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Our Focus
DIF is an engineering-driven organization focused on developing the foundational elements necessary to establish an open ecosystem for decentralized identity and ensure interop between all participants.
Technical Specifications
Groups in DIF develop specifications and emerging standards for protocols, components, and data formats that implementers can execute against.
Reference Implementations
Beyond specifications, DIF members develop open source reference implementations of the technical components and protocols they create.
Industry Coordination
As the leading industry organization in the Decentralized Identity space, DIF seeks to align industry participants to advance their common interests.
Working Groups
As an engineering-driven development-focused organization, our Working Groups are at the core of everything we do. Our Working Groups are scoped by functional areas, and are designed to drive emerging standard specifications backed up by open source code.
Identifiers & Discovery
A key piece of the decentralized identity equation is how people, organizations, and devices can be identified and located without centralized systems of identifiers (e.g. email addresses). DIF members are actively working on protocols and implementations that enable creation, resolution, and discovery of decentralized identifiers and names across decentralized systems, like blockchains and distributed ledgers.
Learn MoreDID Authentication
Design, recommend and implement authentication and authorization protocols that rely upon open standards and cryptographic protocols using DIDs and DID Documents. Recommendations and development of specifications, protocols, and formats for data structures used for authentication and authorization.
Learn MoreClaims & Credentials
The ability to verify the claims and assertions of identities is key in establishing trust among entities on a decentralized system that lacks a centralized hierarchy. DIF has recently begun work on defining the specs, protocols, and tools it can provide to the ecosystem to help ecosystem participants and their customers easily integrate DID-signed claims into their apps and services.
Learn MoreDID Communication
Produce one or more high-quality specs that embody a method (“DIDComm”) for secure, private and (where applicable) authenticated message-based communication, where trust is rooted in DIDs and depends on the messages themselves, not on the external properties of the transport(s) used.
Learn MoreSidetree
The development and maintenance of the formal Sidetree specification, and a hub of coordination for Sidetree-based DID Method node operators. This group also generates libraries, tooling, and documentation to aid Sidetree-based DID Method node operators.
Learn MoreSecure Data Storage
Create one or more specifications to establish a foundational layer for secure data storage (including personal data), specifically data models for storage and transport, syntax, data at rest protection, CRUD API, access control, synchronization, and at least a minimum viable HTTP-based interface compatible with W3C DIDs/VCs.
Learn MoreKERI
Members of the Working Group are primarily working to specify and prototype a Key Event Receipt Infrastructure. Data models, event models, protocols, and functional components necessary to handle structured data about key events in a way that delivers on KERI’s functional guarantees. Compliant implementations of KERI core specification and reference implementations of some supporting KERI services and APIs
Learn MoreWallet Security
Define a common terminology for understanding the security requirements applicable to wallet architectures and wallet-to-wallet and wallet-to-issuer/verifier protocols. Classify, specify and describe security architectures common to wallets( risks, motivation, etc..) Produce guidelines for how to classify and specify the security capabilities of verifiable-credential wallets such as key management, credential storage, device-binding, credential exchange, backup, recovery, and portability of wallets.
Learn MoreApplied Crypto
The Applied Crypto Working Group will explore cryptographic protocols and primitives related to Decentralized Identities. Including, but not limited to, specific and actual cryptographic topics, such as BBS+ signatures, revocation strategies, as well as signature suites and encryption. The working group will define focus topics, create cryptographic protocols, and choose the underlying cryptographic primitives for them.
Learn MoreMembers
DIF represents a diverse, international collection of organizations and contributors working together to establish an open ecosystem of decentralized identity that is accessible to all.
Contributors
SIA UHODL Digital Bazaar, Credentia, Blockchain Commons, Patient Privacy Rights, infocert, Bitmark, Radical Ledger Technologies, MYKEY, Dominode, Octopus.sh, Janeiro Digital, Cryptonics, Evernym, AyanWorks Technology Solutions, SIA UHODL, CHELPIS, IDmachines, Domi Labs, Traversity, Antum, SettleMint, HACERA, Oxford Computer Group, Voatz, IdRamp, ControlBEAM, Blockchain Secure, Cloudocracy, TruthShare Software Private, Assertiv, Dock Systems, GoChain, Pacio Core, Forth Consulting, Web Of Identity, SelfKey, Caelum Labs, IndyKite, Affinidi, Gimly, Off-Blocks, Youverify, humanID, JNCTN , AyanWorks, Trybe.ID, Bancambios Financial Technlogies Seakingdata information technology, Know Your Customer, ID Crowd, Crayonic, Arilon Services, Konodrac, CryptoSavannah, OwnYourData, InternetNZ, XBT, Nutec Development, Lab10 Coop, Human Colossus Foundation, Dyne, mesur.io, WedaCon Informationstechnologien GmbH, SemanticClarity, Connecting Software, SCOIR, Inc., Legendary Requirements, LLC, Identity Praxis, Inc., Verida, PJW LC, Https Card - Internet Identity Card, TON Labs, iGrant, BlokSec Technologies Inc, Open Software, Lumedic, Zero Trust Identity forte consulting LLC, Comined AG DappWorks Technology Inc, ANIMO Solutions, Emrify Labs LLC, ObjectSpaces LTD, Novabit, Spoole Systems Private Ltd, Brinkworks, ValidIDe Project, Lumoin Oy, QueryVision Technology Inc, Blockchain USA LLC, Indie Computing Corp., yes.com, ZeHUB, Passbase, Simard OÜ, Trust Anchor Group, Parallelspace Corporation, Knowledge Catalyst Pte. Ltd., Vector Space Technologies LLD, AuthenTrend, CRIPTIQ, WaveWare Technologies, Inc., Indicio, Applied Recognition Corp., Digitary, Ohio-At-Home Health Care Agendy, Blockster Labs, Wallway Technologies, Mazik Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., rinku.io, Trabuco Technology Partners, Yellow Dot Pink, AutoSeg, NetSys Technology Limited, RK Tech Works, LLC, Hospitality Technology Network, LLC, Afrilogic Solutions, Augeos, Skystone Technology, Openitio ltd., Chinnu Inc., ContiNube, Island Way Technology, Prism Hospitality Consulting, My Vista, WSECU, TRAVHOTECH, Talao, Factorytalk, DLTx, Panoptic Future, DEDE, Data Milling S.L., MediBloc, TrustCerts GmbH, Partners in Digital Health, Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband e.V., Inji Tech Ltd., Vereign AG, Umazi, Dazz Digital, Northern Block Inc., Innovations Accelerated, Industrias de Firmas Electronicas SA, Mavennet, PANDECYT, Verifiable Credentials Ltd, IDnow GmbH, execute inc, Textile.io, Ayani Tech Inc., GATACA España S.L., Trevonix Technologies Ltd, verim, Revelin7 Technology Pvt Ltd, BizSecure Inc., Antoinette Murphy & Associates Ltd, Burgschild Holding UG, Textile.io, EarthId, Chanwanich, XTSeminars Ltd, Talao, NEXTBIGFOUR LLC, DOXA SAS, Ignite Consulting & Services LLP, Unum ID, TrustFrame, Inc., Accrete Inc, TechWealth, Pulse Connect, CYBAVO, Imageware, Reputationaire, Sabhi, Codi, Pulse Connect, Korsimoro LLC, Hypermine Ltd, HORIZEN LABS ITALIA SRL, Fundação CPQD, autofyle, Veridium IP Ltd, Yorba, Energy Web AG, Travel.Commerce, Doshy, Sophtron, Inc., PRYVIT NZ Ltd, Zion, Dstillery Inc, Comin Information Systems, RootsID LLC, ConnEthics, Amplitude Technologies Inc, 13x Tech, Sideos, Acuity Market Intelligence, 4Technology Ltd
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