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Self Sovereign Identity (SSI)

Articles and documents associated with Self Sovereign Identity fundamentals.

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've begun 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 Components

• 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 [ϟ]
  • 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)
• Self-Sovereign Identity and the Legitimacy of Permissioned Ledgers

Requires 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.

• Inevitable Rise of Self-Sovereign Identity
• Self-Sovereign Identity: Why Blockchain?
• IBM-Paving the Road to Self-Sovereign Identity with Blockchain, Open Standards
• The Three Models of Digital Identity Relationships — How self-sovereign identity (SSI) is different, and why it’s better
• The Rise of Self-Sovereign Identity - Hyperledger Indy
• Paving the Road to Self-Sovereign Identity with Blockchain, Open Standards
• Deployment of a Blockchain-Based Self-Sovereign Identity - Delft
• The Nail Finds a Hammer: Self-Sovereign Identity, Design Principles, and Property Rights in the Developing World
• GDPR - A reflection on the 'self-sovereign identity' and the Blockchain
• Self-Sovereign Privacy By Design
• Is Self-Sovereign Identity the ultimate GDPR compliance tool? [1\3] [2] [3]
• Towards Self-Sovereign Identity using Blockchain Technology
• Self-sovereign Identity – Opportunities and Challenges for the Digital Revolution
• Decentralized Identity Trilemma

  There seems to exist a trilemma in decentralized identity analogous to @Zooko's triangle. None of the existing solutions are at the same time: 1) privacy-preserving, 2) Sybil-resistant 3) self-sovereign -[T]

• Self Sovereign Identity and MyData
• HIPE 0014-ssi-notation

Video

• 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
• Decentralized Identifiers enable self-sovereign identity - MyData 2018
• eIDAS and Self-Sovereign Identity - MyData 2018
• uPort: Self-Sovereign Identity Meets Portable Data
• Behind the Cloud—Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity in the Enterprise
• The Story of Open SSI Standards - Drummond Reed

History

• What is Sovereign Source Authority? shows an early use of 'sovereign' in relation to our internet identities. The term "Self Sovereign Identity" started becoming widely used in 2014.[ϟ][ϟ]
• Sovrin Foundation Launches first dedicated Self Sovereign Identity Network

Assorted

0/ “Self-Sovereign Identity: A Progress Report”…

— Christopher Allen (@ChristopherA) April 25, 2018

• There’s A Facebook Alternative, It’s Called Self-Sovereign Identity —coindesk
• A Universal Resolver for self-sovereign identifiers [G] [>]
  • uniresolver.io

Resources

• SSIMeetup [S] [V] [tele] - SSI Meetup is an open, collaborative community to help SSI evangelists around the world, independent of company interests or standards.
• WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-id
• Self-Sovereign Identity — wiki.p2pfoundation