We began by Rieks summarizing the five points that the TF had asked for him to explain about the eSSIF-Lab Concepts and Terminology project.
- Goals of the project
- Resources/funding
- Terminology management software
- Process that they will be following
- How the ESSIF Labs Concepts and Terminology project and the ToIP Concepts and Terminology WG could collaborate
Reiks shared the following links about eSSIF-Lab:
Rieks explained that the goal of eSSIF-Lab is to fund a set of other entities of all sizes to work on SSI projects. He shared that the Concepts and Terminology work at eSSIF-Lab does not have its own dedicated funding.
He mentioned a German project that has been maintaining a consolidated terminology for identity and privacy that has had 34 revisions. So it's a big job.
The goal of the project as Rieks explained it is to develop terminology where:
- Each term has one meaning within one scope.
- A set of such terms appropriate to one scope is called a glossary.
- A list of terms that can have more than one meaning in different scopes is a dictionary.
- If you need to map the terms together within and across scopes, you need a concept, pattern or mental model.
Rieks explained that eSSIF-Lab is currently working out its software. Currently they are using Docusaurus. They are currently exploring how to produce the different deliverables in the previous bullet points.
Rieks believe that only a small group of people will probably be involved with the concepts/mental model work. It requires close attention to the consistency across concepts.
Rieks shared some examples from the area of SSI guardianship.
He said that feedback from early eSSIF-Lab funded entities is that the early work does not yet have enough about governance.
With regard to Terminology Management Software, Rieks said they have not made any decision yet, but that they do not plan to write their own software. He is open to whatever works for tooling. His concept is that there is a body of documents that are available to all authors of all ToIP deliverables (or any other author).
Overlap between eSSIF-Lab Concepts and Terminology and ToIP Concepts and Terminology WG
Rieks see the two efforts are very closely aligned. Since eSSIF-Lab is a two-year project, he is thinking it may need a landing place, and the ToIP CTWG might be a good home.