Re: Linked Data Signatures and Credentials

On 17 February 2015 at 06:55, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:

> Videos explaining how to address the Know Your Customer, Where Are You
> From, and Anti-money laundering problems associated with Web Payments:
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> Linked Data Signatures
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdUZaYeQblY
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> An overview of how digital signatures can be added to Linked Data to
> provide verifiable statements on the Web.
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Thanks for sharing.

I think this gives a great high level overview.  I liked how you went back
in time and showed how physical signatures were used with traditional
documents.

Could I possibly give some feedback from the point of view of a potential
implementer that may be familiar with web technology, but not, the work on
signatures and credentials?

Firstly, all the examples in the video were theoretical, and not examples I
could actually look at to see the actual data formats.  So, it's a high
level view, fair enough, go to web-payments.org to find out more.  What is
a typical path that a newcomer could use to actually find real world
examples?

One thing I might want to check as a modeller is how the actual data is
organized.  I was happy that the concept of a passport, the concept of a
key and the concept of person were kept as separate logical concerns.
Again, I'd want to see an example because small things can derail
implementations.  For example, a passport may have an expiration date, but
a person may not.  It would be nice to have real world examples where this
can be examined further.

Let me stress that I am not expecting technical details in an introductory
video, but since the actual pointer there are theoretical and dont lead
anywhere, how does an interested party follow up on the introduction and
get to some real world examples.


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> Credentials on the Web
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWtOg3vSzxI
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> A quick introduction to verifiable credentials on the Web.
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> Thanks to ETS, Accreditrust, and Digital Bazaar for funding the work
> that went into these videos.
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> -- manu
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> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny)
> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> blog: The Marathonic Dawn of Web Payments
> http://manu.sporny.org/2014/dawn-of-web-payments/
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