- From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 22:09:02 -0500
- To: public-webpayments@w3.org
On 11/02/2014 09:45 AM, Joseph Potvin wrote: > Has anyone on this list come across (or co-produced) a high-level > comparison of the mechanics of transactions within the different > payments' software systems: debit card, credit card, automated > clearing house (incl. direct deposit), wire transfer, giro, ripple, > blockchain systems? What I have in mind are comparable class > diagrams and activity (swimlane) diagrams for each. There are none that I know of. > If a functional systems comparison isn't available presently, does > anyone else on this list think such a collection would be useful? > For my own work, such a diagrammatic taxonomy will be useful. If it's > not yet started, I'll do so. Yes, please. That would be immensely useful for two reasons: 1) to make sure whatever we end up finalizing can accommodate all the transaction styles. 2) to help explain the different transaction styles to participants that are new to the work. > It seems to me that a comparable set of system-level diagrams in this > form would be useful towards advancing common undestanding about the > contibutions and limitations of a W3C specification on web payments. > For example, in the various activity diagrams, the generic "browser" > would occupy one of the swimlanes. What would happen within this > column, and in what order, will need to be the same for each payment > method, I reckon. Were you imagining something like this (this is for the credentials work, but you get the idea): http://opencreds.org/specs/source/identity-credentials/basicCredentialFlow.svg http://opencreds.org/specs/source/identity-credentials/basicCredentialCreation.svg -- manu -- 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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