-06 title: Hyperledger Global Forum-2018 +excerpt: > + "SAN FRANCISCO AND BASEL, SWITZERLAND – (December 12, 2018) – Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, today kicked off the first day of its Hyperledger Global Forum. The event has drawn more than 650 attendees from as far as Australia and Argentina for an extended conversation about the state of open source enterprise blockchain and vision for the Hyperledger community and technologies." layout: single classes: wide toc: false diff --git a/_posts/literature/2018-12-18-ssi-principles-vs-characteristics.md b/_posts/literature/2018-12-18-ssi-principles-vs-characteristics.md index 57cbbfcf..5b2c43fb 100644 --- a/_posts/literature/2018-12-18-ssi-principles-vs-characteristics.md +++ b/_posts/literature/2018-12-18-ssi-principles-vs-characteristics.md @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ --- date: 2018-12-18 title: A Comparison Between SSI Principles, and Characteristics +excerpt: > + 'No disrespect to Christopher Allen’s opening to the conversation, The Path to Self Sovereign Identity ‐ Christopher Allen 2016 http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the‐path‐to‐self‐soverereign‐identity.html + + It gets a lot right, but leaves a few requirements out, e.g., recoverability and zero cost, and conflates “identities” and claims in an ambiguous manner. Chris clearly intended the paper would start the conversation; it has done a good job at that.' layout: single classes: wide toc: false @@ -25,7 +29,7 @@ In April of 2016, Christopher Allen published "[The Path to Self Sovereign Ident His article details the history of digital identity standards, and the user experience accompanying those standards. After describing from where we've come, Allen draws from leading thought on digital identity to compose the [Principles of Self Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/self-sovereign-identity-principles.md). -That October, [Joe Andrieu](https://github.com/jandrieu) submitted [A Technology‐Free Definition of Self‐Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/jandrieu/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/raw/master/topics-and-advance-readings/a-technology-free-definition-of-self-sovereign-identity.pdf) to the third Rebooting the Web of Trust Design Workshop. +That October, [Joe Andrieu](https://github.com/jandrieu) submitted [A Technology‐Free Definition of Self‐Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/jandrieu/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/raw/master/topics-and-advance-readings/) to the third Rebooting the Web of Trust Design Workshop. >1 No disrespect to Christopher Allen’s opening to the conversation, The Path to Self Sovereign Identity [...] It gets a lot right, but leaves a few requirements out, e.g., recoverability and zero cost, and conflates “identities” and claims in an ambiguous manner. diff --git a/_posts/literature/2018-12-19-user-experience.md b/_posts/literature/2018-12-19-user-experience.md index 284d4418..52dcbb94 100644 --- a/_posts/literature/2018-12-19-user-experience.md +++ b/_posts/literature/2018-12-19-user-experience.md @@ -1,6 +1,16 @@ --- date: 2018-12-19 title: How would self-sovereign identity work for the user? +excerpt: > + From A gentle introduction to self-sovereign-identity by @antonylewis. A good example of a basic necessary SSI explainer. + + You would have an app on a smartphone or computer, some sort of “identity wallet” where identity data would be stored on the hard drive of your device, or with an agent of your choosing, but crucially not stored in a central repository. + + Your identity wallet would start off empty with only a self-generated Decentralized identifier (DID). + + At this stage, no one else in the world knows about this identification number. No one issued it to you. You created it yourself. It is self-sovereign. The laws of big numbers and randomness ensure that no one else will generate the same identification number as you. + + You then use this identification number, along with your identity claims, and get attestations from relevant authorities. layout: single classes: wide toc: false @@ -16,7 +26,7 @@ published: true --- -Adapted from [A gentle introduction to self-sovereign-identity](https://bitsonblocks.net/2017/05/17/gentle-introduction-self-sovereign-identity/) by [@antonylewis](https://github.com/antonylewis). I think this could use some polishing, but this is a good start, and a good example of a basic necessary SSI explainer. +From [A gentle introduction to self-sovereign-identity](https://bitsonblocks.net/2017/05/17/gentle-introduction-self-sovereign-identity/) by [@antonylewis](https://github.com/antonylewis). A good example of a basic necessary SSI explainer. You would have an app on a smartphone or computer, some sort of “identity wallet” where identity data would be stored on the hard drive of your device, or with an agent of your choosing, but crucially not stored in a central repository. diff --git a/_posts/literature/2018-12-21-self-sovereign-identity.md b/_posts/literature/2018-12-21-self-sovereign-identity.md index 6c61183f..8f9fb5a0 100644 --- a/_posts/literature/2018-12-21-self-sovereign-identity.md +++ b/_posts/literature/2018-12-21-self-sovereign-identity.md @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ --- date: 2018-12-21 title : "Self Sovereign Identity (SSI)" +excerpt: > + Christopher did a great job outlining the history of internet identity standards, and introduces 10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity, currently in revision. + + However, considerable additional material has been created on the subject since then, including some helpful criticism on the principles. + + Resultingly, I've begun collecting as much source grade material on Self Sovereign Identity, as possible, organizing it here. description : Literature associated with the Fundamentals of Self-Sovereign Identity. image : "https://decentralized-id.com/images/sovereign-identity.png" permalink: /literature/self-sovereign-identity/ @@ -17,7 +23,7 @@ published: true
-This directory was born from [WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity), the original SSI repository. +This directory was born from [WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity), *the original* SSI repository. In my opinion, the best overall article on the subject is still Christopher Allen's [The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/ThePathToSelf-SovereignIdentity.md). Christopher did a great job outlining the history of internet identity standards, and introduces [10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/self-sovereign-identity-principles.md), currently in revision. diff --git a/_posts/literature/2018-12-22-evolution-of-ssi.md b/_posts/literature/2018-12-22-evolution-of-ssi.md index 82feb16b..71792c7a 100644 --- a/_posts/literature/2018-12-22-evolution-of-ssi.md +++ b/_posts/literature/2018-12-22-evolution-of-ssi.md @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ date: 2018-12-22 title: "The Evolution of Self Sovereign Identity (Draft Seeking Feedback)" description: A start at examining leading thought around SSI since 2016, and presenting the idea of "modularizing" essential components of SSI documentation. +excerpt: > + In order to stimulate the discussion, I've been going through a infominer33/self-sovereign-identity and organizing some thoughts on SSI since Christopher's 2016 post. There are a few different ways to approach and describe SSI. What I aim to do is come up with a list of different "SSI Cases" to modularize the treatment of the subject. This will allow each to contribute in the way that makes most sense for themselves, rather than trying to discuss SSI as a whole in a single whitepaper. layout: single classes: wide toc: false diff --git a/_posts/literature/2019-03-02-rebooting-web-of-trust.md b/_posts/literature/2019-03-02-rebooting-web-of-trust.md index 05c41b3c..d501189f 100644 --- a/_posts/literature/2019-03-02-rebooting-web-of-trust.md +++ b/_posts/literature/2019-03-02-rebooting-web-of-trust.md @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ date: 2019-03-02 layout: single title: Rebooting Web Of Trust - Papers and Advance Readings Index description: "A reasonably complete listing of #RebootingWebOfTrust Papers, Topics, and Advance Readings" +excerpt: > + The Web of Trust. It’s the buzzword for a new model of decentralized identity. However, it’s also a phrase that dates back almost twenty-five years and has been heavily overloaded with meaning during that time. The classic definition of Web of Trust derives from PGP, but the top Google results refer to a website reputation rating system created by a Finnish internet company. Meanwhile, some use it as a big tent that includes identity authentication & verification, certificate validation, and reputation assessment, while the vibrant blockchain community is also drawing new attention to the classic concept. header: image: "/images/rebooting-web-of-trust.png" permalink: /literature/rebooting-web-of-trust/ diff --git a/_posts/literature/2019-03-05-sovrin-literature.md b/_posts/literature/2019-03-05-sovrin-literature.md index 2e4b7588..b76c5d19 100644 --- a/_posts/literature/2019-03-05-sovrin-literature.md +++ b/_posts/literature/2019-03-05-sovrin-literature.md @@ -1,28 +1,51 @@ --- date: 2019-03-05 -title: Sovrin Related Literature and Media layout: single -permalink: /literature/Sovrin/ +title: Sovrin Related Literature and Media +excerpt: > + Digital identity is one of the oldest and hardest problems on the Internet. There is still no way to use digital credentials to prove our online identity the same way we do in the offine world. This is finally changing. First, the World Wide Web Consortium is standardizing the format of digitally-signed credentials. Secondly, public blockchains can provide decentralized registration and discovery of the public keys needed to verify digital signatures. These two steps pave the way to establish a global public utility for self-sovereign identity—lifetime portable digital identity that does not depend on any central authority. +sidebar: + title: DIDecentralized + nav: "sovnav" canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/indy-ecosystem/literature/' redirect_from: - id-initiatives/indy-ecosystem/literature.html - indy-ecosystem/literature - indy-ecosystem/literature/ -sidebar: - title: DIDecentralized - nav: "sovnav" +permalink: /literature/Sovrin/ categories: ["Literature", "Sovrin Foundation"] tags: ["Indy","Evernym","GDPR"] last_modified_at: 2019-07-13 --- -## Contents - -* [Selected articles from Windley.com](#selected-articles-windleycom) -* [EU General Data Protection Regulation Act](#eu-general-data-protection-regulation-act) -* [Research Papers](#research-papers) -* [Reports](#reports) +[Library - Sovrin](https://sovrin.org/library/) + * [Distributed ledger identification systems in the humanitarian sector](https://sovrin.org/dlt-identity-humanitarian-sector/) *By Aiden Slavin* *August 2019* + > Commissioned by the I4A Council and the Sovrin Foundation, this report examines identification management systems in the humanitarian sector that use distributed ledger technology (DLT). + * [How DIDs, Keys, Credentials, and Agents Work in Sovrin](https://sovrin.org/library/how-dids-keys-credentials-and-agents-work-in-sovrin/) *By Daniel Hardman* April 2018 + > This document shows how low-level building blocks of the Sovrin ecosystem function in a practical real-world scenario where key management concerns matter deeply. It also introduces some notation and terminology. It makes heavy use of concepts described in the formal sequence diagrams and exposition from DKMS Design and Architecture V2. + * [Inevitable Rise of Self-Sovereign Identity](https://sovrin.org/library/inevitable-rise-of-self-sovereign-identity/) September 2016 + > Why Sovrin represents the solution to identity challenges. This whitepaper explains why the Internet does not currently have an identity layer and how the emergence of distributed ledger technology (DLT) finally makes one possible. + * [Sovrin: Digital Identities in the Blockchain Era](https://sovrin.org/library/sovrin-digital-identities-in-the-blockchain-era/) *By Dmitry Khovratovich and Jason Law* December 2016 + > This is the original paper that describes the core ideas behind the Sovrin Network and how they implement self-sovereign identity at a global scale. + * [How Sovrin Works](https://sovrin.org/library/how-sovrin-works/) *By Phillip J. Windley* October 2016 + > Sovrin is an open-source identity network built on distributed ledger technology. Sovrin is public and permissioned. Public means everyone can use it. Permissioned means that the network nodes that ensure consensus of transactions on the ledger are governed, in this case by the nonprofit ​Sovrin Foundation​. Some illustrated practical examples of key Sovrin features in action. + * [Sovrin Network: What Goes on the Ledger?](https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/What-Goes-On-The-Ledger.pdf) *By Andrew Tobin* + > A white paper from Evernym in cooperation with the Sovrin Foundation. An overview of what is on the Sovrin Network distributed ledger and why.September 2018 + * [On Guardianship in Self-Sovereign Identity](https://sovrin.org/library/guardianship-white-paper/) *By Sovrin Guardianship Task Force* *November 2019* + > This report explores why digital guardianship is a core principle in the Sovrin Governance Framework and a core feature of the Sovrin Network and other SSI architectures. + * [Sovrin: A Protocol and Token for Self-Sovereign Identity and Decentralized Trust](https://sovrin.org/library/sovrin-protocol-and-token-white-paper/) + > A comprehensive, highly readable 40 page paper describing the complete Sovrin ecosystem, including the problems Sovrin is designed to solve; why it is designed to be a global public utility; how the overall architecture is designed for for resilience, privacy and scalability; the markets it is expected to impact.January 2018 + * [What if I lose my phone?](https://sovrin.org/library/lost-phone) *By Daniel Hardman* + > What happens when my device is stolen? What happens if I forget my private key? What happens when my private keys are compromised or lost? This document will explore multiple scenarios when an identity holder loses control of their cloud agent through theft, hack or forgetfulness.March 2019 + * [Sovrin Governance Framework (formerly the Sovrin Trust Framework)](https://sovrin.org/sovrin-governance-framework/) + > The constitution of the Sovrin Network—specifies the business, legal, and technical policies governing Sovrin as a global public utility.**The Sovrin Governance Framework V2 is now in public review—[see this page](https://sovrin.org/sovrin-governance-framework/).**The original Sovrin Provisional Trust Framework was published on 28 Jun 2017. + * [Getting Started with Sovrin](https://sovrin.org/library/getting-started-with-sovrin/) + > A technical orientation guide using the Sovrin Command Line Interface. + * [Steward Agreement](https://sovrin.org/library/steward-agreement/) + > The current agreement in force between the Sovrin Foundation and the trusted organizations operating validator nodes on the Sovrin network.**The new Sovrin Steward Agreement is now in public review—[see this page](https://sovrin.org/sovrin-governance-framework/).**The current Sovrin Steward Agreement was published on 28 Jun 2017. + * [Sovrin Glossary](https://sovrin.org/library/glossary/) + > Defines 254 terms used in self-sovereign identity infrastructure. This is the official glossary used by all documents in the [Sovrin Governance Framework](https://sovrin.org/governance-framework/)—it was most recently approved by the Sovrin Board of Trustees on 04 December 2019. Includes [eight illustrated appendices](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gfIz5TT0cNp2kxGMLFXr19x1uoZsruUe_0glHst2fZ8/edit?pli=1#heading=h.4tum49dbq7jq) (33 pages) that describe core terms in detail. ## Selected articles Windley.com @@ -48,7 +71,6 @@ last_modified_at: 2019-07-13 ## Research Papers * [A Conceptual Analysis on Sovrin](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323144927_A_Conceptual_Analysis_on_Sovrin) -* [Evernym Research Collection *2016 Archive*](https://web.archive.org/web/20170206161655/http://www.evernym.com/our-research/) * [Matching Identity Management Solutions to Self Sovereign Identity Solutions](https://www.slideshare.net/TommyKoens/matching-identity-management-solutions-to-selfsovereign-identity-principles) * [A First Look at Identity Management Schemes on the Blockchain](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.03294.pdf) diff --git a/_posts/organizations/2019-03-06-organizations.md b/_posts/organizations/2019-03-06-organizations.md index 15aa570f..f8e8c823 100644 --- a/_posts/organizations/2019-03-06-organizations.md +++ b/_posts/organizations/2019-03-06-organizations.md @@ -1,22 +1,16 @@ --- date: 2019-03-06 title: DID-SSI Organizations +excerpt: Assorted Humanitarian Organizations layout: single permalink: organizations/ canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/organizations/' redirect_from: organizations categories: ["Organizations"] tags: ["Index"] -last_modified_at: 2019-07-11 +last_modified_at: 2019-03-11 --- -work in progress.... - - - * [Decentralized Identity Foundation—DIF](identity-foundation/) >> - * [My Data](mydata/) >> - * [Sovrin Foundation](sovrin-foundation/) >> - * [SSI Meetup](ssi-meetup/) >> ## Humanitarian diff --git a/_posts/organizations/2019-03-09-sovrin-foundation.md b/_posts/organizations/2019-03-09-sovrin-foundation.md index 5af09c4b..4f94cf61 100644 --- a/_posts/organizations/2019-03-09-sovrin-foundation.md +++ b/_posts/organizations/2019-03-09-sovrin-foundation.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ --- date: 2019-03-09 title: The Sovrin Foundation +description: The Sovrin Foundation is a private-sector, international non-profit that was established to govern the world's first self-sovereign identity (SSI) network. +excerpt: The Sovrin Foundation is a private-sector, international non-profit that was established to govern the world's first self-sovereign identity (SSI) network. layout: single classes: wide toc: false @@ -21,8 +23,8 @@ last_modified_at: 2019-07-13 * [[**F**](https://forum.sovrin.org/)]orum • [[**C**](https://chat.sovrin.org/)]hat • [[**T**](https://twitter.com/SovrinID)]witter • [[**G**](https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/sovrin)]ithub • [[**tele**](https://t.me/sovrin_foundation)]gram • [[**web**](https://sovrin.org/)]site -* [Founded](http://www.windley.com/archives/2016/09/announcing_the_sovrin_foundation.shtml) in [September](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sovrin-foundation-launches-first-dedicated-self-sovereign-identity-network-300336702.html) 2016, The [Sovrin](https://sovrin.org/) - Foundation is creating a public instance of the Sovrin\Indy codebase; initially developed by [Evernym](#Evernym) +* [Founded](http://www.windley.com/archives/2016/09/announcing_the_sovrin_foundation.shtml) in [September](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sovrin-foundation-launches-first-dedicated-self-sovereign-identity-network-300336702.html) LONDON, Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Evernym, Inc. announced today at the Ctrl-Shift Personal Information Economy conference that it has donated the intellectual property for the Sovrin Identity Network—the world's first and only dedicated self-sovereign identity platform—to a newly-formed nonprofit organization. The Sovrin Foundation, which is run by a group of internationally recognized identity experts, has a mission to empower everyone with a digital identity which they fully own and control. + * [Sovrin Library](https://sovrin.org/library/) * [Getting Started with Sovrin](https://sovrin.org/library/getting-started-with-sovrin/) * [Sovrin: A Protocol and Token for Self-Sovereign Identity and Decentralized Trust](https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/Sovrin-Protocol-and-Token-White-Paper.pdf) diff --git a/_posts/organizations/2019-04-04-mydata.md b/_posts/organizations/2019-04-04-mydata.md index 9a1371ae..1eb555da 100644 --- a/_posts/organizations/2019-04-04-mydata.md +++ b/_posts/organizations/2019-04-04-mydata.md @@ -1,14 +1,16 @@ --- date: 2019-04-04 -title: MyData layout: single +title: MyData +excerpt: > + We are entrepreneurs, activists, academics, listed corporations, public agencies, and developers. For years, we’ve been using different words for what we do – MyData, Self Data, VRM (Vendor Relationship Management), Internet of Me, PIMS (Personal Information Management Services) etc, while sharing a common goal: to empower individuals with their personal data, thus helping them and their communities develop knowledge, make informed decisions, and interact more consciously and efficiently with each other as well as with organisations. classes: wide toc: false -permalink: organizations/mydata/ -redirect_from: organizations/mydata -canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/organizations/mydata/' categories: ["Organizations", "Regulation"] tags: ["MyData","eIDAS","GDPR"] +redirect_from: organizations/mydata +canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/organizations/mydata/' +permalink: organizations/mydata/ last_modified_at: 2019-07-11 --- diff --git a/_posts/organizations/2019-07-15-women-in-identity.md b/_posts/organizations/2019-07-15-women-in-identity.md index c7d2db56..8933c09b 100644 --- a/_posts/organizations/2019-07-15-women-in-identity.md +++ b/_posts/organizations/2019-07-15-women-in-identity.md @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ --- date: 2019-07-15 title: "Women in Identity - @WomeninID" +excerpt: > + Digital identity solutions built for everyone are built by everyone. + Women in Identity inspires, elevates and supports a more diverse workforce in the digital identity industry. categories: ["Organizations"] tags: ["WomeninID","GDPR"] permalink: organizations/women-in-identity/ diff --git a/_posts/organizations/ssi-meetup/2019-04-01-ssi-meetup.md b/_posts/organizations/ssi-meetup/2019-04-01-ssi-meetup.md index 8e79dee1..9120fa79 100644 --- a/_posts/organizations/ssi-meetup/2019-04-01-ssi-meetup.md +++ b/_posts/organizations/ssi-meetup/2019-04-01-ssi-meetup.md @@ -1,14 +1,16 @@ --- date: 2019-04-01 -title: SSI-Meetup layout: single -permalink: organizations/ssi-meetup/ -canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/organizations/ssi-meetup/' -redirect_from: organizations/ssi-meetup +title: SSI-Meetup +excerpt: > + SSI Meetup is an open, collaborative community to help SSI evangelists around the world, independent of company interests or standards. Our main mission is to help you connect with other SSI enthusiasts and create a dynamic, local, yet globally connected community. +toc_sticky: false categories: ["Multi-Media"] tags: ["SSI-Meetup","GDPR"] +canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/organizations/ssi-meetup/' +redirect_from: organizations/ssi-meetup +permalink: organizations/ssi-meetup/ last_modified_at: 2019-07-20 -toc_sticky: false --- diff --git a/_posts/2019-07-19-use-cases.md b/_posts/organizations/ssi-meetup/2019-07-19-use-cases.md similarity index 100% rename from _posts/2019-07-19-use-cases.md rename to _posts/organizations/ssi-meetup/2019-07-19-use-cases.md diff --git a/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-06-ibm.md b/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-06-ibm.md index 92f256c0..40fd5ec9 100644 --- a/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-06-ibm.md +++ b/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-06-ibm.md @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ --- date: 2019-03-06 title: IBM Identity +excerpt: > + IBM joined DIF because we believe it will take open community and standards to achieve the vision of self-sovereign identity. For example, members of DIF are focused on the establishment of an open web platform standard within the W3C standards organization called Decentralized Identifier (DID). A DID will provide a standard global resource naming scheme for identity. + + There is a global Internet standard for naming resources called a uniform resource identifier or URI. When you type https://www.ibm.com into your browser, a URI ensures you always end up at IBM’s website. Similarly, we need one standard to identify an individual, as well. layout: single classes: wide toc: false diff --git a/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-08-microsoft.md b/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-08-microsoft.md index 7d5a02ae..f1f782aa 100644 --- a/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-08-microsoft.md +++ b/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-08-microsoft.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ --- date: 2019-03-08 title: Microsoft Identity +excerpt: > + Microsoft believes everyone has the right to own their digital identity, one that securely and privately stores all personal data. This ID must seamlessly integrate into daily life and give complete control over data access and use. layout: single permalink: id-initiatives/microsoft/ canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/id-initiatives/microsoft/' diff --git a/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-27-danube.md b/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-27-danube.md index c2dd06d4..5d0b6b3b 100644 --- a/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-27-danube.md +++ b/_posts/private-sector/2019-03-27-danube.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ --- date: 2019-03-27 title: Project Danube +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. layout: single permalink: /private-sector/danube-tech/ canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/private-sector/danube-tech/' diff --git a/_posts/specs-standards/2019-03-15-xdi.md b/_posts/specs-standards/2019-03-15-xdi.md index 6c80e9a6..4d7eb37e 100644 --- a/_posts/specs-standards/2019-03-15-xdi.md +++ b/_posts/specs-standards/2019-03-15-xdi.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ redirect_from: - standards/xdi - standards/xdi/ categories: ["Specs-Standards"] -tags: ["XDI","Danube","OASIS"] +tags: ["XDI","Danube","OASIS","BTCR"] last_modified_at: 2019-03-15 --- diff --git a/_posts/specs-standards/2020-01-04-JSON-LD.md b/_posts/specs-standards/2020-01-04-JSON-LD.md index 9d033667..501bc623 100644 --- a/_posts/specs-standards/2020-01-04-JSON-LD.md +++ b/_posts/specs-standards/2020-01-04-JSON-LD.md @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ --- date: 2020-01-04 title: JSON-LD +excerpt: > + The Semantic Web isn't just about putting data on the web. It is about making links, so that a person or machine can explore the web of data. With linked data, when you have some of it, you can find other, related, data. + + Like the web of hypertext, the web of data is constructed with documents on the web. However, unlike the web of hypertext, where links are relationships anchors in hypertext documents written in HTML, for data they links between arbitrary things described by RDF,. The URIs identify any kind of object or concept. layout: single permalink: /specs-standards/JSON-LD/ canonical_url: 'https://decentralized-id.com/specs-standards/JSON-LD/' diff --git a/_sass/minimal-mistakes/_archive.scss b/_sass/minimal-mistakes/_archive.scss index edbb6c06..98575b32 100644 --- a/_sass/minimal-mistakes/_archive.scss +++ b/_sass/minimal-mistakes/_archive.scss @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; - blockquote + blockquote, p, li, dl { - font-size: 0.85em; + font-size: 0.9em; } @include breakpoint($large) { diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index d68c026a..c9a8c4b4 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ classes: wide
  • The European Union's GDPR enlarged the global conversation around digital privacy practices, lending much weight to the SSI credo.
  • The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have also fueled efforts towards a global and widely accessible identity solution.
  • The Blockchain industry exploded around Bitcoin, proving the concept of digital scarcity, in the form of a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) currency.
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