Re: Revisiting SSI at Ten -- Preliminary Revised Principles Open for Review

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On Sun, Apr 26, 2026, 1:24 AM Christopher Allen <
ChristopherA@lifewithalacrity.com> wrote:

> On April 26, 2016, I published The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity
> <https://www.lifewithalacrity.com/article/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity/>
> and closed it with a request: *"I seek your assistance in taking these
> principles to the next level."*
>
> Ten years to the day, I am publishing a first community draft as a major
> revision:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P13Wy1plHWXIonErNXSG8R-n9L4fWTtUzglAcObNSXs/
>
> A stable archival copy is mirrored:
>
>     https://revisitingssi.com/library/ssi-principles-2026-redline/
>
> The draft preserves the 2016 language verbatim wherever it survives, so
> the continuity remains visible alongside revision. It organizes the
> principles into four layers -- foundational, relational, technical,
> political -- and adds six new principles:
>
>   * Inalienability
>   * Cognitive Liberty
>   * Relational Autonomy
>   * Stewardship
>   * Equity
>   * Anti-Coercive Design
>
> The revisions grew out of five months of discussions at RevisitingSSI.com,
> with contributions from Kim Hamilton Duffy (DIF), Vinay Vasanji (EF),
> Georgy Ishmaev (Inria), Martina Kolpondinos, Ian Grigg, Philip Sheldrake,
> Matthew Schutte, and many others.
>
> I am publishing in redline form, on this anniversary, precisely because it
> is unfinished. My hope is to iterate it with this community and others over
> the coming months and present a more mature version at the Global Digital
> Collaboration (GDC) event in Geneva this September.
>
> *Four ways to participate*
>
> 1. Read and comment in the Google Doc. Every clause is open for inline
> comment.
>
> 2. Find me next week (April 28-30) at the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW)
> in Mountain View, CA. I will be there all three days and plan to propose at
> least session -- more if there is interest.
>
> 3. Join me next week when I am a guest in the CCG call, May 5, 9:00-9:50
> PDT / 12:00-12:50 EDT / 18:00-18:50 CEST (16:00 UTC).
>
>     Event:
> https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/6c106024-7f5f-4297-972b-18af6432aaef/20260505T120000/
>
> 4. Attend the dedicated Revisiting SSI community discussion on May 20
> (10am PDT / 7pm CEST). Meeting access is shared on the Signal group and the
> announcements list:
> https://www.blockchaincommons.com/dispatches/ssi-invite/#-join-us
>
> The work between now and Geneva depends on this community pushing back on
> what is imprecise, challenging what is wrong, and adding what is missing.
>
> -- Christopher Allen
>
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