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Blockchain's present opportunity: data interchange standardization

2 points by ivoras 7y ago

westurner 7y ago
What are the current standards efforts for blockchain data interchange? W3C JSON-LD, ld-signatures + lds-merkleproof2017 (normalize the data before signing it so that the signature is representation-independent (JSONLD, RDFa, RDF, n-triples)), W3C DID Decentralized Identifiers, W3C Verifiable Claims, Blockcerts.org W3C Credentials Community Group: https://w3c-ccg.github.io/community/work_items.html#draft-specifications-and-reports https://w3c-ccg.github.io/community/work_items.html#draft-sp... (DID, Multihash (IETF), [...]) "Blockchain Credential Resources; a gist" https://gist.github.com/westurner/4345987bb29fca700f52163c339a270f https://gist.github.com/westurner/4345987bb29fca700f52163c33... Specifically for payments: https://www.w3.org/TR/?title=payment https://www.w3.org/TR/?title=payment (the W3C Payment Request API standardizes browser UI payment/checkout workflows) ILP: Interledger Protocol https://interledger.org/rfcs/0027-interledger-protocol-4/ https://interledger.org/rfcs/0027-interledger-protocol-4/
- westurner 7y ago
  > W3C JSON-LD https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/ https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/ (JSON-LD 1.0) https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld11/ https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld11/ (JSON-LD 1.1) > ld-signatures + lds-merkleproof2017 (normalize the data before signing it so that the signature is representation-independent (JSONLD, RDFa, RDF, n-triples)) https://w3c-dvcg.github.io/ld-signatures/ https://w3c-dvcg.github.io/ld-signatures/ https://w3c-dvcg.github.io/lds-merkleproof2017/ https://w3c-dvcg.github.io/lds-merkleproof2017/ (2017 Merkle Proof Linked Data Signature Suite) > W3C DID Decentralized Identifiers https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-primer/ https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-primer/ >> A Decentralized Identifier (DID) is a new type of identifier that is globally unique, resolveable with high availability, and cryptographically verifiable. DIDs are typically associated with cryptographic material, such as public keys, and service endpoints, for establishing secure communication channels. DIDs are useful for any application that benefits from self-administered, cryptographically verifiable identifiers such as personal identifiers, organizational identifiers, and identifiers for Internet of Things scenarios. For example, current commercial deployments of W3C Verifiable Credentials heavily utilize Decentralized Identifiers to identify people, organizations, and things and to achieve a number of security and privacy-protecting guarantees. > W3C Verifiable Claims https://github.com/w3c/verifiable-claims https://github.com/w3c/verifiable-claims https://w3c.github.io/vc-data-model/ https://w3c.github.io/vc-data-model/ (Data Model) https://w3c.github.io/vc-use-cases/ https://w3c.github.io/vc-use-cases/ (Use Cases: Education, Healthcare, Professional Credentials, Legal Identity,) > Blockcerts.org https://blockcerts.org/ https://blockcerts.org/

2 points by ivoras 7y ago

What are the current standards efforts for blockchain data interchange? W3C JSON-LD, ld-signatures + lds-merkleproof2017 (normalize the data before signing it so that the signature is representation-independent (JSONLD, RDFa, RDF, n-triples)), W3C DID Decentralized Identifiers, W3C Verifiable Claims, Blockcerts.org W3C Credentials Community Group: https://w3c-ccg.github.io/community/work_items.html#draft-specifications-and-reports https://w3c-ccg.github.io/community/work_items.html#draft-sp... (DID, Multihash (IETF), [...]) "Blockchain Credential Resources; a gist" https://gist.github.com/westurner/4345987bb29fca700f52163c339a270f https://gist.github.com/westurner/4345987bb29fca700f52163c33... Specifically for payments: https://www.w3.org/TR/?title=payment https://www.w3.org/TR/?title=payment (the W3C Payment Request API standardizes browser UI payment/checkout workflows) ILP: Interledger Protocol https://interledger.org/rfcs/0027-interledger-protocol-4/ https://interledger.org/rfcs/0027-interledger-protocol-4/

westurner 7y ago
> W3C JSON-LD https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/ https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/ (JSON-LD 1.0) https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld11/ https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld11/ (JSON-LD 1.1) > ld-signatures + lds-merkleproof2017 (normalize the data before signing it so that the signature is representation-independent (JSONLD, RDFa, RDF, n-triples)) https://w3c-dvcg.github.io/ld-signatures/ https://w3c-dvcg.github.io/ld-signatures/ https://w3c-dvcg.github.io/lds-merkleproof2017/ https://w3c-dvcg.github.io/lds-merkleproof2017/ (2017 Merkle Proof Linked Data Signature Suite) > W3C DID Decentralized Identifiers https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-primer/ https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-primer/ >> A Decentralized Identifier (DID) is a new type of identifier that is globally unique, resolveable with high availability, and cryptographically verifiable. DIDs are typically associated with cryptographic material, such as public keys, and service endpoints, for establishing secure communication channels. DIDs are useful for any application that benefits from self-administered, cryptographically verifiable identifiers such as personal identifiers, organizational identifiers, and identifiers for Internet of Things scenarios. For example, current commercial deployments of W3C Verifiable Credentials heavily utilize Decentralized Identifiers to identify people, organizations, and things and to achieve a number of security and privacy-protecting guarantees. > W3C Verifiable Claims https://github.com/w3c/verifiable-claims https://github.com/w3c/verifiable-claims https://w3c.github.io/vc-data-model/ https://w3c.github.io/vc-data-model/ (Data Model) https://w3c.github.io/vc-use-cases/ https://w3c.github.io/vc-use-cases/ (Use Cases: Education, Healthcare, Professional Credentials, Legal Identity,) > Blockcerts.org https://blockcerts.org/ https://blockcerts.org/