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The Technology Stack Working Group and its Taskforces incubate, design, test and recommend for adoption the components and combinations of technical elements that span all four layers of the ToIP stack and comprise a complete, interoperable instance of the model.
Scope
(TSWG) specifies requirements, specifications, and test suites for the technical architecture of the ToIP stack. For an overview of the ToIP stack, see the Introduction to ToIP white paper. For an overview of the ToIP stack development process, see the Evolution of the ToIP Stack.
Scope
The scope of the Technical Stack Working Group (as defined by our charter revised in September 2023) is to define Define (directly or by reference)thetechnicalstandards,testsuites,andinteroperabilitycertificationstandardsfor theTrustoverIP architecturestackas defined in Hyperledger Aries RFC 0289 (or its successor as identified in the RFC document itself).
Meetings
Schedule:
US/EU: meetings are held bi-weekly, every second (TBC)
APAC: TBC
See the Meeting Page for agendas, notes and recordings for all meetings.
Deliverables
- Laws of Identity (status: PROPOSED) - intended to explain how ToIP maps to Kim Cameron's work.
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2021-05-31 ACTION DARRELL - find status (git, Google Doc, etc.) to prepare for CLOSEOUT
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Chris Buchanan (lead)
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DRAFT HERE (Google Docs)
2021-05-31 ACTION DARRELL - find status (git, Google Doc, etc.) to prepare for CLOSEOUT
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SSI Principles
(DP0031)
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MOVED to SC for approval - will drop from TF SOS next meeting.
2021-05-31 ACTION DARRELL - find status (git, Google Doc, etc.) to prepare for CLOSEOUT
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Darrell O'Donnell (lead)
<< NEED MORE >>
Top-Down using HL-Aries for Layers 2/3 and HL-Indy and Trustbloc/Orb as Layer 1 implementations.
GOAL: Get something out. EARLY SKELETON DOC
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Glossary is an ongoing effort. Any updates?
"Big 4" should be referencing and be consistent (use terms, introduce new terms if absolutely required).
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Foundational RFC Whitepaper Task Force
(WP0010)
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NEED CLARITY Drummond Reed& Darrell O'Donnell
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Decentralization Task Force
(DP0005)
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Daniel Bachenheimer (Cross Foundation TF Representative)
being handled in UFWG - lead is Jessica Townsend
Technology Stack Task Force
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_______ (lead - JUMP IN!)
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NEED CLARITY Drummond Reed (Create Wiki page) & Darrell O'Donnell
Q1 Deliverable - as part of the "Big 4" documents.
NEED:
- Lead
- Participants
Start with TSS0001 as beginning.
CHALLENGE - Review TSS0001 to get a grounding in what is required here.
Content will be extracted from current state of WP0010.
Goal here is to adapt Hyperledger Aries RFC289 into a Tech Spec.
describedintheIntroductiontoToIPpaperandtheDesignPrinciples for the ToIP Stack paper.
Leadership
2023 Co-Chairs:
- Darrell O'Donnell (Continuum Loop)
- Drummond Reed (Gen)
- Kevin Griffin (GLEIF)
2023 Vice-Chairs:
- Daniel Bachenheimer (Accenture)
- Tim Bouma
- Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs)
Task Forces
Much of the work on deliverables of the TSWG is performed by self-organizing Task Forces (TFs). Following are the current active TFs and their current leads. See their home pages for their meeting schedules.
- Trust Registry TF (TRTF) — Darrell O'Donnell Andor Kesselman Antti Kettunen
- Authentic Chained Data Containers (ACDC) TF — Samuel Smith Phil Feairheller Kevin Griffin
- Technology Architecture TF (TATF) — Wenjing Chu Drummond Reed
- Trust Spanning Protocol TF (TSPTF) — Drummond Reed Wenjing Chu Samuel Smith
- AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF (AIMTF) — Wenjing Chu
- Credential Exchange Protocols TF — Mathieu Glaude
- DID WebS Method Task Force – Phil Feairheller, Stephen Curran, Lance Byrd
- X.509 VID Task Force — Eric Scouten
Meetings
The TSWG currently holds a plenary meeting once every four weeks on Wednesdays in two time slots (one for North America/Europe and one for Asia Pacific time zones):
- NA/EU: 08:00-09:00 PT / 15:00-16:00 UTC
- APAC: 18:00-19:00 PT / 01:00-02:00 UTC
Meetings in 2024 will begin on January 23.
For all authoritative meeting logistics and Zoom links, please see the ToIP Calendar.
See the TSWG Meeting Page for an index of all Meeting Pages with agendas, notes and recordings from all meetings.
Deliverables
The table below lists all TSWG deliverables and the Task Forces working on each. Bold = completed. Non-bold = future. WG members are welcome to follow the links to contribute, either by joining the responsible Task Force (TF) or contributing directly to a deliverable document.
| Name of Deliverable | Deliverable Type | Link to Deliverable | Task Force | Deliverable Status |
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| Principles of SSI | Recommendation | Completed | ToIP Approved Deliverable | |
Design Principles for the ToIP Stack | Recommendation | ToIP Approved Deliverable | ||
| ToIP Technology Architecture Specification | Specification | ToIP webpage (with links to the GitHub version and PDF) | ToIP Technology Architecture TF | Public Review Draft 01 |
| ToIP Trust Spanning Protocol Specification | Specification | ToIP wiki page | Trust Spanning Protocol TF | Draft Deliverable |
| ToIP Trust Registry Protocol Specification | Specification | ToIP wiki page (with links to current versions) | Trust Registry TF | Draft Deliverable |
| ACDC Specification (Authentic Chained Data Containers) | Specification | See ACDC TF home page | ACDC TF | Draft Deliverable |
KERI Specification | Specification | See ACDC TF home page | ACDC TF | Draft Deliverable |
CESR Specification | Specification | See ACDC TF home page | ACDC TF | Draft Deliverable |
| SAID Specification (Self-Addressing Identifier) | Specification | See ACDC TF home page | ACDC TF | Draft Deliverable |
OOBI Specification | Specification | See ACDC TF home page | ACDC TF | Draft Deliverable |
| did:webs DID Method Specification | Specification | ToIP wiki page | did:webs TF | Draft Deliverable |
| did:x509 DID Method Specification | Specification | ToIP wiki page | X.509 VID TF | Draft Deliverable |
How to join
After you have joined Trust Over IP, you can join this WG by signing up for the Working Group's mailing list. Use this link to sign-up for the TWSG-2 mailing list to signify your acceptance of the WG charter and desire to participate in the TSWG-2. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Log-in using your group.io username and password or LF ID. Then click on the blue button [+Join This Group]. mailing list at
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ToIP Stack Design Principles Task Force
(DP0034)
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See Wiki discussion draft as well as the Big 4 description. Please also see WIP Google Doc.
2021-05-31 works continues - should be getting attention soon
RAISE at next (14JUN2021) meeting Drummond Reed
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Chairs / Leads
- Chair: Darrell O'Donnell (Continuum Loop)
How to join
You can join this WG by signing up for the Foundation mailing list at lists.trustoverip.org. Our mailing list is technology-stack-wg-wg@lists2@lists.trustoverip.org.
Members as well as observers are welcome (with the important caveat below).
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Intellectual Property Rights (Copyright, Patent, Source Code)
The WG inherits the IPR terms from the JDF Charter. These includeUntil 25 October 2023, these are:
- Copyright mode: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
- Patent mode: W3C Mode (based on the W3C Patent Policy).
- Source code: Apache 2.0, available at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html. The GSWG TA TF is not expected to produce source code.
After 25 October 2023, the IPR terms changed to:
- Copyright mode: OWFa 1.0 (available at https://www.openwebfoundation.org/the-agreements/the-owf-1-0-agreements-granted-claims/owfa-1-0)
- Patent mode: OWFa 1.0 (available at https://www.openwebfoundation.org/the-agreements/the-owf-1-0-agreements-granted-claims/owfa-1-0)
- Source code: Apache 2.0 (available at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html)