Trusted Resolver

Full Title or Meme

Code that can be run anywhere with internet access to resolve URNs or URLs with an Identifier scheme.

Context

Originally created to support the identifier scheme tid:

Problems

• The big problem with any sort of Self-issued Identifier is Trust where there are no standards or examples of any trust without a history of trusted behavior.

Solutions

A set of rules have been established to ensure that all the methods used in the resolution are trusted.

1. Method names not issued by a UN recognized government must consist of 3 or more ASCII characters.
2. Non-repudiation is supported by method
3. Collusion is blocked by the rules and the practices of the method
4. Justified collusion is logical and well accepted
5. Once a method has been accepted into a Trusted Resolver it will not be removed, but may be marked as non-trustworthy.

References

Miscellaneous References

• Example http:TrustRegistry.us or http:TrustRegistry.org
• The wiki page Universal Resolver deals with any method for creating a tid:, including some excluded by a Trusted Resolver.