Self Sovereign Identity & basic concepts
What is SGF (sovrin governance framework) ?
Sovrin Governance Framework (SGF) serves as the constitution for the Sovrin Network
Sovrin Foundation defines
Set of digital Credentials
Agent services for discovering, navigating, and verifying other DSGFs anywhere in the world
What is DSGF (Domain-Specific Governance Frameworks) ?
DSGF leverages
The principles, policies, terminology, and standards defined in the SGF to enable different Trust Communities to create their own specific governance frameworks, including their own digital credential definitions and issuance policies, to address their specific needs.
What is the purpose of Sovrin ?
Provide a decentralized global public utility for self-sovereign identity
A decentralized global web of trust interconnecting all Identity Owners and the Things they control.
To Define:
Business, legal, and technical policies
To administer decentralized governance for Sovrin Infrastructure on behalf of all Identity Owners.
What is Sovrin Web of Trust ?
A decentralized global web of trust interconnecting all Identity Owners and the Things they control.
Benefits of Sovrin :
# An Identity Owner alone will determine which Identity Data describe its Identities.
# With regard to managing its own Identity Data, an Identity Owner alone will determine how and for what purpose(s) it is processed
# An Identity Owner alone shall determine who has access to its Identity Data.
# An Identity Owner’s Identity Data shall be portable as determined by the Identity Owner and enabled via Open Standards
# An Identity Owner alone shall have the right to Delegate control of these functions.
Guardianship : An Individual who does not have the capability to directly control that Individual’s Identity Data(a Dependent) shall have the right to appoint another Identity Owner who has that capability (an Independent or an Organization) to serve as the owner’s Guardian.
In Short parents can control their children’s identity.
What is steward ?
Sovrin Stewards are organizations that operate the network by running validator nodes which write to and read the Sovrin ledger.
These trusted volunteers donate time, resources, and computing power to operate and maintain the network while agreeing to abide by the requirements of the Sovrin Governance Framework.
