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# Categories

## Open Standards
### Decentralized Identifiers
- Explainer
- Literature
- Methods
- Supporting
  - Resolution
- Critique

### Verifiable Credentials
- Explainer
- Comparisons
- Varieties
  - JSON-LD (w3c)
  - JSON-LD ZKP BBS+ (zkp-ld)
  - JSON-JWT(ietf)
  - ZKP-CL (Hyperledger)
  - JWP (DIF)

### Related
- JSON-LD (W3C)
- JSON (IETF)
- BBS (SIAM 1986)

### Exchange Protocols
- DIDComm (DIF)
- CHAPI (DIF)
- OIDC4VC (OpenID)
- mDL (ISO/IEC)
- WACI-Pex (DIF)
- VC-HTTP-API (CCG)

### Authorization Protocols
- zCap (w3c)
- UCAN (Fission, Bluesky, Protocol Labs)
- GNAP (IETF)
- OAuth (IETF)

### ISO Standards
- mDL (ISO/IEC 18013-5)
- JTC 1/SC 17/WG 3 - Travel Documents (ISO/IEC)
- ISO 27001

### Data Stores
- Encrypted Data Vaults - EDV (DIF)
- Decentralized Web Node - DWN (DIF)

### Trust Frameworks
- 800-63-3 (NIST)
- PCTF (DIACC)

### Non SSI Identity Standards
- OpenID (OpenID)
- FIDO (FIDO)
- OAuth (IETF)
- SCIM (IETF)
- SAML (OASIS)
- KMIP (OASIS)
- WebAuthN (W3C)
- Secure QR Code (OASIS)
- Blockchain Standards
  - ISOTC 307 (ISO)
  - CEN/EENTLIC (CEN/EENTLIC)
  - ERC 725 (Ethereum)

## Code-Bases

### Open Source Projects
- Universal Resolver (DIF)
- KERI (DIF)
- Other Tools & Libraries (DIF)
- ESSIF-Lab (ESSIF-Lab)
- Aires (Hyperledger)
- Indy (Hyperledger)
- Ursa (Hyperledger)
- Other Tools & Libraries (Hyperledger)
- Blockcerts (Hyland)

### Company Code
- Walt.id
- Verite
- SpruceID

## Organizations (by organization)
### International Standard Development Organizations [SDO]
- W3C
- IETF
- OASIS
- ITU-T
- ISO/IEC

### Community Organizations
- W3C - CCG
- DIF
- ToIP
- ADIA
- Kantara
- MyData
- DIACC
- ID2020
- OpenID Foundation
- Internet Safety Labs
- GLEIF
- Hyperledger Foundation
- FIDO Alliance
- OASIS

### National Government/Standard Setting Bodies
- NIST
- The Standards Council of Canada
- BSI - The Federal Office for Information Security, German

### Companies (by region/company)
- Microsoft - Azure / Entra
- Apple
- Google

### EU SSI Startups
- MyDex
- MeeCo
- JoloCom (in bankruptcy)
- ValidatedID
- Bloqzone
- Procivis
- Gataca

### US SSI Startups
- Dock
- Anonoyome
- GlobalID
- Hyland
- Magic
- IDRamp
- Indicio
- Verified Inc (formerly UNUMID)
- Animo
- Mattr
- Liquid Avatar (in bankruptcy)
- Hedera
- IOTAv
- Trinsic
- Transmute
- Spruce
- Disco.xyz

### Asia SSI Startups
- Afinidi
- ZADA
- Dihway
- Ayanworks
- NewLogic

### Africa SSI Startups
- FlexID
- Diwala

### Acquisitions
- Gen Digital -Avast-Evernym-SecureKey

### Analyst Firms
- KuppingerCole
- Forrester
- Gartner

### Consulting Firms
- Deloitte
- Accenture
- McKinsey
- BCG

### IAM Industry
- Ping (TomaBravo rollup)
- Okta
- Auth0
- ForgeRock (TomaBravo rollup)
- IDENTOS
- SailPoint (TomaBravo rollup)

## SSI Networks
- DizmeID
- Sovrin
- BedRock
- ONT
- Velocity
- GlobalID
- Dock
- ITN, Mobi

## Policies/Regulations (by region)
### Europe
- Data Governance Act
- GDPR
- eIDAS1
- eIDAS2
- UK Data Protection

### Global
- FATF

### Asia

### USA
- COPPA
- Privacy Act
- California SB786

### India

### Canada
- Pan Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF)

### Crypto Regulation

## Government Initiatives
### US
- SVIP
- National Cybersecurity Strategy
- mDL (not SSI standards conformant)

### Germany
- IDUnion
- +3 more quiet ones

### UK
- Scotland
- UK Digital Strategy

### EU
- eIDAS2 Large Scale Pilots - ARF
- EBSI
- ESSIF-Lab
- Catalonia
- Switzerland

### APAC
- New Zealand
- Australia
- Singapore
- South Korea

### Global South
- Maori
- ID2020

### Canada
- BCGov
- Alberta
- Ontario

### LatAm
- LACCHAIN

## Real-World Implementations
### Government Issued ID
- Passport eMRTD/DTC (ICAO)
- Immigraion (USCIS)
- MDL (US)
- IDCard (IATA / Switzerland)

### Trust Registries & Directories
- TRAIN (ToIP)
- Regi-Trust (UNDP)
- OrgBook BC (BCGov)

### SupplyChain/Trade
- GS1
- GLEIF

### Banking
- Bonifi

### COVID
- NYState
- VCI
- CCI
- DTCC
- DIVOC

### Enterprise

### Healthcare

### Learning/Career/Education
- JFF
- Velocity
- Learning Economy Foundation
- TLN - Trusted Learner Network

### KYC

### Real Estate
- Buy-Sell
- Rental

### Travel
- Humanitarian
- Energy
- IoT
- Guardianship
- Wallets

## Types (by type+topic)
- Research Papers/Academic Literature
  - Turing Institute Research: Privacy & Trust
- Media Coverage
  - Mainstream
  - Cryptocurrency\Trade Oriented Publications (Coinbase, Bitcoin Magazine, Wired, Hackernoon)
  - Awards
  - Data Breaches
- Courses
- Infographics
- Podcasts
- Videos
- How To
- Past Job Posting from Identosphere
- Events
  - IIW
  - RWoT
  - Identosphere Event Listings
  - Identiverse
  - RSA
  - Identity Week America
  - Funding Opportunities
  - Meetups

## Topics (by topic)
- Biometrics
- Privacy
- Human Rights
- Career Advice
- Governance
- User Experience
- Business
- Competition Issues
- Critiques
- Future
- Principles and Manifestos

## Web3, DWeb, & Other Tech (by focus)
- Web3 ID
  - DAO
  - Decentralization
  - Metaverse
  - NFT
  - SBT
  - Cryptocurrency
  - Trust
  - DeFi
- Organizations
  - Fission
  - Protocol Labs
  - Ethereum-Oasis
  - Ethereum Enterprise Alliance
- DWeb
  - Secure Suttlebutt
  - Bluesky
  - Web5
  - Handshake
- Blockchain Ecosystems
  - Bitcoin
  - Ethereum
  - Cardano
  - Cosmos
  - Polkadot
- Object Capabilities
- Linked Data (Semantic Web)