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Self Sovereign Identity (SSI)

Articles and documents associated with the fundamentals of Self Sovereign Identity.

This directory was born from /WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity, the original SSI repository. I've done a bit of work over there, and decided to expand my efforts. The reason I got started on this is because I wanted to write an article about SSI. Then I saw the opportunity to help with its documentation.

The best overall article on the subject is still Christopher Allen's rallying cry: The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity. Christopher did an excellent job of outlining the history of internet identity standards, and introduces 10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity, currently in revision. Additionally, some criticism of the principles has been offered, and a considerable amount of additional material has been created.

I began organizing some thoughts around the Evolution of Self Sovereign Identity. The idea is to collect thought on SSI since 2016, and outline a few areas where I feel like the documentation could be improved. Once I've completed a review of existing literature on the subject, I'll put it into a google shared doc to encourage further participation.

In the mean-time, I'll adding all of the best SSI resources I can find here.

Self Sovereign Identity Documentation

• The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity - The original article on Self-Sovereign Identity and the 10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity as published on 2016-04-25 in github and at Life With Alacrity by Christopher Allen

  • 10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity - The Self-Sovereign Identity Principles, in progress of being revised.

  • Core Characteristics of Self Sovereign Identity - from A Technlogy-Free Definition of Self-Sovereign Identity - Topic paper for Rebooting Web of Trust III by Joe Andrieu (for review and comparison against 10 Principles of SSI)

    • SSI Principles vs. Characteristics

  • Self-Sovereign Bill of Rights - lifeID (founded by Chris Boscolo) adapted the 10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity into a Bill of Rights that all self-sovereign identity solution should uphold.

  • Schutte's Take offers criticism on the 10 principles.

• 7 Myths of Self Sovereign Identity - from Timothy Ruff's blog post.

• A Gentle Guide to Self Sovereign Identity has a section called "How would self-sovereign identity work for the user?" that could be modularized.

• How to Convince Dad* of the Importance of Self-Sovereign Identity (*and your sister and your daughter and your best friend and your nephew) (SSI Use-Cases)

Further review

• Identity and Digital Self-Sovereignty - Blog post by Natalie Smolenski

  • Sovereignty in Historical Context for Self-Sovereign Identity – Natalie Smolenski – Webinar 18

• SSI: A Roadmap for Adoption from Rebooting the web of trust, Spring 2018.

  This document proposes the formation of a short-term team to develop consistent messaging for the Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) market.

• Identity and the quest for Self Sovereign Identity - Daniel Hardman

• Self Sovereign Identity and the MyData model from Finland - Antti 'Jogi' Poikola

• Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) and Open Source – Richard Esplin from SSIMeetup