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The Technology Stack Working Group (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
Define The scope of the Technical Stack Working Group (as defined by our charter revised in September 2023) is to define (directly or by reference)thetechnicalstandards,testsuites,andinteroperabilitycertificationstandardsfor theTrustoverIP architecturestack consistent with asdescribedintheIntroductiontoToIPpaperandtheDesignPrinciples 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)
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Much of the work on deliverables of the TSWG is performed my by self-organizing Task Forces (TFs). Following are the current active TFs and their current leads. See their home pages for their meeting schedules.
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- Containers (ACDC) TF — Samuel Smith Phil Feairheller
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- 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
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The following TF has been proposed and approved but is not yet active:
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- Credential Exchange Protocols TF — Mathieu Glaude
- DID WebS Method Task Force – Phil Feairheller, 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 / 1615:00-1716:00 UTC
- APAC: 18:00-19:00 PT / 0201:00-0302:00 UTC
The TSWG shares this Wednesday pair of meeting slots in a four-week cycle with three other TSWG Task Force meetings. So the full four-week cycle (which started on 04 January 2023) is:
- TSWG Plenary
- Technology Architecture Task Force
- Trust Spanning Protocol Task Force Meeting #1
- Trust Spanning Protocol Task Force Meeting #2
Meetings in 2024 will begin on January 23.
For all authoritative meeting logistics and Zoom links, please see the ToIP Calendar.
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The table below lists all TSWG deliverables that have been approved to move beyond Pre-Draft statusTSWG deliverables and the Task Forces working on each. Bold = currentcompleted. 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 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 | Working Group Approved Deliverable (2021-11-15) | ACDC Specification | Specification | See ACDC TF home page | ACDC TF | DraftToIP 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 | ToIP Trust Spanning Protocol|||||
| 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 | Trust Spanning Protocoldid:webs TF | Draft Deliverable |
Other potential deliverables discussed by TSWG members:
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| did:x509 DID Method Specification | Specification | ToIP wiki page | X.509 VID TF | Draft Deliverable |
How to join
You After you have joined Trust Over IP, you can join this WG by signing up for the Foundation mailing list at 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 lists.trustoverip.org. Our mailing list is technology-stack-wg@listswg-2@lists.trustoverip.org.
Members as well as observers are welcome (with the important caveat below).
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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.
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)