Distributed Identity

Full Title or Meme

A collection of Authentication results or Attribute Validations presented to an Authorization Service to control access to a resource, typically digital but possibly physical.

Context

Bayesian Identity Proofing provides the means for a collection of authentication and verification steps to be validated.

Solutions

The Decentralized Identity Foundation has been created to enable "an open source decentralized identity ecosystem for people, organizations, apps, and devices". The have a list of areas of interest<rev>Decentralized Identity Foundation working groups </ref> that include block-chain and universal discovery which seem to be diametrically opposite of Privacy legislation like the GDPR and .