The purpose of the Authentic Chained Data Container (ACDC) Task Force is to help draft and incubate a family of IETF-focused specifications that define the standard requirements for the semantics of Authentic Chained Data Containers. The semantics of ACDCs include both source provenance and authorization provenance or delegation. The hypothesis is that the W3C Verifiable Credential standard may be expanded to serve as an Authentic Data Container (ADC) with authentic provenance chains (APC) as a super semantic. This may be further expanded to support both a source provenance sub-semantic and a delegated authorization sub-semantic. These are all encapsulated into the semantics with the supporting syntax of an ACDC.
The table below lists all deliverables of the ACDC Task Force:
Acronym | Full Name of Deliverable | Deliverable Type | Link to Draft Deliverable | Lead Authors | Status/Notes |
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KERI | Key Event Receipt Infrastructure | Specification | https://trustoverip.github.io/tswg-keri-specification/ | Samuel Smith | Active Draft |
ACDC | Authentic Chained Data Container | Specification | Active Draft | ||
CESR | Composable Event Streaming Representation | Specification | https://trustoverip.github.io/tswg-cesr-specification/ | Samuel Smith | Active Draft |
SAID | Self-Addressing Identifiers | Specification | Merged to CESR | ||
CESR Proof | CESR Proof Signatures | Specification | Pending merge | Active Draft | |
PTEL | Public Transaction Event Log | Specification | Merged ACDC | ||
IPEX | Issuance and Presentation Exchange protocol | Specification | Merged ACDC | ||
OOBI | Out-Of-Band-Introduction protocol | Specification | Merged to KERI | ||
VC-ACDC | Securing Verifiable Credentials using Authentic Chained Data Containers. | Specification | Unofficial draft | Active Draft |
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The ACDC TF currently holds a meeting weekly on Tuesdays:
For all authoritative meeting logistics and Zoom links, please see the ToIP Calendar.
tps://zoom.us/j/92692239100?pwd=UmtSQzd6bXg1RHRQYnk4UUEyZkFVUT09
See the latest documentation in the GitHub Repo here: https://github.com/trustoverip/tswg-acdc-specification
All meeting agendas and notes are recorded on the ACDC Meeting Page.
As a Task Force (TF) of the Technology Stack WG (TSWG), the ACDC TF inherits the IPR terms from the TSWG JDF Charter.
This task force uses the following for communications
Specifications use the IETF draft format but may use the following:
This table lists the starting set of use cases motivating the ACDC work.
Task | Description | Link | Authors |
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GLEIF use case | https://hackmd.io/dlnfd8xOSqmD90v4Y6mzFQ | ||
Supply Chain use case | Supply chain refers to the overall concept behind the flow of any type of goods and services. | https://hackmd.io/vYztT346RC-m34aVmFB7vg | |
Delegation use case (analog to ZCap usage) | A car rental company delegates driving privileges for car X to Alice. Alice delegates to the attendant at valet parking. | https://hackmd.io/jDSauX_4RWmTzn8rPijxng | |
Data graph with verification | Boarding a plane for international travel | https://hackmd.io/QYlbK-mmTSGKHkpyP_-VSg | |
Pure data provenance | Citing sources | https://hackmd.io/QiOf8YjnT261g8MMAh2yJA |