This repository contains documents related to the "Rebooting the Web-of-Trust" series of events in the spring of 2017.
The fourth DesignShop event, to be held in the Paris, France on April 19th, 20th, & the 21st 2017, is a facilitated, invite-only event focused on creating the next generation of decentralized web-of-trust based identity systems. The goal of this initial DesignShop is to generate 5 technical white papers and/or proposals on topics decided by the group that will have the greatest impact on the future.
In advance of the April DesignShop, all participants were requested to post in the Topics and Advanced Readings folder a one- or two-page topics paper to be shared with other attendees on either:
- A specific problem that you'd like to solve with a web-of-trust solution, and why current solutions (such as PGP or CA-based PKI) can't address the problem.
- A specific solution related to the web-of-trust that you'd like others to use or contribute to.
Our current list of topic papers:
- Aligning Signature Formats by Manu Sporny, Christopher Allen, Jason Law, and Ryan Shea
- Blockcerts and Open Badges Signature Alignment by Kim Hamilton Duffy
- Credit-based Reputations for Identity Management with Blockchain and Flow Networks by Tobias Mayer, Obar Hasan, and Lionel Brunie
- Fostering the Resilience of an Ecosystem of Workers through Regulated Decentralized Reputation by Philippe Honigman & Klara Sok
- Trust for Security and Security for Trust by Nikolaos Alexopoulos
- Verifiable Claims and Web of Trust by Manu Sporny, Christopher Allen, Joe Andrieu, Matthew Collier, Dave Longley, and Adam Lake
- Credit based Reputations for Identity Management with Blockchain and Flow Networks by Tobias Mayer, Omar Hasan, Lionel Brunie
Following are some of the finished papers from past design shops. They're good reading to understand who we are and what our priorities and goals are:
- Rebranding the Web of Trust — What is the Webof Trust? A quick overview. RWOT1
- DID Implementer's Draft — The draft for decentralized identifiers, the most robust and complete spec to come out of our design shops. RWOT3
- Satisfying Real-World Use Cases — Digital identity in the real-world. RWOT1
- Identity Crisis: Identity through Correlation — An alternative way to look at identity. RWOT2
- HIE of One Blockchain — Identity and the physician-patient relationship. RWOT2
- Smart Consent Protocol — COALA and Consent Receipts. RWOT3
You may also wish to read Christopher Allen's core article on self-sovereign identity:
- The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity — Ten principles of self-sovereign identity. Life with Alacrity